A team of 19 Chinese computer scientists from five separate institutions claim to have created an AI that designed a computer’s central processing unit (CPU)—a computer’s master chip or “brain”—in less than five hours, or about 1,000 times faster than humans could have accomplished the same task.
Tag: AI
GOOGLE SAYS ITS AI WILL “SCRAPE THE INTERNET,” AS TJ FORECAST CONFIRMED: GENERATIVE AI HURTING WEBSITE TRAFFIC
Google just admitted it considers the entire Internet, including everything users may post online or create using Google software, to be fair game for training its generative AI systems.
AI WILL BE “AS GOOD A TUTOR AS ANY HUMAN EVER COULD,” BILL GATES SAYS
Chatbots will soon be tutoring children individually to improve their reading and writing abilities, according to Bill Gates in comments he made at a San Diego tech conference earlier this month.
AI IS WIMBLEDON’S NEWEST COLOR COMMENTATOR
When the elites of tennis take to Wimbledon’s grass courts this week, a new eye will be analyzing their moves and assessing their chances.
AI RESCUES ADOBE
For Adobe, Firefly came just in time. The company known for PDFs introduced its AI-based “Firefly” photo and video editing tool in March. With simple voice commands, the program can place an image in any background, change lighting, and make almost any other adjustments.
FINANCIAL CRIMES? GOOGLE’S AI IS WATCHING
Bank employees scrutinize accounts to flag sketchy customers and suspicious transactions, but don’t always find them. Google wants to help.
PROGRAMMABLE CITIZENS: THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL LIFE AND SYNTHETIC ASCENDANCE
The brave new world is rushing at us faster than ever. Technocrats are impelled by an ideology of science-fueled “progress” to attempt to exert more comprehensive and precise control over all phenomena and environments.
AI PREDICTS PANCREATIC CANCER THREE YEARS BEFORE DOCTORS CAN SEE IT
Using only a patient’s medical records, artificial intelligence predicted a person’s likelihood of developing pancreatic cancer at least as well as doctors using family histories and genetic screenings, according to a study by Harvard University, Boston-area hospitals, and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
Using deep-learning neural net AI to mine public (and certainly other) data, and report on travelers to government agents?
WALL STREET’S NEW WORRY ABOUT AI
On 22 May, a fake photo created by an artificial intelligence (AI) showing an explosion at the Pentagon was posted on Twitter. The image immediately went viral.