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Business
New AI guidance could help businesses and government use the technology
A new framework that could help businesses better understand and use AI has been developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield.
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Automotive
Autonomous cars don't understand how blind people move around—researchers are trying to boost safety
At the Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, one of the autonomous Toyota vehicles designed to ferry people around the two-week event collided with a blind athlete at an intersection in the Olympic Village, causing minor injuries. ...
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User-friendly system can help developers build more efficient simulations and AI models
The neural network artificial intelligence models used in applications like medical image processing and speech recognition perform operations on hugely complex data structures that require an enormous amount of computation ...
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OpenAI announces new 'deep research' tool for ChatGPT
US tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called "deep research" that can produce detailed reports, as China's DeepSeek chatbot heats up competition in the AI field.
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SoftBank and OpenAI set up joint company to push artificial intelligence services
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI stepped up their AI partnership Monday, setting up a 50-50 held company called SB OpenAI Japan.
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Robotics
Tradition and technology sync at China 'AI temple fair'
A humanoid robot gyrates to pulsing music at a shopping mall in Beijing, part of an exhibition harnessing artificial intelligence to enhance the flavor of China's biggest annual festival.
Feb 1, 2025
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Security
Q&A: Unpacking DeepSeek—distillation, ethics and national security
Since the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released its powerful large language model R1, it has sent ripples through Silicon Valley and the U.S. stock market, sparking widespread discussion and debate.
Jan 31, 2025
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Business
Q&A: DeepSeek and the future of AI
News that artificial intelligence (AI) assistant DeepSeek can compete with models like ChatGPT and Gemini for a fraction of the cost and computing power made headlines on Jan. 27, 2025. The reporting caused technology and ...
Jan 31, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
South Korea watchdog to question DeepSeek over user data
South Korea will ask Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to clarify how it manages users' personal information, its data watchdog said Friday, joining a number of countries seeking answers.
Jan 31, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Delphi experiment tries to equip an AI agent with moral judgment
Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including LLM-based conversational agents such as ChatGPT, have become increasingly widespread. These tools are now used by countless individuals worldwide for both professional ...
Security
AI combined with holograms creates an uncrackable optical encryption system
As the demand for digital security grows, researchers have developed a new optical system that uses holograms to encode information, creating a level of encryption that traditional methods cannot penetrate. This advance could ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Integrated modeling approach decodes solid-state battery microstructures for better performance
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a novel, integrated modeling approach to identify and improve key interface and microstructural features in complex materials typically used for ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Other
Q&A: Law expert discusses how AI could be governed by an 'equity by design' framework
Approaches to regulating artificial intelligence (AI), from creation to deployment and use in practice, vary internationally. Daryl Lim, Penn State Dickinson Law associate dean for research and innovation, H. Laddie Montague ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
OpenAI seeking $40 billion in new fundraising round: Report
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is seeking to raise $40 billion in a fresh round of funding that would value the startup at a staggering $340 billion, the Wall Street Journal Reported on Thursday.
Jan 30, 2025
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Automotive
E-mobility: AI system accelerates the development of powertrains
The development of vehicle components is a lengthy and therefore very costly process. Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have developed a method that can shorten the development phase of the powertrain ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
New play takes on OpenAI drama and AI's existential questions
Revolutionize humanity or destroy it? Playwright Matthew Gasda's characters, inspired by OpenAI and its famous ChatGPT, grapple with existential questions about the direction of artificial intelligence.
Jan 30, 2025
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Computer Sciences
'Digital doppelgangers' are helping scientists tackle everyday problems—and showing what makes us human
As rising seas lap at its shore, Tuvalu faces an existential threat. In an effort to preserve the tiny island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, its government has been building a "digital twin" of the entire country.
Jan 30, 2025
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Business
SoftBank eyes $15-25 bn investment in OpenAI: FT
Japan's SoftBank is in talks to invest $15-25 billion in OpenAI in a deal that would make it the ChatGPT-maker's biggest financial backer, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
Jan 30, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
OpenAI says Chinese firms try to copy US AI tech
ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Wednesday said that Chinese companies are actively attempting to replicate its advanced AI models, prompting increased security measures and closer cooperation with US authorities.
Jan 30, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Italy blocks access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users' data
Italy's data protection authority on Thursday blocked access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users' data and announced an investigation into the companies behind the chatbot.
Jan 30, 2025
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Internet
From chatbot to sexbot: What lawmakers can learn from South Korea's AI hate-speech disaster
As artificial intelligence technologies develop at accelerated rates, the methods of governing companies and platforms continue to raise ethical and legal concerns.
Jan 30, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Using network science, study shows music has become less complex
A team of Italian computer scientists from Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Padova reports that network science can be used to measure the complexity of a piece of music, allowing for comparison between genres. ...
Robotics
Using AI, researchers devise a fast and precise way to teach robots complicated skills
At UC Berkeley, researchers in Sergey Levine's Robotic AI and Learning Lab eyed a table where a tower of 39 Jenga blocks stood perfectly stacked. Then a white-and-black robot, its single limb doubled over like a hunched-over ...
Jan 29, 2025
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