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Here’s how artificial intelligence could help boost recycling rates
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Recyclers across the United States are struggling. Several plants are short workers and rising costs are making recycling way too expensive to sustain, but there could be a new solution. Artificial intelligence (AI) could help boost recycling rates. New data show across the country, recycling is down several percentage points in the…
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Will Clinicians Become Dependent on Artificial Intelligence Tools?
November 09, 2023 – Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have garnered much attention in the healthcare industry in recent years, but the hype raises significant questions and concerns. How should these technologies be developed? For what use cases? With whose data? How can these tools be designed to avoid bias and promote health equity? How should such…
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Artificial intelligence in the medical devices industry set for rapid growth
The use of AI in decreasing error rates of cancer detection has already been well demonstrated. Credit: MUNGKHOOD STUDIO via Shutterstock. Artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly been permeating many industries in the last few years, and among them is the medical devices industry. Like in many other industries, AI is particularly useful in accelerating the…
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In Causal Artificial Intelligence: The Next Step in Effective, Efficient, and Practical AI, a team of dedicated tech executives delivers a business-focused approach based on a deep and engaging exploration of the models and data used in causal AI. The book’s discussions include both accessible and understandable technical detail and business context and concepts that frame…
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Nvidia develops AI chips for China in latest bid to avoid US rules
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nvidia has developed three new chips tailored for China that aim to meet the region’s growing demand for artificial intelligence technology while complying with US export controls, according to leaked documents and four people familiar…
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The AI Debate Is Happening in a Cocoon
Much of the time, discussions about artificial intelligence are far removed from the realities of how it’s used in today’s world. Earlier this year, executives at Anthropic, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and other AI companies declared in a joint letter that “mitigating the risk of extinction from A.I. should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale…
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Big Tech wants AI regulation. The rest of Silicon Valley is skeptical.
After months of high-level meetings and discussions, government officials and Big Tech leaders have agreed on one thing about artificial intelligence: The potentially world-changing technology needs some ground rules. But many in Silicon Valley are skeptical. A growing group of tech heavyweights — including influential venture capitalists, the CEOs of midsize software companies and proponents…
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President Biden issues sweeping artificial intelligence directives targeting safety, security and trust
On October 30, 2023, after recognizing that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the most consequential technology of our time and anticipating that it will accelerate more technological change in the next five to ten years than witnessed in the past fifty, President Biden issued an Executive Order directing actions to establish new AI standards. These directives,…
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The dawn of the omnistar
Listen to this story.Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android. Your browser does not support the element. Computers have spent decades disrupting humdrum jobs. Now artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for the most glamorous ones. Hollywood has been at a standstill for half the year, until studios agreed on November 8th to offer…
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How artificial intelligence will transform fame
Computers have spent decades disrupting humdrum jobs. Now artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for the most glamorous ones. Hollywood has been at a standstill for half the year, until studios agreed on November 8th to offer striking stars protection from robotic rivals. Living artists were nudged down this week’s music charts by a dead Beatle,…
