IIT Madras hosts student-run annual techno-entertainment event ‘Shaastra’ | Education

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras students are hosting the 25th edition of Shaastra, the largest student-run, annual techno-entertainment festival in India, from January 3rd to 7th 2024. Students of IIT Madras all set to host 25th edition of Shaastra According to a press release issued by IIT Madras, the Silver Jubilee edition will host … Read more

New AI tool may help better detect, treat cancers: Study

NEW DELHI: Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that interprets medical images with unprecedented clarity and may help clinicians diagnose and better treat cancers that might otherwise go undetected. The tool, called iStar (Inferring Super-Resolution Tissue Architecture), and developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, US, provides both highly detailed views … Read more

How artificial intelligence can help beavers fight floods, droughts and wildfires

A few years ago, a couple of Google employees reached out to a Minnesota scientist with an unusual proposal: What if they could teach computers to spot beaver habitats from space?  “They wanted to know if I thought it was possible to find beaver wetlands from aerial imagery myself, and then if that could be … Read more

Baidu’s move to cancel YY Live acquisition amid fierce market competition, tougher regulation a boon to firm’s AI business expansion, analysts say

This move was “not totally unexpected, given investors have been waiting for more details in past years”, Jefferies equity analysts Thomas Chong and Zoey Zong said in a research note on Monday, following Baidu’s announcement. They indicated that China’s internet sector “has been undergoing changes”, which reflects Baidu’s focus on generative AI. “For Baidu, Ernie … Read more

Europe’s Silicon Valley? No thanks – POLITICO

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. CAMBRIDGE, England — This city wears many crowns: the fastest growing in Britain, the world’s most intensive research cluster and the university with the highest number of tech founders. It also has Britain’s second highest level of inequality and one of the lowest amounts … Read more

CU Boulder study creates tool to read college essays

A new AI tool can read college essays — and it has the potential to change the way admissions is run at colleges and universities nationwide. University of Colorado Boulder researchers developed AI tools that can read college admissions essays and identify the presence of certain character traits without showing bias toward applicants from certain … Read more

Artificial intelligence lowers barrier to ultrasonic brain treatment

SEJONG: Using ultrasound energy to target specific millimetres of the brain, including deep areas, focused ultrasound technology is a non-invasive therapeutic approach that treats neurological disorders without necessitating opening the skull.Because it doesn’t harm nearby good tissue and reduces side effects like infections and difficulties, it has been used to treat a range of resistant … Read more

Three settings to change on your new Android right away – including a way to never miss a notification again

SO, you’ve recently unwrapped a sparkly new Android handset? Or, eyeing one up in the sales? Well, there’s three settings you must change on your device to truly make it ‘yours’. 1 If you’ve got a Google Pixel 8 or 8 Pro – you’ll be able to use Android 14’s brand new generative AI wallpaper … Read more

This is Pi — one of the most amazing Android apps I used in 2023

Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends “Find me a few books on mindfulness and meditation.” I posed the question to ChatGPT, and it put a list of 16 books with the authors’ names divided across the two categories I described. It was a quick, albeit somewhat overwhelming, way to process the flood of information. There’s nothing … Read more

I’m the ‘Living Nostradamus’ who predicted Covid and Ukraine war – 2024 will mark a chilling new chapter in history

A SELF-PROCLAIMED psychic dubbed “The Living Nostradamus” has cast his latest round of prophecies for 2024 and it looks set to be a tornado of a year. Athos Salomé, 37, from Brazil, warned The Sun that next year could mark a “new chapter in human history” – one filled with aliens, a robot rebellion, global … Read more