ChatGPT Faces Another Issue as EU Chief Suggests New AI Rules to Tackle Risks

ChatGPT Faces Another Issue as EU Chief Suggests New AI Rules to Tackle Risks

EU industry chief Thierry Breton has said new proposed artificial intelligence rules will aim to tackle concerns about the risks around the ChatGPT chatbot and AI technology, in the first comments on the app by a senior Brussels official. Just two months after its launch, ChatGPT — which can generate articles, essays,…

Microsoft Announces Further Multibillion Dollar Investment in OpenAI as Competition Heats Up

Microsoft Announces Further Multibillion Dollar Investment in OpenAI as Competition Heats Up

Microsoft Corp on Monday announced a further multibillion dollar investment in OpenAI, deepening ties with the startup behind the chatbot sensation ChatGPT and setting the stage for more competition with rival Alphabet Inc’s Google. Recently touting a revolution in artificial intelligence (AI), Microsoft is building on a bet it made…

Meta Built AI That Translates Spoken-Only Language Under Universal Speech Translator Project

Meta Built AI That Translates Spoken-Only Language Under Universal Speech Translator Project

Meta on Wednesday said that it built an artificial intelligence system that translates Hokkien into English even though the Taiwanese language lacks a standard written form. The Silicon Valley tech titan that owns Facebook and Instagram billed the work at its Universal Speech Translator project as an effort to enable…

Meta Unveils ‘Make-A-Video’ AI Text-To-Video Generator: All Details

Meta Unveils ‘Make-A-Video’ AI Text-To-Video Generator: All Details

Meta has unveiled a new artificial intelligence system called ‘Make-A-Video’ that will allow users to generate short video clips by entering a text description of the desired scene. The announcement follows the company’s recent advancements in generative technology research, which seeks to give creators more creative control over artificially intelligent…

US Export Ban on Advanced AI Chips to Hit China’s Access to Technology

US Export Ban on Advanced AI Chips to Hit China’s Access to Technology

The US government’s efforts to restrict the shipment of high-performance chips by Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to China added to mounting tension between the countries over technology and security. The chips are designed to run artificial intelligence applications and power data centres and the restrictions would affect Chinese firms’…

AI Algorithm That Recognises Anomalies in Brain May Help Treat Epilepsy

AI Algorithm That Recognises Anomalies in Brain May Help Treat Epilepsy

A multinational research team led by UCL has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) programme that can identify minute brain anomalies that lead to epileptic seizures. The algorithm used in the Multicentre Epilepsy Lesion Detection project (MELD), reports the locations of abnormalities in cases of drug-resistant focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), a…

TRAI Seeks Views on Big Data, AI Adoption to Improve Telecom Services, Enhance Network Security

TRAI Seeks Views on Big Data, AI Adoption to Improve Telecom Services, Enhance Network Security

Telecom regulator TRAI on Friday floated a consultation paper to seek public views on the adoption of artificial intelligence and big data to improve telecom services and enhance network securities and efficiencies. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in its consultation paper on “Leveraging artificial intelligence and Big Data…

Engineers Develop Stamp-Sized Sticker That Can Provide Ultrasound Imaging for 48 Hours

Engineers Develop Stamp-Sized Sticker That Can Provide Ultrasound Imaging for 48 Hours

In what could revolutionise the way ultrasound imaging is performed, engineers have developed a stamp-sized sticker that sticks to the skin and provides continuous ultrasound imaging. Currently, this is done using sophisticated and heavy equipment that requires specialised technicians. These ultrasound machines provide live images of the heart, lungs, and…

Alphabet’s DeepMind Predicts Nearly All Protein Structures Known to Science

Alphabet’s DeepMind Predicts Nearly All Protein Structures Known to Science

Alphabet’s DeepMind unveiled its AlphaFold software in 2020, and it has since been used to create the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database (AlphaFold DB). It includes highly accurate protein structures predicted by the software. This database has been accessed by researchers to tackle real-world problems like plastic pollution, antibiotic resistance, and…

This New AI-Based Technique Can Detect Heart Conditions, May Help Avert Heart Attacks

This New AI-Based Technique Can Detect Heart Conditions, May Help Avert Heart Attacks

In what may lead to the development of new treatments for heart diseases, researchers have created a novel artificial intelligence (AI) technique that can detect plaque erosion in heart arteries. The technique uses optical coherence tomography (OCT) images to monitor arterial plaque. The finding is crucial as the disintegration of…