machine learning

Balancing Innovation And Security: How Online Businesses Can Protect User Data

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Balancing Innovation And Security: How Online Businesses Can Protect User Data

Online businesses are racing to innovate and enhance user experiences, leveraging advanced technologies like AI, cloud computing, and blockchain. However, this pursuit comes with a critical challenge: ensuring user data protection while adopting these transformative tools. Striking a balance between innovation and security is essential to maintaining user trust, complying with privacy regulations, and fostering … Read more

AI tool cuts unexpected deaths in hospital by 26%, Canadian study finds

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AI tool cuts unexpected deaths in hospital by 26%, Canadian study finds

Inside a bustling unit at St. Michael’s Hospital in downtown Toronto, one of Shirley Bell’s patients was suffering from a cat bite and a fever, but otherwise appeared fine — until an alert from an AI-based early warning system showed he was sicker than he seemed. While the nursing team usually checked blood work around noon, … Read more

Exclusive | PolyU’s top AI scientist Yang Hongxia seeks to revolutionise LLM development in Hong Kong

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Exclusive | PolyU’s top AI scientist Yang Hongxia seeks to revolutionise LLM development in Hong Kong

At present, Yang said LLM development has mostly relied on deploying advanced and expensive graphics processing units (GPUs), from the likes of Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices, in data centres for projects involving vast amounts of raw data, which has put deep-pocketed Big Tech companies and well-funded start-ups at a major advantage. The entrance to … Read more

ISRO invites applications for free AI/ML and DL course, here’s direct link to register | Education

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ISRO invites applications for free AI/ML and DL course, here’s direct link to register | Education

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) along with the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) is inviting applications from interested individuals for free AI/ML and DL program. Applicants will also receive course study materials like lecture slides, video recorded lectures, open source software & handouts of demonstrations, etc through eclass.(File Photo) This course introduces AI, ML … Read more

New DND strategy warns Canadian military’s approach to artificial intelligence ‘fragmented’

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New DND strategy warns Canadian military’s approach to artificial intelligence ‘fragmented’

Canada’s defence department and military are approaching the implementation and use of artificial intelligence in a “fragmented,” unco-ordinated manner, says a newly prepared federal strategy. The long-awaited overview of how to deal with rapidly evolving machine-learning technology is being met with mixed reviews by some high-tech and civil society experts who had been expecting more clarity on … Read more

Indian Railways Introduces AI-Powered Machines To Keep Train Linen Clean

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Indian Railways Introduces AI-Powered Machines To Keep Train Linen Clean

Last Updated: July 22, 2024, 09:57 IST Indian Railways operates 80 mechanized laundries across the country. The software uses machine learning to identify and classify stains and damages with 100% accuracy. Indian Railways is using AI-camera technology to solve the problem of dirty linen given to passengers. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw introduced a new machine … Read more

Need to eliminate biases in algorithms as AI on the rise: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

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Need to eliminate biases in algorithms as AI on the rise: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das. File | Photo Credit: PTI RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday emphasised on the need to eliminate biases in algorithms as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is on the rise. Delivering the inaugural address at the 18th Statistics Day Conference organised by the … Read more

Steve Cohen’s Point72 to Raise $1 Billion for Launching AI-focused Hedge Fund

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Steve Cohen’s Point72 to Raise Billion for Launching AI-focused Hedge Fund

New York Mets owner and CEO Point72 Steven A. Cohen, 67, recently disclosed that he is bullish on AI’s long-term prospects and described it as a “really durable theme” for investing. According to sources, he plans to launch a separate, AI-focused hedge fund that trades AI hardware and semiconductor firms worldwide. The asset management firm … Read more

Elephants may have names for each other that humans don’t know, study finds

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Elephants may have names for each other that humans don’t know, study finds

As It Happens6:38Elephants may have names for each other that humans can’t understand Elephants appear to know their own names, according to a new study. Not the nicknames we humans sometimes give them, but their own, unique elephant names, which they use to call to each other. The findings, published this week in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, … Read more

Google research shows the fast rise of AI-generated misinformation

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Google research shows the fast rise of AI-generated misinformation

From fake images of war to celebrity hoaxes, artificial intelligence technology has spawned new forms of reality-warping misinformation online. New analysis co-authored by Google researchers shows just how quickly the problem has grown. The research, co-authored by researchers from Google, Duke University and several fact-checking and media organizations, was published in a preprint last week. The … Read more