AI startup Lunos used a $3,500 cowboy stunt to promote their launch in NYC. The viral content strategy drove online sales conversations.
Citizen surveillance normalized as Bunnings adopts facial recognition tech, raising concerns about Australia's readiness for AI. Tribunal decision allowing Bunnings' use of intrusive AI highlights lack of privacy protection.
Tech giants Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta plan to invest $600bn in AI. Persian Gulf countries seek AI sovereignty amid US instability.
AI job losses prompt shift to traditional trades. Writer Jacqueline Bowman faces lower pay and editing AI-generated content.
MIT, Harvard, and MGH researchers develop AI software, BSBT, to segment brainstem white matter fibers, revealing insights into neurodegenerative diseases and trauma. The study showcases BSBT's ability to track bundle healing in coma patients, offering new understanding of brainstem function and disorders.
In machine learning, non-square matrix inverses can be computed using the Moore-Penrose pseudo-inverse or Cholesky decomposition. A demo in C# showcases the simpler Cholesky method, contrasting the complex SVD algorithm.
Amazon Bedrock's agent-to-agent collaboration transforms a single-agent setup into a multi-agent system, with Amazon Nova 2 Lite for planning and Amazon Nova Act for browser interaction. The solution splits tasks across agents, with the Travel Agent coordinating, the Flight Agent handling structured data, and the Hotel Agent managing dynamic elements, ensuring efficient and seamless workflow.
Chris Payne compares beehive teamwork to successful businesses. Martin Rowson highlights AI's shortcomings, suggesting they lead countries.
AWS released Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a platform for building AI agents in production quickly. The Fullstack AgentCore Solution Template (FAST) provides a complete architecture for deploying agents on AgentCore, handling authentication and integration seamlessly.
New technique approximates SVD using QR decomposition for simpler computation, yielding accurate results. Implementation in Python and C# languages shows promising results matching NumPy's svd() function.
New open source chatbot uses Automated Reasoning checks to iterate on answers, improving accuracy and transparency in generative AI applications. Automated Reasoning tools validate answers, provide rewriting feedback, and offer mathematically verifiable proofs for correctness.
Jerry Lu MFin ’24 developed OOFSkate, an AI optical tracking system to help figure skaters improve their jumps. MIT Sports Lab researchers are using AI to analyze and enhance both technical and aesthetic aspects of figure skating.
EU threatens action against Meta for blocking rival chatbots on WhatsApp Business, breaching antitrust rules. Commission accuses Meta of 'abusing' dominant position in messaging, sparking potential legal battle.
Rowsons accidentally invent new game "How bloody stupid is AI?" Players ask AI questions about themselves to see how wrong it gets it. AI's inaccuracies revealed in humorous search results for Martin Rowson's wife.
SpaceX's acquisition of xAI creates a $1.25tn business, merging Musk's rocket company with AI startup. The deal's ambition to bring consciousness to the stars is questioned, but a $1tn valuation for SpaceX and $250bn for xAI is set.