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Custom AI Data Centers: Benefits and Best Practices
Artificial intelligence is changing the data center game. If data centers are to host AI engines that demand massively dense racks and hundreds of GPUs, things will have to change. Existing data centers and traditional designs won’t be able to cope with AI requirements. The solution emerging is to customize the data center to address ...
AI pareidolia: Can machines spot faces in inanimate objects?
New dataset of “illusory” faces reveals differences between human and algorithmic face detection, links to animal face recognition, and a formula predicting where people most often perceive faces.
Helping robots zero in on the objects that matter
A new method called Clio enables robots to quickly map a scene and identify the items they need to complete a given set of tasks.
Amazon-Anthropic Merger Cleared of Competition Concerns by UK Government
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority has concluded that Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic does not create a relevant merger situation and has closed its investigation.
AI Surge Could Trigger Global Chip Shortage by 2026, Research Finds
AI workloads could grow by between 25% and 35% annually up to 2027, according to consultancy Bain and Company, putting pressure on suppliers of data centre equipment and AI-augmented products.
Google Gemini at Work: Hands-On With AI for Workspace
Gemini in Workspace is billed as a project-starter for businesses of all size.
MIT launches new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program
The program will invite students to investigate new vistas at the intersection of music, computing, and technology.
Can ChatGPT Do Reliable Call Center Sentiment Analysis?
AI tools can make call center sentiment analysis faster and more affordable. Discover how to use large language models to uncover customer insights at scale.
Dell Offers 5 Guidelines for Accelerating AI Innovation
Australian IT leaders at Dell Technology Forum in Sydney were told they have no choice but to prepare their infrastructure and data for future AI workloads.
Deloitte: 50% More Professionals Rank Data Privacy as a Top GenAI Concern in 2024
Forty percent of the professionals surveyed by Deloitte flagged data privacy as their top concern when it comes to GenAI, while only 22% did in 2023.
New security protocol shields data from attackers during cloud-based computation
The technique leverages quantum properties of light to guarantee security while preserving the accuracy of a deep-learning model.
AI could predict breast cancer risk via 'zombie cells'
Women worldwide could see better treatment with new AI technology which enables better detection of damaged cells and more precisely predict the risk of getting breast cancer, shows new research.
Gartner: AI-enabled PCs to Dominate Laptop Options for Businesses
Gartner predicts Arm-based laptops will grab market share from x-86 as both consumers and business customers grab up laptops that can run generative AI.
Researchers harness AI to repurpose existing drugs for treatment of rare diseases
New AI model identifies possible therapies from existing medicines for thousands of diseases, including rare ones with no current treatments. The AI tool generates new insights on its own, applies them to conditions it was not trained for, and offers explanations for its predictions. AI can expedite the development of more precise treatments with fewer side effects at far lower cost than traditional drug discovery.
Researchers acquire and analyze data through AI network that predicts maize yield
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the buzz phrase of 2024. Though far from that cultural spotlight, scientists from agricultural, biological and technological backgrounds are also turning to AI as they collaborate to find ways for these algorithms and models to analyze datasets to better understand and predict a world impacted by climate change. Scientists have now demonstrated the capability of a recurrent neural network -- a model that teaches computers to process data using long short-term memory -- to predict maize yield from several remote sensing technologies and environmental and genetic data.
Fifteen Lincoln Laboratory technologies receive 2024 R&D 100 Awards
The innovations map the ocean floor and the brain, prevent heat stroke and cognitive injury, expand AI processing and quantum system capabilities, and introduce new fabrication approaches.
3 Questions: Should we label AI systems like we do prescription drugs?
Researchers argue that in health care settings, “responsible use” labels could ensure AI systems are deployed appropriately.
Google, Meta Criticise UK and EU AI Regulations
Meta has penned an open letter to Europe expressing concerns about AI regulation, while a Google exec has spoken out about the laws in the U.K. that prevent training models on copyrighted materials.
Google Expands Gemini AI Security and Contact Center Offerings
Users on Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, and Frontline plans can now access Google Gemini without switching to a personal email address.
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