Samsung AI Forum 2023 underway to showcase artificial intelligence advancements
Called the Samsung AI Forum, the event is now underway in Seoul, South Korea. Safety and trustworthiness is at the top of mind for researchers Samsung AI Forum will host over 1,000 attendees, including researchers, academics, industry experts, and students. The first day, hosted by Samsung Advanced...
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8 best practices for state election officials on AI
The authors propose eight best practices for state election officials that, while no replacement for comprehensive federal statutory solution, will put a wide range of stakeholders on alert.
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India announces $1.2 bln investment in AI projects
India on Thursday approved a 103 billion rupee ($1.25 billion) investment in artificial intelligence projects, including to develop computing infrastructure and for the development of large language models, the government said.
Le Monde and Open AI sign partnership agreement on AI
This multi-year agreement, the first between a French media organization and a major AI player, will enable OpenAI to draw on our newspaper's corpus to establish and enhance the reliability of the answers of its ChatGPT tool, in return for a significant source of additional revenue.
AI talent war heats up in Europe
An influx of AI startups is heating up the battle for technical talent in Europe, leaving companies like Google DeepMind (GOOGL.O), opens new tab to choose between paying big or losing out on the region's best minds.
Applied use cases
Workplace AI, robots and trackers are bad for quality of life, study finds
Tech such as laptops, tablets and instant messaging has more positive effect on wellbeing, says thinktank
AI detects heart defects in newborns
Researchers from ETH Zurich and KUNO Klinik St. Hedwig in Regensburg have developed an algorithm that provides an automatic and reliable method of detecting a certain heart defect in newborns.
How Will AI Impact Inequality And Energy?
The rapid advance of technology and its impact on skilled and unskilled workers has hovered over the American landscape since the 2016 presidential election.
Ethics
US leads historic UN Resolution to democratise AI
According to Associated Press, this initiative aims to guarantee that AI technology is developed and utilized in a manner that is safe, secure, and trustworthy. Furthermore, it seeks to ensure that all nations, particularly those in the developing world, can equally access and benefit from AI advancements.
New AI Technology Meets the Maternity Ward
Ever.Ag has introduced “Maternity Warden,” a computer vision monitoring device that monitors close-up dry cows. According to the company, Maternity Warden “automatically, passively, and objectively monitors your herd and alerts you to cows in labor.”
Why can’t anyone agree on how dangerous AI will be?
Researchers tried to get AI optimists and pessimists on the same page. It didn’t quite work.
Robotics
Hugging Face is launching an open robotics project
In keeping with Hugging Face’s ethos of open source, Cadene stated the robot project would be “open-source, not as in Open AI” in reference to OpenAI’s legal battle with Cadene’s former boss, Elon Musk.
Covariant is building ChatGPT for robots
The UC Berkeley spinout says its new AI platform can help robots think more like people
Anyware Robotics’ Pixmo Takes Unique Approach to Trailer Unloading
It’s easy to understand why—trailer unloading involves a fairly structured and controlled environment with a very repetitive task, it’s a hard job that sucks for humans, and there’s an enormous amount of demand.
Research
AI and illusions of understanding in scientific research
By analysing the appeal of these tools, we provide a framework for advancing discussions of responsible knowledge production in the age of AI.
The role of AI in generating original scientific research
Since the generated experimental results appeared believable though, we suggest that LLMs could certainly play a role in scientific research but with human input, interpretation and data validation.
Generative AI in Medical Practice: In-Depth Exploration of Privacy and Security Challenges
The findings of this study can inform the development of future generative AI systems in health care and help health care organizations better understand the potential benefits and risks associated with these systems.
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