A package of AI tools named Humphrey will train all civil servants in England and Wales to enhance productivity. Chancellor Pat McFadden leads initiative to overhaul civil service with practical AI training for 400,000+ employees.
NVIDIA's Jensen Huang and U.K. PM Starmer kick off London Tech Week, signaling AI's integration into national policy and economy. The U.K. plans to invest £1 billion in AI research compute by 2030, showcasing a commitment to AI innovation and skills development.
Music lecturer at a major UK university expresses concern over AI's impact on academia, suspecting students of using AI to write essays and music, leaving academics feeling powerless and unsure how to address the issue. The rapid rise of AI in education raises questions about academic integrity and the proper use of AI tools in universities, highlighting the challenges faced by educators in thi...
MIT researchers developed a machine learning-based adaptive control algorithm for autonomous drones to navigate unpredictable forces like gusty winds. The technique automatically chooses the best optimization algorithm to minimize trajectory tracking error by 50% in simulations, promising efficient parcel delivery and fire monitoring in challenging conditions.
MIT's Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize winner, Annaliese Meyer, introduces B-Bots, synthetic bacterial mimics for gut health. Meyer's cautionary tale of a subscription-based health care model highlights potential harm in a for-profit system.
Coactive, founded by Cody Coleman ’13 and William Gaviria Rojas ’13, uses AI to analyze unstructured visual data for faster, better business decisions. The platform helps companies process images, audio, and video at scale, empowering humans to work more efficiently and solve new problems.
WPP CEO Mark Read to step down after 30 years, as AI threatens advertising industry. Shares hit 5-year low.
Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner warns of 'gradual disempowerment to AI' due to generative AI disruption in jobs market. US targeting of academic research and international students seen as 'great gift' to China in AI competition.
Ofcom mulls over AI concerns in risk assessments following report of Meta automating checks. Campaigners push for limits on AI use at Meta for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp.
UK ministers delay AI regulation bill by at least a year due to safety and copyright concerns. Technology secretary plans comprehensive legislation to address ongoing lack of regulation.
Text-to-SQL bridges the gap for non-technical users, providing precise, schema-specific queries for faster decision-making. Amazon Nova with Text-to-SQL outshines other AI approaches for accurate, reliable results from structured data.
New Elsham datacentre in Lincolnshire to emit 850,000 tonnes of CO2 yearly, surpassing 5 airports' emissions. £10bn facility fuels AI demand with 15 warehouses rivaling Birmingham airport's carbon footprint.
High court urges senior lawyers to address misuse of artificial intelligence in legal work. Fake case-law citations revealed in two recent cases, raising concerns about AI-generated content.
Semantic video search using large vision models enables users to search for video content with natural language queries, enhancing content discovery and moderation. Large vision models like CLIP allow for zero-shot transfer to various computer vision tasks, revolutionizing video search performance.
GPUs are crucial and costly for generative AI workloads, prompting organizations to share high-performance GPU infrastructure across multiple AWS accounts for better resource utilization and cost tracking. SageMaker HyperPod task governance enables multi-account access, streamlining resource allocation and compute utilization for heterogeneous workloads in Amazon EKS clusters.