At Bengaluru Tech Summit 2024, the Karnataka Government today announced a major investment of $17.5 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, aiming to create 100,000 new jobs. This ambitious plan comes at a time when some experts are questioning its feasibility and long-term benefits. “Technology Unbound signifies our dedication to breaking traditional barriers and building […]
David Attenborough among famous people whose voices have been exploited by fraudsters It’s the new badge of celebrity status that nobody wants. Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey and Kylie Jenner have all had their voices cloned by fraudsters. Online blaggers used artificial intelligence to fake the Tiggerish tones of Martin Lewis, the TV financial adviser. And
AI cloning of celebrity voices outpacing the law, experts warn Read Post »
Two years ago, ChatGPT started a revolution. Apart from sparking the generative AI and LLM craze, the rise of AI also triggered a wave of protests from writers and artists against the use of AI-generated content. However, instead of overpromising a ban on text-generating models, big tech and the companies that are building these models
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Google has had a busy year, with the tech giant starting to resemble a startup under the renewed leadership of Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Brin, who has re-engaged deeply with Google’s AI efforts, highlighted the thrill of being part of the AI revolution. “I just don’t want to miss out on this… as a
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Humans and animals move with remarkable economy without consciously thinking about it by utilizing the natural oscillation patterns of their bodies. A new tool can now utilize this knowledge for the first time to make robots move more efficiently.
Effortless robot movements Read Post »
A study has identified strategies for using large language models (LLMs), a type of artificial intelligence (AI), in health systems while maintaining cost efficiency and performance. The findings provide insights into how health systems can leverage advanced AI tools to automate tasks efficiently, saving time and reducing operational costs while ensuring these models remain reliable
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Alongside carbon dioxide, methane is a key driver of global warming. To detect and monitor the climate pollutants in the atmosphere precisely, scientists have developed an advanced laser technology. A high-power ytterbium thin-disk laser drives an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) to generate high-power, stable pulses in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectral range. This allows researchers
A recent research paper, ‘Large Language Models Orchestrating Structured Reasoning Achieve Kaggle Grandmaster Level’, introduces ‘Agent K v1.0’. It is the first version of an end-to-end autonomous designed to automate, optimise, and generalise across diverse data science tasks. The paper claims that large language models (LLMs) can autonomously achieve a performance level comparable to Kaggle
‘Kaggle Grandmaster Level Agents are Total Unqualified BS’ Read Post »
Scientists could win back trust lost during the COVID-19 pandemic if they just showed a little intellectual humility, according to a study published Monday in Nature Human Behavior. It’s no secret that scientists—and the science generally—took a hit during the health crisis. Public confidence in scientists fell from 87 percent in April 2000 to a
Trust in scientists hasn’t recovered from COVID. Some humility could help. Read Post »
Officials from NASA and Russia’s space agency don’t see eye to eye on the causes and risks of small but persistent air leaks on the International Space Station. That was the word from the new chair of NASA’s International Space Station Advisory Committee last week. The air leaks are located in the transfer tunnel of
The ISS has been leaking air for 5 years, and engineers still don’t know why Read Post »
