Share prices for Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft fell last week as investors grow tired of seeing companies pour capital into AI research and development without producing enough revenue yet to justify the expense.
Category: TRENDS IN AI – Apr 30 2024
FROM THE “AI BEHAVING BADLY” FILE…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has created an AI to answer basic questions about health and offer advice about such things as healthy eating, mental health concerns, and quitting smoking.
CREATING A “TOXIC AI” TO PREVENT AIs FROM BECOMING TOXIC
AI researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seem to have been inspired by the idea that “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
INDUSTRY, U.S. LEAD IN AI RESEARCH, STANFORD STUDY FINDS
AI bests humans in English language comprehension and reasoning from visual images, as well as in some other tasks. However, humans still outperform AI in complex mathematical performance, planning, and often in common sense.
EXECUTIVES EXPLAIN HOW AI WILL CUT JOBS AND IMPROVE THE ONES THAT ARE LEFT
By using AI to answer customers' questions and issues at a call center, Keybank has seen the number of people needing to talk with human customer service representatives reduced, giving the humans remaining in the center more time to help people with complex problems, a company spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal.
AI USES TOO MUCH ELECTRICITY. AI CAN FIX THAT.
AI systems are trained on huge data sets using thousands of complex computer chips that gobble power.