We heard about various drone startups talking about bringing a revolution in delivering medicines, vaccines, and groceries when the struggle against Covid-19 was in full swing last year. Drone delivery startups have made headlines in India, with claims that they are the next big thing. Swiggy to lead India’s drone delivery revolution and how easy food delivery apps can ‘fly’ steaming hot pasta to your balcony practically flooded our social media feeds. However, whenever there is a situation where drone delivery may make a real impact, these firms are nowhere…
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Deepfake faces are even more trustworthy than real people, study warns
Fake faces made by artificial intelligence appear more trustworthy to humans than genuine people. Artificial intelligence and deep learning — an algorithmic learning process used to educate computers – are utilised to create a human who appears authentic, a technology known as a ‘deepfake.’ Participants were asked to classify faces created by the StyleGAN2 algorithm as authentic or artificial in an experiment. The participants’ success percentage was 48%, which was somewhat lower than flipping a coin. Participants were trained on how to spot deepfakes using the same data set in…
Read MoreCentre Preparing New Data Governance Framework for More Efficient Exchange Among Govt Agencies
The central government is planning to develop a new data governance framework to allow for the flow of enormous volumes of data between government departments, a strategy that would improve governance efficiency, transparency, and accountability. The draught national data governance framework and policy will establish protocols and standards for how government entities process, store, and disseminate data within the larger government ecosystem. According to reports, Minister of State (MoS) for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said: “As we are increasing the digitisation of government, we need to create a…
Read MoreChina uses AI software to improve its surveillance capabilities
A Dozens of Chinese companies have developed software that employs artificial intelligence to classify data collected on residents, in response to heavy demand from authorities looking to update their surveillance tools according to a Reuters investigation of official papers. According to Reuters’ review of more than 50 publicly available documents, dozens of Chinese businesses have purchased “one person, one file” software in the last four years. The technology improves on previous software that just collects data and then leaves it up to individuals to organise it. “The system has the…
Read MorePhysiological signals could be the key to ’emotionally intelligent’ AI, scientists say
The gold standard for an AI conversation system with sentiment detection is “multimodal sentiment analysis,” which is a collection of algorithms. These methods are critical for human-centered AI systems because they can automatically analyse a person’s psychological condition based on their speech, voice colour, facial expression, and posture. The method could lead to the creation of an emotionally intelligent AI with human-like characteristics that recognises the user’s feelings and responds appropriately. Current emotion estimation methods, on the other hand, only consider observable data and ignore information contained in non-observable signals…
Read MoreJapanese robot can peel bananas cleanly, most of the time
Robots in Japan are found on factory floors carrying out simple tasks or delivering food to restaurant patrons but researchers have now unveiled a robot capable of executing the delicate task of peeling a banana without squashing the fruit inside. While the dual armed machine only succeeds 57% of the time, banana peeling foreshadows a future in which machines do more complex tasks than moving metal components or delivering coffee. In a video released by University of Tokyo researchers, the robot was seen picking up and peeling a banana with…
Read MoreChina wants to dominate AI & Disney+ Hotstar is helping
Dominance in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning is a priority for the Chinese government over traditional western competitors such as the United States. Surprisingly, one of the large companies lining up to benefit from this effort is India’s Disney+ Hotstar, which is rapidly recruiting new AI talent from a Beijing headquarters. “At present, our team has nearly 50 members, almost all of whom graduated from Tsinghua University, Peking University, Zhejiang University and other top universities in China,” a recruitment post in Mandarin distributed to students of Peking University said. The…
Read MoreHow eye imaging technology could help robots and cars see better
Light Detection and Ranging, or LiDAR for short, is one of the imaging technologies that many robotics companies are incorporating into their sensor packages. The approach, which is currently attracting a lot of interest and funding from self-driving car companies, works similarly to radar, but instead of sending out broad radio waves and looking for reflections, it uses short laser pulses. Traditional time-of-flight LiDAR, on the other hand, has a number of flaws that make it unsuitable for many 3D vision applications. Other LiDAR systems or even ambient sunshine…
Read MoreAI system inspects astronauts’ gloves for damage in real-time
Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HSE) are collaborating with NASA scientists to create an artificial intelligence system for checking astronaut gloves. Space is a harsh environment, and equipment failures can have disastrous consequences. Gloves are especially vulnerable to wear and tear because they’re used for so many things, including repairing and installing new equipment. Currently, astronauts will send photos of their gloves back to Earth, where NASA analysts will evaluate them manually. “This process gets the job done with the ISS’s low orbit distance of about 250 miles from Earth,…
Read MoreStem innovation challenge: A platform for budding innovators to shine
The All India Council for robotics and automation through its ambitious initiative India stem mission launches the STEM innovation challenge. The innovative global challenge is expected to engage budding STEM innovators all around the world. This space provides STEM enthusiasts with a platform to show off their ideas and impeccable skills in science, technology, engineering, and maths. Sharing the details of the competition, the organizers said that STEM Innovators can now submit their entries online to participate in the challenge. Interested candidates are required to shoot a self-explaining video of…
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