Month: April 2024

(sdecoret/Shutterstock) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is responsible for safeguarding the U.S. from various threats, including terrorism and cyberattacks, has brought in experts from various areas of the larger AI sector to form an Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board. The formation of this board is part of President Biden’s AI executive order. The primary objective of the new advisory committee is to provide recommendations on the safe development and deployment of AI technology in the nation’s critical infrastructure and other areas of concern.  The DHS has added…

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Study shows how AI can be a ‘crystal ball’ for businesses to stay afloat April 30, 2024 Editors’ notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s credibility: fact-checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread by Charles Darwin University PLOS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301429″> AI explanation chart. Credit: PLOS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301429 Businesses unsure how to survive the next global tragedy should have no fear, with a new study showing how artificial intelligence (AI) can help…

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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Kendrick Lamar has taken aim at Drake once again on a new diss track, mocking the Canadian superstar for resorting to using AI versions of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg on a since-deleted song. Lamar’s new track, titled “Euphoria”, was released via his social media platforms on Tuesday (30 April). It makes several lyrical references to Drake’s “Taylor Made Freestyle”, which was released…

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Making life better for people with disabilities is a laudable goal, but accessibility tech hasn’t traditionally been popular among VCs. In 2022, disability tech companies attracted around $4 billion in early-stage investments, which was a fraction of fintech’s intake, for example. One reason is that disability tech startups are often considered too niche to attain business viability — at least on the scale that venture capital demands. By definition, they are assumed to be building for a minority. However, some startups in the space have also begun serving the wider…

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The vast majority of authors don’t use artificial intelligence as part of their creative process — or at least won’t admit to it. Yet according to a recent poll from the writers’ advocacy nonprofit The Authors Guild, 13% said they do use AI, for activities like brainstorming character ideas and creating outlines. The technology is a vexed topic in the literary world. Many authors are concerned about the use of their copyrighted material in generative AI models. At the same time, some are actively using these technologies — even attempting…

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By Sara Heath April 30, 2024 – More evidence is emerging indicating that generative AI helps lessen clinician burden by drafting patient portal message responses—but only if there’s a clinician there to review the response before it’s sent out, according to a group of researchers from Mass General Brigham. The researchers, writing in The Lancet Digital Health, said clinicians are necessary for adding instructions to patients within patient portal responses. “Generative AI has the potential to provide a ‘best of both worlds’ scenario of reducing burden on the clinician and better…

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An example of a standardized facial image used in the study. (Stanford Graduate School of Business via SWNS) By Talker By Dean Murray via SWNS The team says that the analysis of facial features associated with political orientation revealed that conservatives tended to have larger lower faces. (Stanford Graduate School of Business via SWNS) By Talker (Stanford Graduate School of Business via SWNS) By Talker

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Mark Cuban Foundation Applications for camp that offers free world-class AI education to help prepare students for latest tech evolution are now open PHILADELPHIA, April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Mark Cuban Foundation, in partnership with CSL, is bringing the only artificial intelligence (AI) camp of its kind, free of charge, to high school students in Philadelphia. With a custom and highly-relevant curriculum focused on teaching students about the latest developments in the world of AI and Generative AI, the camp will provide the tools to make these technologies…

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Kylie Robison Kylie Robison is joining The Verge as senior AI reporter, where she’ll lead the technology publication’s coverage of artificial intelligence. She will start May 6. She’ll work closely with The Verge’s policy and tech teams, delivering must-read coverage around the people and companies shaping the future of AI, how the technology is being developed and used by consumers and creators, and how it’s changing the world – for good and for ill. Robison joins The Verge from Fortune, where she was senior technology reporter and regularly broke news…

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Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that its operating profit surged more than 930% in the first quarter of 2024, driven by soaring demand for its servers, memory chips and storage used in AI applications. The company, which struggled in 2023 as the macroeconomic slowdown hurt demand for its products, said its memory chip business returned to profitability, and prices continued to rise, thanks to solid demand for DRAM and NAND chips, high-density SSDs and servers.  Samsung said total revenue increased 12.8% to KRW 71.2 trillion ($52.2 billion) in the quarter from…

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of its generative artificial intelligence-powered assistants for software development and business decision-making. One assistant, Amazon Q Developer, generates code, tests, debugs and implements new code generated from developer requests, the company said in a Tuesday (April 30) press release. Amazon Q Developer generates code suggestions and recommendations in near real time, autonomously performs tasks like software upgrades, and performs security vulnerability scanning and remediation, the release said. Another AI-powered assistant, Amazon Q Business, helps employees get answers to questions about company policies, product information, business results, code base,…

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MicroStrategy on Tuesday launched the latest version of its MicroStrategy One platform, including an explainability feature aimed at instilling trust by showing users how the vendor’s generative AI assistant arrived at a response. The vendor unveiled the latest version of MicroStrategy One, which includes the MicroStrategy AI suite, during MicroStrategy World, the company’s annual user conference in Las Vegas. The new version is now generally available. Based in Tysons Corner, Va., MicroStrategy is a longtime independent analytics vendor whose tools enable customers to explore and analyze data. MicroStrategy was one…

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