Tag Archives: Artificial intelligence

02Mar/23

AI could make more work for us, instead of simplifying our lives

March 2, 2023InnovationArticles, Artificial intelligence, Automation, Barbara Ribeiro, Contents, Creative Commons, Kenya, Philosophy of science, Productivity improving technologies, Research, Robot, Science in popular culture, Scientific method, SHUTTERSTOCK, Synbio, Workflowadmin

Barbara Ribeiro, University of Manchester

There’s a common perception that artificial intelligence (AI) will help streamline our work. There are even fears that it could wipe out the need for some jobs altogether.

But in a study of science laboratories I carried out with three colleagues at the University of Manchester, the introduction of automated processes that aim to simplify work — and free people’s time — can also make that work more complex, generating new tasks that many workers might perceive as mundane.

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23Feb/23

The EU’s AI Act – Innovations Vs Human Rights

February 23, 2023SecurityAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Artificial intelligence in healthcare, Brazil, Cameroon, Cannes, Central African Republic, China, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Emerging technologies, Ethics of artificial intelligence, France, Qian Ji Data Co, Technology, Thomson Reuters Foundation, united nations high commissioner for refugeesadmin

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is everywhere. Thanks to a lack of red tape, it’s transforming our homes, economies and cultures – from ChatGPT and virtual DJs, to facial recognition and predictive policing tools.

However, the rise of AI has also come at a significant cost. As we’ve discussed in recent weeks, AI often undermines our privacy, entrenches societal biases, and creates opaque systems that lack accountability.
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10Feb/23

Bard, Bing and Baidu: how big tech’s AI race will transform search – and all of computing

February 10, 2023Internet.google, ALPHABET, Alphabet Inc., Articles, Artificial intelligence, Baidu, Bing, Blake Lemoine, Chatbot, Creative Commons, duckduckgo, Google Search, Instant messaging, Internet bot, Internet search engines, LaMDA, Larry Page, Microsoft, Natural language parsing, Sergey Brin, Toby Walsh, Victoria, Websites, World Wide Webadmin

Toby Walsh, UNSW Sydney

Today, if you want to find a good moving company, you might ask your favourite search engine – Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo perhaps – for some advice.

After wading past half a page of adverts, you get a load of links to articles on moving companies. You click on one of the links and finally read about how to pick a good ’un. But not for much longer.

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05Feb/23

Six parts of your car that gather data on you

February 5, 2023TransportArtificial intelligence, Automatic identification and data capture, Automatic number-plate recognition, Control engineering, Creative Commons, ECall, Electronic control unit, Electronic toll collection, Embedded systems, Power control, Rachael Medhurst, Road traffic management, Seat belt, SHUTTERSTOCK, Technology, United Kingdom, Walesadmin

Rachael Medhurst, University of South Wales

You can tell a lot about someone from the car they drive. The data that many vehicles now collect can reveal the patterns of our daily lives and provide insights into our behaviour, actions and even our state of mind.

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29Jan/23

Deepfakes: faces created by AI now look more real than genuine photos

January 29, 2023InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Cognitive science, Computer Generated Video, Creative Commons, Deepfake, Generative adversarial network, Human behavior, Manos Tsakiris, Social media, Trust, United States, Unsupervised learningadmin

Manos Tsakiris, Royal Holloway University of London

Even if you think you are good at analysing faces, research shows many people cannot reliably distinguish between photos of real faces and images that have been computer-generated. This is particularly problematic now that computer systems can create realistic-looking photos of people who don’t exist.

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12Oct/22

Wayfair Selects Google Cloud in Shift from Hybrid Cloud to Unified Public Cloud Strategy

October 12, 2022Innovation.google, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Cloud computing, Cloud infrastructure, Digital technology, Technology, Wayfairadmin

Google Cloud today announced that Wayfair (NYSE: W), one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home, has completed a full migration of its data center applications and services to the cloud, with Google Cloud as the foundation of its overall cloud strategy. The move helps the retailer increase business agility and technical innovation, handle burst capacity, and scale new uses of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for scenarios ranging from fraud detection to personalized customer outreach. Continue reading

12Oct/22

Horrible bosses: how algorithm managers are taking over the office

October 12, 2022InnovationAcademic disciplines, Algorithm, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Creative Commons, Cybernetics, Fields of mathematics, Formal sciences, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Machine learning, Management, Mathematical logic, Peter, Robert Donoghue, SHUTTERSTOCK, Theoretical computer science, Tiago Vieira, Uber, United Statesadmin

Robert Donoghue, University of Bath and Tiago Vieira, European University Institute

The 1999 cult classic film Office Space depicts Peter’s dreary life as a cubicle-dwelling software engineer. Every Friday, Peter tries to avoid his boss and the dreaded words: “I’m going to need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow.”

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15Aug/22

OPINION: Besides AI, regulation key to fight mis/disinformation

August 15, 2022PoliticsAcademic disciplines, Alejandro Romero, Anya Schiffrin, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Black propaganda, Constella, Deception, Disinformation, Facebook, Germany, Media manipulation, Misinformation, Natural language processing, Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, Propaganda techniques, Psychopathy, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

By Anya Schiffrin, director of the Technology, Media and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

When worries about online mis/disinformation became widespread after the 2016 U.S. election, there was hope that the tech giants would use artificial intelligence (AI) to fix the mess they created. The hope was that platforms could use AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automatically block or downrank false. illegal or inflammatory content online without governments having to regulate.
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02Aug/22

Drover AI Secures $5.4M Series A Led by Vektor Partners to Scale its Innovative Applications of Computer Vision in Micromobility

August 2, 2022InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Avesta Fund, Bicycle sharing, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Kurt Jaggers, Masik Enterprises, Micromobility, Scooter sharing, Sharing economy, Vektor Partnersadmin

Drover AI announces that it has closed on a $5.4M Series A funding round, led by Vektor Partners and with follow-on participation from Seed investors including Avesta Fund, Masik Enterprises and Kurt Jaggers. They join existing investor 500 Global to support the scale up of its innovative solutions for computer vision and artificial intelligence in micromobility. Continue reading

01Aug/22

Taiwanese Startup FaceHeart Video-based Measurement Software Uses AI to Remotely Measure Vitals Stats of Patients

August 1, 2022InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, FaceHeart corporationadmin

The pandemic has forced most processes and operations to be conducted remotely, and the medical industry isn’t exempted. Fortunately, a new and innovative video-based measurement software from FaceHeart corporation now allows diagnosis of patients to be done remotely using cutting-edge artificial intelligence. FaceHeart exhibited recently exhibited at VivaTech 2022 in Paris, France to other startups and leaders, showing off the company’s latest AI technology. Coontinue reading

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