British AI startup Synthesia, known for realistic video avatars, sees valuation soar to $4bn. 70% of FTSE 100 are clients.
NHS England to trial AI and robot-assisted care for faster lung cancer detection. All smokers and ex-smokers to be offered screening by 2030.
Agentic AI relies on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for efficient deployment and management, ensuring reliability and scalability. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore now supports IaC frameworks like AWS CDK and Terraform for seamless provisioning of AI agent infrastructure.
Survey by Randstad shows UK workers fear job loss due to AI, while 66% of employers invest in AI, with 56% promoting AI tools.
Elon Musk envisions a future with "more robots than people," but trade unions stress the importance of human connection for children's well-being. Tech risks losing social acceptance unless it improves people's lives.
Akido Labs uses AI in clinics for low-income patients, aiming to reduce doctor involvement in visits. AI in healthcare may deepen class divides, impacting vulnerable populations disproportionately.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, envisions a future where AI solves major global challenges and creates extreme wealth. OpenAI's aggressive expansion plans include $1tn investment in datacenters, striking deals with chipmakers, and integrating products into various sectors.
AI-generated code for a gradient boosting regression model in C# impressed with minimal tweaks needed. Experiment shows potential but requires deep knowledge for practical use.
Amazon Catalog Team built self-learning AI system for catalog enrichment, improving accuracy & reducing costs at scale using Amazon Bedrock. Multiple smaller models process routine cases through consensus, invoking larger models only when disagreements occur, leading to decreased costs and increased quality.
Google's AI Overviews now provide medical advice, potentially risky. Sundar Pichai introduces AI integration in Google search, reaching 2 billion users monthly.
AI threatens Australian journalism, favoring US/European media over local sources in Microsoft Copilot summaries, creating news deserts. University of Sydney research shows only 1/5 of Copilot responses include Australian media links.
UK government to use content from National History Museum and National Library of Scotland in AI tools. Funding for projects testing Met Office data and legal documents from National Archives to aid agencies and small businesses.
Hollywood stars like Scarlett Johansson and Cate Blanchett join 800 creatives in condemning AI companies for unauthorized use of their work. The "Stealing Isn’t Innovation" campaign accuses tech firms of building AI platforms without proper licensing.
CLICKFORCE, a leader in digital advertising in Taiwan, partnered with AWS to create Lumos, a next-gen AI-driven marketing analysis tool, transforming weeks of manual work into a one-hour automated process. Lumos addresses challenges like generic AI outputs, lack of industry context, and disconnected tools, providing actionable insights for smarter advertising decisions.
AI is transforming financial services, with organizations leveraging AI to increase revenue, decrease costs, and improve critical functions. The use of open source models is key, with 83% saying it's important, as financial institutions fine-tune AI capabilities for competitive advantage.