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AI is moving fast; AI regulation needs to catch up
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already affecting our lives in many positive ways, automating tasks, helping to diagnose medical issues and acting as a voice-controlled virtual assistant for many. Still, there is a very real danger of misuse and unintended consequences of the technology, as we saw recently in Maryland, with the filing of what is…
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How Artificial Intelligence Is Making 2,000-Year-Old Scrolls Readable Again
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., it covered the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under tons of ash. Millennia later, in the mid-18th century, archeologists began to unearth the city, including its famed libraries, but the scrolls they found were too fragile to be unrolled and read; their contents were thought to be…
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Nvidia criticizes AI PCs, says Microsoft’s 45 TOPS requirement is only good enough for ‘basic’ AI tasks
Nvidia recently showcased the capabilities of its RTX consumer GPUs at a press event, according to Benchlife.Info. The company pointed out how its GPUs are better than regular NPU-equipped PCs at handling AI tasks. It also presented several benchmarks, which showed its GPUs outperforming competing notebooks with AI-hardware acceleration including the MacBook Pro featuring Apple’s…
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AI: Why German firms are lagging behind
Katharina Bahn | Daniel Winter 05/02/2024May 2, 2024 One survey suggests 40% of German companies have no plans to implement artificial intelligence into their processes. Can Germany adopt the technology in time and avoid losing ground to rivals like China? https://p.dw.com/p/4fPzb Advertisement
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Baltimore City Schools begins installing $5.4M AI-based weapon-detection system; some teachers, students wary
The Baltimore City school system began rolling out a new artificial intelligence-based weapon-detection system at 28 schools this week. Some Baltimore teachers and students, however, are wary of the technology’s effectiveness and its impact on students’ educational experiences. The system, manufactured by Evolv Technology, was sued by its shareholders and is the subject of two…
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John Wheeler: Artificial intelligence will someday take over weather forecasting
FARGO — Artificial intelligence will likely soon make its way into weather forecasting. To clarify, a computer weather model is not the same thing as AI. A weather model is a complex set of equations with input from current, measured weather conditions. The output of a weather model is nothing more than the answer to…
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Artificial Intelligence in Marketing Market Size, Trends, Latest Insights, Analysis and Forecast 2024-2032 | LexisNexis, IBM, Kira Systems, ROSS Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence in Marketing Market LOS ANGELES, United States- “The global Artificial Intelligence in Marketing Market size is expected to be worth US$2.4 Billion in 2024 and is projected to reach a valuation of US$ 5.8 Billion by the end of 2032, mainly driven by rising demand from the Information and Technology sectors. The market…
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Revolutionizing the Grid: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Transforming Energy Systems for a Sustainable Future
Representational image. Credit: Canva The energy sector is undergoing an unprecedented transformation, marked by the digitization and increasing complexity of the power grid, driven by a surge in distributed, smart technologies and a shift towards renewable energy sources. This transformation, detailed in the Advanced Research Directions on AI for Energy’s report from the Winter 2023…
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Deciding when to teach Artificial Intelligence
The realm of education is witnessing a paradigm shift as school leaders and teachers increasingly recognise the importance of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) concepts into curricula. Survey data from the EdWeek Research Center reveals an overwhelming consensus among teachers, principals, and education leaders that students should acquire a fundamental understanding of AI before graduating from…
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AI expert tells New Mexico lawmakers to go further with regulation
An expert on artificial intelligence told a legislative panel that state lawmakers were right to protect themselves from AI’s potential harmful effects on their election campaigns, but now they need to offer the same protections to everyone else. Melanie Moses is a University of New Mexico computer science professor and special adviser to the vice…