Machine learning & AI news
Machine learning & AI
Meta's Movie Gen lets users animate photos into videos
Meta on Friday provided a look at a generative artificial intelligence model it is working on that lets people create short videos, complete with audio, from text prompts and photos.
Oct 4, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Q&A: Generative AI embraced faster than internet, PCs
ChatGPT's debut in November 2022 caused a near-instant sensation. It gave most users their first opportunity to try out a new type of artificial intelligence that uses existing data and published materials to create content ...
Oct 4, 2024
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What next for OpenAI after $157 billion bonanza?
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has become an AI powerhouse after securing Silicon Valley's largest-ever funding round. The company now faces the challenge of delivering on its promise to become the next Apple or Google.
Oct 4, 2024
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AI bubble or 'revolution'? OpenAI's big payday fuels debate
Fear of missing out has rocketed the value of artificial intelligence companies, despite few signs as to when the technology will turn a profit, raising talk of AI overenthusiasm.
Oct 4, 2024
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Machine learning framework boosts residential electricity clustering for demand-response
The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), one of the DEDALUS scientific partners, has completed a study on grouping residential electricity consumers, based on their historical electricity consumption, to create ...
Oct 4, 2024
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Robotics
Engineers teach a quadruped robot to climb standard ladders
A team of robotics engineers at ETH Zurich, Robotics Systems Lab, has modified an ANYbotics ANYMal quadruped robot to allow it to easily and effectively climb a standard ladder. The group has written a paper describing their ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Security
Each year, landmines kill residents of war-torn countries. This innovative tool could save lives
As he grew up in Bogotá, Colombia, Mateo Dulce Rubio would hear a familiar news story every few days—someone had stepped on another landmine. The explosion had killed or injured them. Though the capital city was far from ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Automotive
Balancing cost and reliability in autonomous machine design
With millions of self-driving cars projected to be on the road in 2025 and autonomous drones generating billions in annual sales, safety and reliability are important considerations for consumers, manufacturers, and regulators. ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Business
Google is working on reasoning AI, chasing OpenAI's efforts
Google is working on artificial intelligence software that resembles the human ability to reason, similar to OpenAI's o1, marking a new front in the rivalry between the tech giant and the fast-growing startup.
Oct 3, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Google's search engine's latest AI injection will answer voiced questions about video and photos
Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images and occasionally organize an entire page of results, despite the technology's past misadventures ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Business
AI can only do 5% of jobs, says economist who fears crash
Daron Acemoglu wants to make clear right away that he has nothing against artificial intelligence. He gets the potential. "I'm not an AI pessimist," he declares seconds into an interview.
Oct 3, 2024
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Business
Opinion: Data center emissions are soaring—it's AI or the climate
Artificial intelligence (AI) is curating your social media feed and giving you directions to the train station. It's also throwing the fossil fuel industry a lifeline.
Oct 3, 2024
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Computer Sciences
How AI is improving simulations with smarter sampling techniques
Imagine you're tasked with sending a team of football players onto a field to assess the condition of the grass (a likely task for them, of course). If you pick their positions randomly, they might cluster together in some ...
Oct 2, 2024
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Business
Historic funding round values OpenAI at $157 billion
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, secured $6.6 billion in new funding, propelling its valuation to $157 billion and cementing its position as the world leader in artificial intelligence.
Oct 2, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Researcher finds generative AI struggles with complex questions on an undergraduate law exam
It's been nearly two years since generative artificial intelligence was made widely available to the public. Some models showed great promise by passing academic and professional exams.
Oct 2, 2024
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Computer Sciences
A new model for symbolic music generation using musical metadata
Artificial intelligence (AI) has opened new interesting opportunities for the music industry, for instance, enabling the development of tools that can automatically generate musical compositions or specific instrument tracks. ...
Computer Sciences
Bringing clarity to microscopic imaging: New tool removes motion artifacts
Imaging microscopic samples requires capturing multiple, sequential measurements, then using computational algorithms to reconstruct a single, high-resolution image. This process can work well when the sample is static, but ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Microsoft beefs-up its AI assistant with voice, vision
Microsoft on Tuesday doubled down on deploying artificial intelligence to consumers, releasing an updated version of its Copilot chatbot that can hold voice conversations and interpret images.
Oct 1, 2024
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Business
Happy, sad or angry? AI can detect emotions in text according to new research
Artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to permeate many facets of the human experience. AI is not just a tool for analyzing data—it's transforming the way we communicate, work and live. From ChatGPT through to AI video ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Business
AI probably isn't the big smartphone selling point that Apple and other tech giants think it is
As is their tradition at this time of year, Apple announced a new line of iPhones last week. The promised centerpiece that would make us want to buy these new devices was AI—or Apple Intelligence, as they branded it. Yet ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Don't believe the hype: Artificial general intelligence is far from inevitable, researchers say
Will AI soon surpass the human brain? If you ask employees at OpenAI, Google DeepMind and other large tech companies, it is inevitable. However, researchers at Radboud University and other institutes show new proof that those ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Robotics
New method enables robots to map a scene, identify objects in order to complete a set of tasks
Imagine having to straighten up a messy kitchen, starting with a counter littered with sauce packets. If your goal is to wipe the counter clean, you might sweep up the packets as a group. If, however, you wanted to first ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
AI pareidolia: Can machines spot faces in inanimate objects?
In 1994, Florida jewelry designer Diana Duyser discovered what she believed to be the Virgin Mary's image in a grilled cheese sandwich, which she preserved and later auctioned for $28,000. But how much do we really understand ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Business
Q&A: Professor discusses the risks international organizations face with AI and data protection
Policymakers across the globe are grappling with the vast implications of advances in artificial intelligence technology, including how these tools will be used by international organizations.
Sep 30, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Researcher wants to ensure AI doesn't ruin the environment
Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the world as we know it. It's been used for everything from health-care monitoring to writing speeches. But the technology's impact on the environment is becoming a serious concern.
Sep 30, 2024
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