The transformation of the world’s data servers to become AI-ready is well underway. Across the globe, data servers are humming, consuming both megawatts and precious natural resources to bring life…
Tag: Machine learning & AI
Chinese AI chatbot toes party line
Baidu’s ERNIE Bot displays a red ‘X’ and the message ‘Try another question’ in response to a query about a potential war over Taiwan. Chinese tech giant Baidu rolled out…
China’s Baidu makes AI chatbot Ernie Bot publicly available
FIEL – Robin Li, CEO of search giant Baidu, talks about AI during the Baidu Create 2018 held in Beijing, China, on July 4, 2018. Chinese search engine and artificial…
Robotic-assisted dressing system accommodates different poses, body types and garments
Yufei Wang, a Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, watches as a robot pulls a hospital gown up his arm. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Most people take getting…
Advances in AI, chips boost voice recognition
14nm analog AI chip resting in researcher’s hand. Credit: Ryan Lavine for IBM Separate developments in speech recognition technology from IBM and California universities at San Francisco and Berkeley offer…
The fight over a ‘dangerous’ ideology shaping AI debate
Tesla’s Elon Musk is among those claiming that AI could make humanity extinct, while standing to benefit by arguing only their products can save us. Silicon Valley’s favorite philosophy, longtermism,…
Researchers weigh pros and cons of ChatGPT Code Interpreter, await upgrades
Code Interpreter, the newest official plugin for ChatGPT, didn’t make the grade from West Virginia University researchers who put it to the test using biological data. However, the team was…
AI risks repeating social media era’s mistakes: Microsoft president
Breakneck development of AI risked repeating mistakes made by the tech industry at the start of the social media era, Microsoft president Brad Smith told a business forum. Breakneck development…
New detector paves the way to large-scale optical neural networks
Single detector. Credit: Farshid Ashtiani, Nokia Bell Labs For the first time, researchers have used a surface normal nonlinear photodetector (SNPD) to improve the speed and energy efficiency of a…
New dual-arm robot achieves bimanual tasks by learning from simulation
Dual arm robot holding crisp. Credit: University of Bristol An innovative bimanual robot displays tactile sensitivity close to human-level dexterity using AI to inform its actions. The new Bi-Touch system,…
