Marzyeh Ghassemi combines her love for video games and health in her work at MIT, focusing on using machine learning to improve healthcare equity. Ghassemi's research group at LIDS explores how biases in health data can impact machine learning models, highlighting the importance of diversity and inclusion in AI applications.
MIT scientists develop method using AI and physics to generate realistic satellite images of future flooding impacts, aiding in hurricane preparation. The team's "Earth Intelligence Engine" offers a new visualization tool to help increase public readiness for evacuations during natural disasters.
Meta Llama 3.1 LLMs with 8B and 70B inference support now on AWS Trainium and Inferentia instances. SageMaker JumpStart offers secure deployment of pre-trained models for customization and fine-tuning.
Software engineer James McCaffrey designed a decision tree regression system in C# without recursion or pointers. He removed row indices from nodes to save memory, making debugging easier and predictions more interpretable.
Police chief warns of criminals using AI to target victims in new ways. Urges law enforcement to adapt quickly to combat evolving threats.
Identifying relevant subspaces in outlier detection is crucial for effective analysis of tabular data. Challenges include defining meaningful outliers and dealing with the curse of dimensionality in data with many features.
LLMs struggle with accessing real-time data. LangChain agents and Gemini tools offer a solution by integrating external sources for personal assistants.
Pat McFadden warns at Nato conference that Russia aims to target UK's electricity grid using AI. London to launch Laboratory for AI Security Research to counter emerging threats.
University of South Australia revives viva voce tradition to enhance student knowledge testing. Oral exams adapt to combat AI challenges in academia, fostering authentic assessment.
Kim Kardashian's bizarre photoshoot with Tesla's Optimus bot raises questions about the use of robots by the 'warrior class'. The billionaire's interaction with the humanoid robot blurs the line between avant-garde art and dystopian thirst traps.
AI-powered shopping assistant ChatGPT challenges gift-giving experts. Can it master the art of thoughtful present selection?
Jeff Jarvis, former TV critic and online media leader, warns of internet regulation affecting freedoms in his new book, The Web We Weave. He emphasizes the dangers of moral panic and the need to reclaim the web from tech bros to prevent stifling regulations.
Amazon invests additional $4bn in AI startup Anthropic, bringing total to $8bn. AWS to be official cloud provider, highlighting big tech's generative AI investments.
Implementing a non-recursive C# decision tree regression system without pointers, using TreeNode. Unique design for training and prediction accuracy.
Google DeepMind and the Royal Society host AI for Science Forum in London after AI breakthroughs in Nobel prizes. Experts optimistic about energy and drug production advancements, but also wary of potential misuse.