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AI Action Plan: US leadership must be ‘unchallenged’
Trump’s foreword sets the tone, calling for America to “achieve and maintain unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance” as a core tenet of national security.
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In The News
OpenAI and Oracle announce Stargate AI data centre deal
OpenAI has shaken hands with Oracle on a colossal deal to advance the former’s colossal Stargate AI data centre initiative.
Sam Altman: AI will cause job losses and national security threats
In the halls of power in Washington, OpenAI’s chief, Sam Altman, warned of total job losses from AI and how national security is being rewritten. Altman positions OpenAI as not just a participant, but as the essential architect of our destiny.
AI summaries cause ‘devastating’ drop in audiences, online news media told
Exclusive: Study claims sites previously ranked first can lose 79% of traffic if results appear below Google Overview
Applied use cases
Google AI Mode will generate fake clothes to help you buy real ones
An upcoming feature for AI Mode will generate images of outfits and decor ideas based on user descriptions, to help people find visually similar products. Also launching is a new tool that allows people to virtually try on clothes.
The damage AI hallucinations can do – and how to avoid them
"Even if these systems are right 80% of the time, that still means they're wrong 20% of the time," says tech CMO Dr. Jay Anders, who describes the risks of artificial intelligence errors and outlines some protection strategies for providers.
Teens say they are turning to AI for friendship
The 15-year-old asks ChatGPT for guidance on back-to-school shopping, makeup colors, low-calorie choices at Smoothie King, plus ideas for her Sweet 16 and her younger sister’s birthday party.
Ethics
Can speed and safety truly coexist in the AI race?
A criticism about AI safety from an OpenAI researcher aimed at a rival opened a window into the industry’s struggle: a battle against itself.
A simple twist fooled AI—and revealed a dangerous flaw in medical ethics
The findings raise serious concerns about using AI for high-stakes health decisions and underscore the need for human oversight, especially when ethical nuance or emotional intelligence is involved.
Managing reputation in the age of synthetic content
The introduction and increased usage of generative AI have been influential throughout the legal industry, offering unprecedented opportunities for efficiency while introducing significant risks to law firm brands.
Robotics
Spy cockroaches and AI robots: Germany plots the future of warfare
For Gundbert Scherf - the co-founder of Germany's Helsing, Europe's most valuable defence start-up - Russia's invasion of Ukraine changed everything. Scherf had to fight hard to attract investment after starting his company - which produces military strike drones and battlefield AI - four years ago.
Watch this robot 'cannibal' grow bigger and stronger by consuming smaller robots
Scientists explore the concept of "robot metabolism" with a weird machine that can integrate material from other robots so it can become more capable and overcome physical challenges.
Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots
Autonomous robotics startup Cartken, known for its six-wheeled robots that deliver food on college campuses and through Tokyo’s bustling streets, has found a new area of focus: industrials.
Research
A call for transdisciplinary trust research in the AI era
Our bibliometric literature review calls for scientists and stakeholders to cross traditional academic boundaries to address emerging and evolving societal challenges arising from AI.
Study finds AI-created music triggers greater emotional arousal than human compositions
A study recently published in PLOS One, explores a key question: Can AI-generated music produce the same emotional responses as human-composed music in audiovisual contexts?
AI leaps from math dunce to whiz
When Michael Brenner taught the graduate-level class “Applied Mathematics 201” in fall 2023, the course’s nonlinear partial differential equations were too tough for artificial intelligence. AI managed to solve just 30 to 50 percent of the problems in the first three weeks of the class.
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