Proton, the secure email suite, transitions to a nonprofit foundation led by CEO Andy Yen. Foundation includes Sir Tim Berners-Lee, aims to prioritize people over profits.
Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, leads the fight against surveillance and data sharing. Organized Google walkouts in 2018 to protest state surveillance and sexual misconduct.
SoftBank is developing AI-powered "emotion-canceling" tech to alter angry customer voices for calmer calls with customer service. The project aims to reduce operator stress, with plans for launch by March 2026, sparking mixed reactions online.
AI-powered blood test predicts Parkinson's 7 years early, improving treatment research. Test could be available in NHS labs in 2 years.
80% of AI projects fail due to poor use cases or technical knowledge. Gen AI simplifies complexity, helping companies find valuable applications. "Paperclips & Friends" explores AI to tackle increasing customer support demands, highlighting the importance of measuring problem magnitude.
MIT and Meta researchers develop PlatoNeRF, a computer vision technique using shadows and machine learning to create accurate 3D models of scenes, improving autonomous vehicles and AR/VR efficiency. Combining lidar and AI, PlatoNeRF offers new opportunities for reconstructions and will be presented at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.
Automating resource management in large language model training optimizes efficiency, enabling focus on experimentation and innovation. AWS Trainium and AWS Batch integration offers scalable, cost-effective deep learning training with streamlined orchestration.
AI Agent Capabilities Engineering Framework introduces a mental model for designing AI agents based on cognitive and behavioral sciences. The framework categorizes capabilities into Perceiving, Thinking, Doing, and Adapting, aiming to equip AI agents for complex tasks with human-like proficiency.
MIT researchers found that large language models can understand the visual world and generate complex scenes. By querying LLMs to self-correct code for images, they improved simple drawings and trained a vision system without using visual data.
Africa's potential in AI and green jobs shines, but global support is crucial, says Prof Patrick Verkooijen, new Chancellor of University of Nairobi. With vast natural resources and a young population, Africa's promise is undeniable as it heads towards being home to one in four people globally by 2050.
Businesses can modernize document handling with intelligent automation on AWS, optimizing workflows and enhancing accuracy. AI can revolutionize financial processes by automatically extracting data from emails, reducing costs and improving efficiency.
Travel companies are integrating generative AI for virtual travel agents, enhancing customer experiences with personalized recommendations and efficient booking processes. Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock offer robust safeguards to mitigate risks and enable safe deployment of generative AI technologies, providing industry-leading safety protection and customization options for responsible AI pract...
AI is becoming companions for humans, offering therapy and even love. But is it a solution to loneliness or just a profit-making tool for big tech? Spike Jonze's 'Her' foreshadowed this trend, now seen in AI assistants like Amazon's Alexa and ChatGPT with Scarlett Johansson's voice.
Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence book sparked debates on the potential dangers of superintelligent machines, prompting calls for enhanced military defense. Despite criticism, the book successfully brought the concept of AI takeover from academia to mainstream consciousness.
Summary: The "Communicative Agents for Software Development" paper introduces ChatDev, an AI-powered virtual software development company using large language models to streamline coding processes through natural language communication. ChatDev aims to automate software creation, addressing the challenge of skill and capital limitations in software development, with promising success leveraging...