Category: Artificial Intelligence

  • ‘On the Record’: Artificial Intelligence in the classroom

    Danielle Scruggs ‘On the Record’: Artificial Intelligence in the classroom Updated: 11:22 AM EST Nov 12, 2023 MORNINGS AND GOOD MORNING AMERICA. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ONCE JUST SCIENCE FICTION IS SUDDENLY EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING MAKING ITS WAY INTO OUR SCHOOLS FROM HOW HUMANS LEARN TO NEVER BEFORE SEEN TEACHING METHODS. AI IS NOW TRANSFORMING THE EDUCATION OF…

  • Literary Links: These reads will make you booksmart about artificial intelligence

    Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers selections from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic. Public Services Librarian Anne Girouard compiled this month’s selections.  “Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make.”  — Nick Bostrom  As a child, I would watch reruns of “The Jetsons” and dream about…

  • Amazon.com Inc (AMZN-Q) Quote

    Amazon.com Inc (AMZN-Q) Quote

    As we navigate the dynamic realm of artificial intelligence (AI), five companies are leading the way in shaping the booming technology’s future. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), International Business Machines(NYSE: IBM), Amazon.com(NASDAQ: AMZN), Alphabet(NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL), and Microsoft(NASDAQ: MSFT), with its $13 billion investment in OpenAI, represent the forefront of this technology’s course-setting early days. Each tech…

  • Child Psychiatrist Who Used AI to Turn Pictures of Kid Patients into Porn Gets 40 Years Behind Bars: ‘It Is Horrific’

    Child Psychiatrist Who Used AI to Turn Pictures of Kid Patients into Porn Gets 40 Years Behind Bars: ‘It Is Horrific’

    A child psychiatrist in North Carolina last week was sentenced to 40 years in prison after allegedly using artificial intelligence to manufacture child porn, according to prosecutors.  David Tatum, 41, is accused of videotaping minors undressing and showering and also using AI to “digitally alter clothed images of minors making them sexually explicit,” according to…

  • Paris Peace Forum offers platform to discuss artificial intelligence

    Paris Peace Forum offers platform to discuss artificial intelligence

    The sixth edition of the annual Paris Peace Forum got underway on Friday in the French capital, with the aim of tackling a wide range of global challenges from climate change to migration. But is also offered a unique platform to discuss the crucial role that artificial intelligence can play in development. This is particularly…

  • Icebergs are melting fast. This AI can track them 10,000 times faster than humans

    Scientists are turning to artificial intelligence to quickly spot giant icebergs in satellite images with the goal of monitoring their shrinkage over time. And unlike the conventional iceberg-tracking approach, which takes a human a few minutes to outline just one of these structures in an image, AI accomplished the same task in less than 0.01…

  • The ‘iPhone For AI’: Betting Big On Artificial Intelligence

    The ‘iPhone For AI’: Betting Big On Artificial Intelligence

    Editor’s note: “The ‘iPhone For AI’: Betting Big On Artificial Intelligence” was previously published in October 2023. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available. Despite all the hype surrounding the internet throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the internet didn’t really take off until Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in…

  • No, ChatGPT And Generative AI Won’t Destroy Humanity (But They Could Severely Damage Your Business)

    No, ChatGPT And Generative AI Won’t Destroy Humanity (But They Could Severely Damage Your Business)

    (This article is part of a series on Artificial Intelligence for Board Members and Senior Executives.) Back in June, 2023, Yale University assembled 150 founders, CEOs, and chairmen of Fortune 500 companies, along with distinguished professors, investors, and government dignitaries, to discuss the “threats, hope, and hype” of artificial intelligence. Amongst other lines of inquiry,…

  • France to host next AI safety summit as European nations jockey for tech leadership

    France to host next AI safety summit as European nations jockey for tech leadership

    European nations continue to jockey for leadership on artificial intelligence (AI), with Paris announcing it will host the next safety summit shortly after Britain hosted the first one.  “The first edition of the Artificial Intelligence Security Summit, organized by the United Kingdom, provides an opportunity to develop international cooperation in the field of security, a…

  • North Carolina child psychiatrist hit with 40 years for filming…

    North Carolina child psychiatrist hit with 40 years for filming…

    A North Carolina child psychiatrist was hit with a 40-year prison sentence Wednesday for using artificial intelligence to transform innocent pictures of children into intense pornography stills. David Tatum, 41, will also have to serve 30 years of supervised release for secretly recording multiple teenagers — including his several family members and a patient —…