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From analog machines to machines learning: the Pittsburgh District’s nascent relationship with artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) took the world by storm in 2023 when various rapidly-improving text-language models became publicly available. Since then, the human race has delved into the wacky, wild world of AI and faced some pressing questions: how do I trust the content I find online? Is my self-driving car plotting world domination? Will my…
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EU ‘in touching distance’ of world’s first laws regulating artificial intelligence
The EU is within “touching distance” of passing the world’s first laws on artificial intelligence, giving Brussels the power to shut down services that cause harm to society, says the AI tsar who has spent the last four years developing the legislation. A forthcoming EU AI Act could introduce rules for everything from homemade chemical…
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Can Artificial Intelligence Become an Accounting Expert?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) traces its origin to antiquity, when humans attempted to use formal reasoning to predict the future of events. Today, AI has made great progress in perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring data in contexts by a machine-learning mechanism. The applications of AI are many and varied—from self-driving cars to human speech recognition to predictive…
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AI risk must be treated as seriously as climate crisis, says Google DeepMind chief
The world must treat the risks from artificial intelligence as seriously as the climate crisis and cannot afford to delay its response, one of the technology’s leading figures has warned. Speaking as the UK government prepares to host a summit on AI safety, Demis Hassabis said oversight of the industry could start with a body…
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Without Adequate Guardrails, Artificial Intelligence Threatens Global Security in Evolution from Algorithms to Armaments, Speaker Tells First Committee
Cyberissues Have Become Foreign Policy Issues of Urgent Concern, Says Another The window of opportunity to enact guardrails against the perils of autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence’s military applications is rapidly closing, as the world prepares for a “technological breakout”, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) heard today during a day-long debate on how…
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Europe overtakes US as biggest artificial intelligence research partner with China
Source: Reconnect China Policy Brief 3 Europe has leapfrogged the US to become China’s biggest research partner in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data, according to a new analysis. From 2011 to 2022, co-publications in these fields grew by more than 1,000%, finds a new policy brief from Reconnect China, an EU-funded…
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5 Jobs Artificial Intelligence Can’t Replace
Warren Buffett never mentions this but he is one of the first hedge fund managers who unlocked the secrets of successful stock market investing. He launched his hedge fund in 1956 with $105,100 in seed capital. Back then they weren’t called hedge funds, they were called “partnerships”. Warren Buffett took 25% of all returns in…
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Healthy Living: Artificial intelligence and mammograms
(WHTM) — October is breast cancer awareness month. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer for women in the U.S. and early detection is very important. That might be easier to do with artificial intelligence. It’s now being used to help doctors read mammograms. “It’s not anything that the patient would be able to…
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“Revitalizing local news,” Arlington men try to save small town journalism with artificial intelligence
Arlington men trying to save small town journalism with artificial intelligence Arlington men trying to save small town journalism with artificial intelligence 01:59 ARLINGTON – Could artificial intelligence be the savior of local journalism? Two neighbors in Arlington want to keep people aware of what is happening in their cities and towns and they believe…
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Airbnb to use AI to crack down on parties ahead of Halloween
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX — Halloween is nearly here, and Airbnb is working to keep hosts, guests, and properties safe using artificial intelligence. Across the US and Canada, Airbnb’s AI-driven anti system will take steps to identify potentially-high-risk booking requests for one- or two-night listings for entire homes over the weekend leading up to Halloween. The…