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Chipmaker AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) has unveiled a range of innovative AI solutions spanning from data centers to personal computers. The AMD Instinct MI300 Series features data center AI accelerators, while the ROCm 6 open software stack introduces new features supporting Large Language Models (LLMs). Additionally, the Ryzen 8040 Series processors come equipped with Ryzen AI capabilities.
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Artificial Intelligence: NetDragon Websoft, A Chinese Tech Company, Appoints A Virtual Humanoid Robot As CEO
NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (HKG: 0777), a listed Chinese company with global internet operations, has appointed Ms Tang Yu, an AI powered virtual humanoid robot, as the rotating CEO of its subsidiary Fujian NetDragon Websoft Co., Ltd.
Artificial Intelligence: National Grid Uses AI And Satellite Imagery To Save Costs On Pruning Vegetation
National Grid has save as much as $2 million on its vegetation management costs after deployment of AiDash’s dashboard that uses AI and satellite imagery to home in on problems such as overgrowing trees, power lines and circuits.
Artificial Intelligence: Enterprise Voice Assistant Provider PolyAI Raises $40M
PolyAI, a provider of human sounding voice assistants for enterprises, announced its $40 million Series B round led by Georgian with participation from Twilio Ventures as well as existing investors (Khosla Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners).
Artificial Intelligence: Japanese Drivers Unionize Against Amazon Protesting Unrealistic, AI-Drawn Routes
A labor movement is spreading across Amazon Japan, with delivery drivers in Nagasaki organizing themselves into a union, months after drivers in Yokosuka took a similar step. The group of 15 drivers in Nagasaki are protesting Amazon’s long hours and excessive load of deliveries without overtime pay, as well as impossible-to-execute delivery schedules and routes set out by the company’s AI system.
Artificial Intelligence: Robotic, Solar-Powered Boat To Clean India’s Gomti River
The district administration of Lucknow, in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, has pressed into service an AI-enabled trash boat to clean the Gomti river. In a 30-day trial, the boat, built by the Centre For Innovation Policy And Social Change, will operate on the river and collect plastics, water hyacinth and other types of waste.
Artificial Intelligence: Why An Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) Could Destroy Mankind
We’ve been pretty wrong about some historic events that eventually did come to pass. Example: The great physicist Ernest Rutherford had famously proclaimed in 1933 that anyone who propounded atomic power was “talking moonshine.” As recently as 1977, a computer industry pioneer supposedly said computers would not reach our homes. Yet those computers are here and in fact everywhere in various forms and power configurations. In fact, Torres is now worried about the “ever-growing computing power” that is touted as a boon for humanity. Could these rapidly evolving computers and advances in AI technology create an Artficial Superintelligence (ASI) that could then turn upon us – it’s creator?
Artificial Intelligence: AI-Generated Artwork Wins First Prize At State Fair; Ignites Controversy
Jason Allen has ignited afresh the chatter and debate surrounding AI art after his creation won the first prize in the Colorado State Fair’s art competition in the digital category. Allen’s work was made using Midjourney, the text-to-image AI art creation tool.
Artificial Intelligence: US Government Bans Export Of High-Performance AI Chips To China By AMD and Nvidia
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) have been told by the US government to suspend exports of certain high-performance chips, that have application in artificial intelligence, to China. Nvidia clarified in a regulatory filing that US officials had taken the step due to fears that the chips could potentially land up in the hands of a “military end user.”
Artificial Intelligence: Rockefeller Foundation Partners With Atlas AI And e-GUIDE To Boost Economic Development In Africa
The Rockefeller Foundation will leverage machine learning technology and satellite data in a new $ 5.5 million collaboration with e-GUIDE and Atlas AI to boost economic development and build climate resilient infrastructure across sub- Saharan Africa. An innovative digital platform will make available valuable insight into agriculture, energy, and transportation sector development conditions, initially in Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda. The information (“dynamic situational awareness of local conditions”) will enable policymakers to prioritise infrastructure development, promote economic opportunities, and mitigate community vulnerabilities in these sectors.
Artificial Intelligence: An AI Pilot Can Navigate An Autonomous Aircraft Through Congested Airspace
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an AI-powered system that pilots an autonomous aircraft through crowded airspace. This first-ever “AI pilot” guides the aircraft well enough to avoid collisions, anticipates the likely flight path of other planes in the vicinity and takes actions accordingly, and maintains radio communications with pilots and air traffic controllers (ATCs).
Artificial Intelligence: Restaurant Chain Panera Pilots Voice AI Ordering At Two Drive-Through Outlets
Panera, the chain store of bakery-café fast casual restaurants with over 2,000 locations across the United States and Canada, is trialling acceptance of customers’orders through an AI-driven voice ordering system in drive-thru lanes at restaurants around Rochester, NY.
Artificial Intelligence: AI-Enabled Gate Blocks Invasive Salmon Species From Entering Norwegian River
Norway’s coastline and rivers suffer from the influx of non-native Pacific salmon that has spread after their introduction in Russia’s White Sea the 1950s. These invasive salmon species introduce new diseases to the native Atlantic salmon and compete with them for food and spawning grounds. Because the Pacific Salmon reproduce faster, their numbers are rapidly increasing compared to the native species. In an effort to block their entry into Norway’s waterways, Huawei has partnered with Norway’s Berlevåg Jeger-og Fiskerforening (BJFF, or Berlevåg Hunter and Fisherman’s Association) to create an AI-enabled gate that distinguishes and allows the native Atlantic salmon into the river, while blocking other species.
Artificial Intelligence: AI To Help Assess Damage To The Great Barrier Reef
Artificial intelligence will help to determine the health of more than 300 reefs from more than 52,000 photographs taken by “citizen scientists” recruited by the conservation group Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef. Snorkellers and recreational divers joined in a movement to capture a snapshot of the health of the Great Barrier Reef. These citizen scientists were then requested to help identify in the pictures problem areas of the Reef such as bleaching that needed restoration effort.
Artificial Intelligence: The Lund AI Algorithm Can Analyze DNA From Human Remains To Establish Their Age
Researchers led by Lund University in Sweden have developed an AI algorithm that analyzes the DNA in human remains to date their age. The method is far superior to radiocarbon dating, which is widely used to estimate the age of carbon-based stuff up to 50,000 years old. The latter method is not always accurate, and also depends upon the quality and quantity of the material available for age testing.
Artificial Intelligence: Capitol Records Dumps AI Rapper FN Meka, Apologizes To Black Community
Famed record label Capitol Records, which signed AI-generated, virtual rapper artist FN Meka earlier this month, has walked away from the contract citing unintended and overlooked racial overtones and the AI character’s “gross stereotypes” of the Black community.
Artificial Intelligence: Developer AI Platform Inworld Raises $50M For AI Driven Virtual Characters
Inworld is a developer platform for creating AI-driven virtual characters for gaming, metaverse, and business applications. It was founded by conversational AI pioneers Ilya Gelfenbeyn, Michael Ermolenko, and Kylan Gibbs to enhance the social interactions in the immersive worlds of gaming, metaverses, entertainment, and brand experiences.
Artificial Intelligence: Smart Cyber Lawnmower Is Crowdfunding
Kickstarter features a crowdfunding campaign for Lawna, a robotic lawn mower that uses visual AI to map out its virtual mowing territory, and does away with the perimeter wire. The futuristic lawn mower is every bit as smart as it looks, and is operable with a smartphone app.
Artificial Intelligence: Virtual, AI-Powered Rapper Signs Record Deal With Capitol Records
FN Meka, a virtual rapper, much like a gaming character, has an Instagram page, millions of followers, and more than a billion views on TikTok. Meka now has the added distinction of having released a single after signing with the famous Capitol Records label.
Artificial Intelligence: AI Enables Dead UK Woman To Address Mourners At Her Own Funeral
Marina Smith MBE, a Holocaust survivor from Nottingham, England, expired in June 2022, appeared at her own funeral as a hologram, looking realistically alive. What’s more, she was even able to talk to her beloved mourners using the AI-powered ‘holographic’ video tool. (AnalyticsIndiaMag)
Artificial Intelligence/VC: G42, The Abu Dhabi AI Firm, Forms $10B Fund For Tech Investments In Emerging Markets
G42, the Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence firm, announced the launch of the $10 billion G42 Expansion Fund to invest in late-stage growth companies with disruptive technologies and strong business fundamentals. The fund is being set up in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Growth Fund, an arm of the state-owned ADQ, and will be run by a G42 subsidiary. US private equity firm Silver Lake is an investor in G42.
Artificial Intelligence: Atomwise To Collaborate With Sanofi On AI-Powered Drug Discovery
AI-powered drug discovery startup Atomwise has entered a strategic and exclusive research collaboration with Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY) for computational discovery and research of up to five drug targets. AtomWise’s AtomNet platform incorporates deep learning for structure-based drug design, enabling the rapid, AI-powered search of Atomwise’s proprietary library of more than 3 trillion synthesizable compounds.
Artificial Intelligence: Shrimps On Tap From The Shrimpbox – An AI-Powered, Temperature Controlled Cargo Container
The Shrimpbox is described as an intelligent, automated shrimp farm that is disconnected from the oceans, and located close to the consumer. It enables the production of shrimp without the ill effects of traditional shrimp farming – which pollutes oceans, destroys habitats and contributes to overfishing.
Artificial Intelligence: Israeli Startups ASTERRA, Albo Climate Use Satellites And AI To Hunt For Lithium And Carbon
Satellite sensors are delivering valuable data to Israeli startups for analysis with AI to obtain insights on the extent of absorption of carbon on land, as well as locate valuable deposits of lithium that would otherwise be difficult to find and damaging to the environment.
Artificial Intelligence: Hyundai Motor Group, Boston Dynamics To Spend $400M On AI +Robotics Institute
Hyundai Motor Group (KRX: 005380), along with its majority-owned Boston Dynamics robotics unit, will invest $400 million to set up the Boston Dynamics AI Institute, to be led by Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics. The Institute will focus on solving the most important and difficult challenges facing the creation of advanced robots.