Category: Artificial Intelligence

  • The State of AI Governance and Diversity: Takeaways from the AI Index Report

    The State of AI Governance and Diversity: Takeaways from the AI Index Report

    The latest edition of the AI Index Report from Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Center provides a comprehensive look at artificial intelligence (AI) policy, regulation, and diversity trends across the globe. The number of AI-related regulations enacted by U.S. federal agencies like the FDA, EPA, and FCC has skyrocketed from just 1 in 2016 to 25 in…

  • Artificial intelligence tools improve skin cancer diagnostic accuracy

    Artificial intelligence tools improve skin cancer diagnostic accuracy

    By Shania Kennedy April 18, 2024 – Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven tools can improve the skin cancer diagnostic accuracy of clinicians, nurse practitioners and medical students, according to a study published last week in npj Digital Medicine. The researchers underscored that AI-based skin cancer diagnostic tools are developing rapidly, and these tools are likely to be deployed…

  • Getting ready for artificial general intelligence with examples

    Getting ready for artificial general intelligence with examples

    Getting ready for artificial general intelligence with examples – IBM Blog <!—-> <!– –> Imagine a world where machines aren’t confined to pre-programmed tasks but operate with human-like autonomy and competence. A world where computer minds pilot self-driving cars, delve into complex scientific research, provide personalized customer service and even explore the unknown. This is…

  • Exploring the role of artificial intelligence in agriculture

    Exploring the role of artificial intelligence in agriculture

    This interview originally aired on “In the Moment” on SDPB Radio. A year ago, the Farmers Business Network released Norm, an AI agronomy advisor. We check back in on how farmers have been using the chatbot since its launch and what the future of AI may be in agriculture. Kit Barron is head of data…

  • AI Report Shows ‘Startlingly Rapid’ Progress—And Ballooning Costs

    AI Report Shows ‘Startlingly Rapid’ Progress—And Ballooning Costs

    Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as the chatbot ChatGPT, have become so advanced that they now very nearly match or exceed human performance in tasks including reading comprehension, image classification and competition-level mathematics, according to a new report. Rapid progress in the development of these systems also means that many common benchmarks and tests for…

  • Fintech Professional Shares Perspective on EU Artificial Intelligence Act and UK’s AI Legislation

    Fintech Professional Shares Perspective on EU Artificial Intelligence Act and UK’s AI Legislation

    With the UK rethinking its approach to AI legislation, Scott Dawson, Head of Strategic Partnerships at DECTA, an end-to-end payments solutions provider, has shared insights focused on examining what a divergence in the UK and the EU’s legislative approach in AI could mean. Scott Dawson, Head of Sales and Strategic Partnerships at DECTA, who previously…

  • Fintech Professional Shares Perspective on EU Artificial Intelligence Act and UK’s AI Legislation

    Fintech Professional Shares Perspective on EU Artificial Intelligence Act and UK’s AI Legislation

    With the UK rethinking its approach to AI legislation, Scott Dawson, Head of Strategic Partnerships at DECTA, an end-to-end payments solutions provider, has shared insights focused on examining what a divergence in the UK and the EU’s legislative approach in AI could mean. Scott Dawson, Head of Sales and Strategic Partnerships at DECTA, who previously…

  • The AI hype bubble is deflating. Now comes the hard part.

    The AI hype bubble is deflating. Now comes the hard part.

    SAN FRANCISCO — Last June, Inflection AI was riding high. The artificial intelligence start-up founded by veterans of Google’s famous DeepMind AI lab had just raised $1.3 billion from Microsoft and tech billionaires Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman and Eric Schmidt to build out its chatbot business. But less than a year later, the tide has…

  • IBM Offers Meta’s Llama 3 Open Models on Watsonx, Expands Portfolio of Next Generation Enterprise-Ready Models

    IBM Offers Meta’s Llama 3 Open Models on Watsonx, Expands Portfolio of Next Generation Enterprise-Ready Models

    IBM Offers Meta’s Llama 3 Open Models on Watsonx, Expands Portfolio of Next Generation Enterprise-Ready Models April 18, 2024 IBM today announced the availability of Meta Llama 3 — the next generation of Meta’s open large language model — on its watsonx AI and data platform. This expands IBM’s watsonx.ai model library to help enterprises innovate with…

  • Physics vocabulary: AI edition

    Physics vocabulary: AI edition

    It’s time for some deep learning. Check out this list to pick up some new terminology—and learn a bit about the history of artificial intelligence in particle physics and astrophysics. Illustration by Sandbox Studio, Chicago with Abigail Malate Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence refers to machines that have abilities we associate with human and animal intelligence,…