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Top Artificial Intelligence AI Books to Read in 2024
AI has been making significant strides over the past few years, with the emergence of LLMs marking a major milestone in its growth.
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Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand
Tech giant’s goal of reducing climate footprint at risk as it grows increasingly reliant on energy-hungry data centres
OpenAI Introduces CriticGPT: A New Artificial Intelligence AI Model based on GPT-4 to Catch Errors in ChatGPT’s Code Output
To overcome this, OpenAI researchers have introduced CriticGPT, a very important tool that helps human trainers spot errors in ChatGPT’s responses.
AI coding startup Magic seeks $1.5-billion valuation in new funding round
Magic, a U.S. startup developing artificial-intelligence models to write software, is in talks to raise over $200 million in a funding round valuing it at $1.5 billion, just several months after its last capital raise, three sources told Reuters.
Applied use cases
Meta drops ‘3D Gen’ bomb: AI-powered 3D asset creation at lightning speed
Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, introduced Meta 3D Gen today, a new AI system that creates high-quality 3D assets from text descriptions in less than a minute.
New Google Report Reveals the Hidden Cost of AI
Google wants to get to net zero emissions by 2030, but its AI investment is making its environmental commitment more challenging.
Pneumonia Detection Using Deep Learning
In a recent paper posted to the preprint repository medRxiv*, researchers investigated the potential of using deep learning algorithms for automating pneumonia detection from chest X-ray images.
Ethics
China leading generative AI patents race, UN report says
China is far ahead of other countries in generative AI inventions like chatbots, filing six times more patents than its closest rival the United States, U.N. data showed on Wednesday.
AI Chatbots Seem as Ethical as a New York Times Advice Columnist
Large language models lack emotion and self-consciousness, but they appear to generate reasonable answers to moral quandaries
Navigate ethical and regulatory issues of using AI
It is a transformational period for businesses as advancements in technology, like artificial intelligence (AI), increasingly impact every industry, reshaping how corporations operate, approach staffing, and serve customers.
Robotics
Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines
The 12-metre high machine has coke bottle eyes and a crude Wall-E-like head, as well as large arms that can be fitted with blades or paint brushes
Navia Robotics Transforms Retail Operations with AI-Driven Robots
In a shift towards retail automation, major chains across the United States are increasingly turning to Navia Robotics' AI-driven service robots to optimize their operations, enhance customer experiences, and significantly improve their bottom line.
Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch
For a moment there, it seemed like Amazon might pivot its Astro home robot to enterprise by giving it a better job as a camera-equipped patrol dog.
Research
Nature inspired algorithms and AI
This paper is a survey of nature inspired algorithms, like Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) and Artificial Bee Colony (ABC).
Potential of ChatGPT as a digital language learning assistant: EFL teachers’ and students’ perceptions
This study contributes to the body of knowledge of ChatGPT’s function in EFL instruction and will guide the improvement of other digital tools for language learning.
Bridging Health Disparities in the Data-Driven World of AI : A Narrative Review
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds exciting potential to revolutionize healthcare delivery in the United States. However, there are concerns about its potential to perpetuate disparities among historically marginalized populations.