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Robotaxi Expansion Gets Green Light In San Francisco
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Two autonomous “robotaxi” companies in San Francisco received the green light to start increasing their operations in the city, after previously facing limits on when or where they could charge for rides.
The promise of driverless car services transforming transport has been very slow to develop since they first came into the public eye over a decade ago, having been faced with technology glitches, safety fears, and high-profile accidents involving vehicles.
17 Critical Skills For The AI “Techie”
Artificial Intelligence will gift us with more benefits and advantages than any other invention or discovery in history. On that, everyone agrees.
But it will also require more skills and mastery than anything else. It will place that onus not just on each of us, but also on those in leadership positions who will have to see to their individual transformations and to the transformations of their organizations.
In my previous post (Forbes.com — 8/10/23) I discussed 11 skills necessary for the AI user. In consultation with six respected colleagues, we compiled a sweeping overview of the skill set we’ll all to be effective AI users. No tech involved in that list, just user skills.
AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, rules a US Federal Judge
DC District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell says human beings are an “essential part of a valid copyright claim.”
United States District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled on Friday that AI-generated artwork can’t be copyrighted.
Thaler had tried multiple times to copyright the image “as a work-for-hire to the owner of the Creativity Machine,” which would have listed the author as the creator of the work and Thaler as the artwork’s owner, but he was repeatedly rejected.
“Human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright.”
Surgical robot allows cancer patients to heal faster
The machine complements the work of skilled doctors without replacing them.
Surgical robots that can assist in medical procedures are increasingly gaining traction as they help doctors perform better and allow patients to heal faster.
There’s the famous DaVinci Surgery system that is equipped with highly dexterous robot arms that can be manipulated to complete precise cutting and stitching. In the UK, robots are helping thousands of women plagued by the painful womb condition endometriosis while in Canada robot-assisted deep brain stimulation surgeries are aiding patients suffering from epilepsy.
Anti-piracy group shuts down Books3, a popular dataset for AI models
The dataset was part of a larger project called The Pile, which aimed to provide open-source data for language models.
A massive collection of pirated books that were used to train artificial intelligence models.
The Eye complied with a takedown request from Rights Alliance, a group that represents publishers and authors in Denmark… More.
Credits: 1: AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, 2: Daniel Grizelj via Getty Images.
San Francisco launches driverless bus services on Treasure Island
The shuttle is electric and has no driver’s seat or steering wheel.
San Francisco has launched a new service that lets people ride a driverless shuttle around Treasure Island, a former naval base in the middle of the bay. The free shuttle, which runs daily on a fixed route, is part of a pilot program to test how autonomous vehicles can improve public transportation.
Credits: AP Photo/Terry Chea.
A convenient and eco-friendly option?
Need a life coach? Google’s AI could soon be the answer
Amidst rife competition from the likes of OpenAI, Baidu, and Microsoft, Google looks into the possibility of creating innovative tools using generative AI to create personalized life coaches.
In the ever-intensifying race to dominate the field of artificial intelligence, tech giant Google has been making significant strides to stand at the forefront.
Earlier this year, Google merged its London-based research lab, DeepMind, with its Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence team, Brain, marking a pivotal move in its endeavor to harness generative AI technology.
Chinese firm launches satellite with AI-powered ‘brain’
The satellite’s developer says it has an onboard intelligent processing unit that allows it process data without sending it back to ground controlThe company hopes it could one day be used to monitor environmental conditions or support emergency relief efforts.
A Chinese company has launched a satellite that has powerful artificial intelligence at its core, with the final aim of creating a self-controlled spaceship.
The WonderJourney-1A, or WJ-1A, which blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Inner Mongolia earlier this month, has an onboard intelligent processing unit known as the String Edge AI Platform.
THE HUMAN FUTURE: A Case for Optimism
Soundtrack: https://melodysheep.bandcamp.com/album/the-human-future-original-soundtrack Patreon: http://patreon.com/melodysheep Change is coming. Humanity is entering a turbulent new era, unprecedented in both Earth and Human history. To survive the coming centuries and fulfill our potential as a species, we will have to overcome the biggest challenges we have ever faced, from extreme climate change, to rogue A.I., to the inevitable death of the sun itself.
The headlines make our chances look bleak. But when you look at our history and our tenacity, it’s clear that humanity is uniquely empowered to rise to the challenges we face.
If we succeed, our potential is cosmic in scale. Incredible prosperity is within our reach. Being optimistic is not only justified, it’s a powerful weapon in the fight for a higher future.
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Story, visual effects, music & Sound by melodysheep (John D. Boswell)
Narrated by Will Crowley.
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