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Geologists wary of Chinese chatbot bias

Chinese-funded GeoGPT chatbot raises concerns among geologists for potential censorship and bias, developed with IUGS support. Aimed at global south researchers, it leverages vast data to enhance understanding of earth sciences.

Mastering Exact Match with Amazon Lex

Amazon Lex QnAIntent, powered by Amazon Bedrock, enables real-time conversational experiences with natural language understanding. Exact match capabilities with Amazon Kendra and OpenSearch Service cater to enterprise customers' regulatory needs.

Emotional AI: The Pitfalls of 80% Anger, 2% Sadness

Hume, a Manhattan-based startup, has developed the world's first voice AI with emotional intelligence, raising concerns over potential misuse and bias in the field of AI that reads feelings. Testing the limits of this technology involves expressing emotions like love through text, highlighting the potential dangers of emotional AI.

Unlocking the Brain: CLIP and LLaVA

Recent multimodal transformer networks like CLIP and LLaVA are compared to the brain in terms of attention. Vision transformers perform pre-attentive visual processing similar to the brain, but struggle with complex tasks. The brain's bidirectional activity allows for conscious top-down attention and automatic feedback, enhancing perception and cognition.

Eric Evans Honored with DOD Medal

Eric Evans receives DoD Medal for Distinguished Public Service for his leadership at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Defense Science Board. Evans' impact on national security and defense innovation recognized by U.S. Department of Defense.

The Atomic Human: A Terminator Returns

AI expert Neil Lawrence's new book, The Atomic Human, delves into AI myths, including Terminator references. The study challenges techbro arrogance, contrasting biblical creation with AI consciousness.

Unlocking Private Hubs: SageMaker JumpStart Model Management

Amazon SageMaker JumpStart offers pre-trained models and a private hub feature for granular access control, empowering enterprise admins to centralize model artifacts and enforce governance guardrails. Admins can create multiple private hubs with tailored model repositories, allowing users to access and consume curated models while maintaining centralized control.