No surprise. Already moving to make AI a subscription service like subscriptions to movie studios. But, i actually see it as a positive. 1. The Best AI service will have to put up or shut up and market will decide it; no more role play of who s the best. 2. Real customer service; no more, o you have a tec issue, sorry, get lost. 3. Funds and competition will force improvements.
Microsoft’s one-day gain in market value is more than the entire valuation of about 450 S&P 500 companies.
A proton-driven approach that enables multiple ferroelectric phase transitions sets the stage for ultralow power, high-capacity computer chips.
A proton-mediated approach that produces multiple phase transitions in ferroelectric materials could help develop high-performance memory devices, such as brain-inspired, or neuromorphic, computing chips, a KAUST-led international team has found. The paper is published in the journal Science Advances.
Ferroelectrics, such as indium selenide, are intrinsically polarized materials that switch polarity when placed in an electric field, which makes them attractive for creating memory technologies. In addition to requiring low operating voltages, the resulting memory devices display excellent maximum read/write endurance and write speeds, but their storage capacity is low. This is because existing methods can only trigger a few ferroelectric phases, and capturing these phases is experimentally challenging, says Xin He, who co-led the study under the guidance of Fei Xue and Xixiang Zhang.
Intel’s investment arm has invested $9 million in Figure, a company specialising in humanoid robots for general purpose.
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Figure caught the attention of the robotics industry due to its success in creating a general-purpose robot. Just a few months after its inception, the company unveiled the humanoid Figure 01.
An open letter signed by more than 1,300 experts says AI is a “force for good, not a threat to humanity”.
It was organised by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, to counter “AI doom”.
Rashik Parmar, BCS chief executive, said it showed the UK tech community didn’t believe the “nightmare scenario of evil robot overlords”.
This could help us improve our understanding of the Sun and its impact on space weather.
A collaborative effort between researchers at the University of Graz in Austria and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) in Russia used artificial intelligence (AI) to study the magnetic field in the upper atmosphere of the Sun, a press release said.
The solar magnetic field is a poorly understood area of research among astronomers. Even after centuries of watching the Sun, we only have limited information about how sunspots are formed or whether they will lead to events like a flare or a coronal mass ejection (CME).
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing our lives for the better making it easier, better, more entertaining, and, hopefully, longer and healthier. Between 2013 and 2014, advances in deep learning led to machines outperforming humans in image recognition, text recognition, voice recognition and many other tasks. The generative AI revolution, which, despite the many early proof-of-concept papers, went mainstream after the publication of the Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) in 2014 and Transformers in 2017, has led to the creation of many advanced generative tools and apps that are transforming our lives in the most profound way possible. Many predictions made by Jensen Huang, the prolific CEO of NVIDIA — a company that has enabled and powered the AI revolution, have come true and even exceeded expectations. Instructional Transformer-based Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are already in mainstream use. ChatGPT can already outperform me in the many writing tasks, and we even co-authored an academic paper. Today, there are millions of professionals working on the development of AI systems and applications. Many of these professionals, including the author of this article, would very likely celebrate ‘International AI Day’ if there were one.
On July 16th, social media lit up with the celebratory posts for the “AI Appreciation Day” often using the #AIAppreciationDay hashtag. Several large brands and academic institutions, including Zeiss, Wistar Institute, and MBZUAI followed.
MicroNeuro ensures surgical safety and frees surgeons from labor-intensive tasks.
Today, less than 3 surgeries in the world are robot-assisted. The most common type of clinical robotic surgical system surgeons use includes a camera and mechanical arms with surgical instruments attached to them.
Robot assistance is known to provide more precision in brain surgeries than humans performing surgery, which may lead to damage to healthy tissues.
Queen Mary University researchers have engineered a self-sensing, variable-stiffness artificial muscle that mimics natural muscle characteristics. The breakthrough has significant implications for soft robotics and medical applications, moving a step closer to human-machine integration.
In a study published on July 8 in Advanced Intelligent Systems, researchers from Queen Mary University of London have made significant advancements in the field of bionics with the development of a new type of electric variable-stiffness artificial muscle that possesses self-sensing capabilities. This innovative technology has the potential to revolutionize soft robotics and medical applications.
Technology Inspired by Nature.
Vice President of AI & Quantum Computing, Paul Smith-Goodson dive into the strategic partnership between IoQ and QuantumBasel.
Im still in the 2029 camp. But if it happens soon would be great. And, i still project ASI 5 years after arrival of Agi.
The online forecasting community Metaculus currently predicts that there will be a weak human-like AI in January 2026. This is about 25 years earlier than the early 2020 prediction.
Metaculus is a forecasting platform and community focused on compiling and refining predictions about various events, scientific advances, technological breakthroughs, and other topics. Participants submit their predictions to questions posed on the platform, and these predictions are combined into a consensus forecast.
Metaculus uses a scoring system to incentivize accurate predictions and to track participants’ performance over time. This motivates them to revisit and update their forecasts as new information becomes available. The platform is open to anyone who wants to participate.
