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Researcher trains AI to predict diarrheal outbreaks related to climate change
Climate change-related extreme weather, such as massive flooding and prolonged drought, often result in dangerous outbreaks of diarrheal diseases particularly in less developed countries, where diarrheal diseases is the third leading cause of death among young children. Now a study offers a way to predict the risk of such deadly outbreaks using AI modeling, giving public health systems weeks or even months to prepare and to save lives.
UK Probes Alphabet’s Partnership With Anthropic Over Competition Concerns
Google’s parent company has agreed to invest up to $2 billion in the AI startup and owns a 10% stake. Meanwhile, the Claude models are hosted with Google Cloud services.
New AI model could make power grids more reliable amid rising renewable energy use
Researchers use AI to manage the growing complexity of modern power grids.
AI in medicine: New approach for more efficient diagnostics
Researchers have developed a new AI tool that uses imaging data to also detect less frequent diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
After selling Anchor to Spotify, co-founders reunite to build AI educational startup Oboe
The co-founders who sold their last startup to Spotify are working on a new project: an AI-powered educational startup called Oboe backed by a $4 million seed investment. The new company, hailing from Nir Zicherman and Michael Mignano, aims to democratize access to learning the way that their prior startup, Anchor, made it possible for […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
From Goodreads’ founder, Smashing debuts its AI-powered app for online readers
Smashing, a new app curating the best of the web from Goodreads co-founder Otis Chandler, is now available to the public. Like Goodreads, the app aims to create a community around content. But this time, instead of books, the focus is on web content — like news articles, blog posts, social media posts, podcasts, and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
5 Best AI Writing Tools: Supercharge Your Content Creation
AI writing tools can boost productivity and creativity. Discover the five best options to enhance your content creation with smart features.
Generative AI Defined: How It Works, Benefits, and Limitations
What is generative AI in simple terms, and how does it work? Discover the meaning, benefits, limitations and dangers of generative AI with our guide.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Can Control Your Computer
Claude 3.5 Sonnet can navigate user interfaces, move cursors, click buttons, and type text.
Robotic automation, AI will speed up scientific progress in science laboratories
Science laboratories across disciplines--chemistry, biochemistry and materials science--are on the verge of a sweeping transformation as robotic automation and AI lead to faster and more precise experiments that unlock breakthroughs in fields like health, energy and electronics.
Adapting GenAI for the next generation of learning
A new study by learning analytics researchers presents key considerations for generative AI (GenAI) educational tools so they are carefully developed to support, rather than replace, human learning.
A multi-level breakthrough in optical computing
Until now, researchers have been limited in developing photonic memory for AI processing -- gaining one important attribute like speed while sacrificing another like energy usage. An international team demonstrates a unique solution that addresses current limitations of optical memory that have yet to combine non-volatility, multibit storage, high switching speed, low switching energy, and high endurance in a single platform.
A 'chemical ChatGPT' for new medications
Researchers have trained an AI process to predict potential active ingredients with special properties. Therefore, they derived a chemical language model -- a kind of ChatGPT for molecules. Following a training phase, the AI was able to exactly reproduce the chemical structures of compounds with known dual-target activity that may be particularly effective medications.
BDO: Public Boards Seek a Fine Balance Between Innovation and Risk
Driving growth and investing in emerging technologies — while practicing caution — are strategic priorities for boards in the year ahead, according to the advisory firm’s 2024 survey.
VCs love using the AI meeting notepad Granola, so they gave it $20M
Granola’s notepad app has become a popular tool among venture capitalists who use it to record meetings and augment notes using AI technology. That made it easier for the startup to raise funds from a crowd of investors for its $20 million Series A — something the team managed to do in about a week. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
AI Bias: Accenture, SAP Leaders on Diversity Problems and Solutions
Generative AI models risk perpetuating bias due to training data, largely influenced by English and North American perspectives, experts warn APAC organisations.
AI and Platform Engineering Are Transforming DevOps, Finds Google’s DORA Report
Google’s DORA survey found 39.2% respondents don’t trust AI, but 81% of their organizations have adopted it. Platform engineering is shaping how developers work today, too.
Making it easier to verify an AI model's responses
A new system helps human fact-checkers validate the responses generated by a large language model. By speeding validation time by 20 percent, the system could improve manual verification and help users spot errors in AI models deployed in real-world situations.
Soft microelectronics technologies enabling wearable AI for digital health
Developing edge-computing and AI capabilities from wearable sensors enhances their intelligence, critical for the AI of Things, and reduces power consumption by minimizing data exchange between sensory terminals and computing units. This enables wearable devices to process data locally, offering real-time processing, faster feedback, and decreased reliance on network connectivity and external devices, thereby enhancing efficiency, privacy, and responsiveness in applications like health monitoring, activity tracking, and smart wearable technology.
Wearable cameras allow AI to detect medication errors
A team of researchers says it has developed the first wearable camera system that, with the help of artificial intelligence, detects potential errors in medication delivery. In a test, the video system recognized and identified, with high proficiency, which medications were being drawn in busy clinical settings. The AI achieved 99.6% sensitivity and 98.8% specificity at detecting vial-swap errors. The system could become a critical safeguard, especially in operating rooms, intensive-care units and emergency-medicine settings.
