The AI industry continued to thrive this year as companies sought ways to support business continuity through rapidly-changing situations. For those already invested, many are now doubling-down after reaping the benefits. As we wrapped the first quarter of 2022 ,it’s time to look ahead at what more to expect from the AI industry this year. Smoother Integration of AI in companies Many companies are uncertain where and how to begin their AI journey. Around 30% of businesses want to integrate AI into their operations in the next several years, while…
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Google’s DeepMind AI can now manipulate nuclear fusion
DeepMind, Google’s artificial intelligence division, has trained an AI to control the superheated plasma inside a nuclear fusion reactor, paving the way for unlimited clean energy to arrive sooner. Nuclear fusion is the method by which our sun and other stars generate energy, yet it remains frustratingly out of reach despite decades of research. Nuclear fusion has enormous potential, according to physicist Dr. Arthur Turrell, who recently described it as “a breakthrough in human history comparable to the advent of electricity.” One of the most difficult aspects of doing so…
Read MoreTech is ready to get into your skin
Implanting microchips into the human body is no longer a science fiction concept, but a reality. Walletmor, a British-Polish business, recently announced that it was the first to commercialise such technology. The implant, according to Wojtek Paprota, the company’s founder and CEO, may be used to pay bills everywhere contactless payments are accepted. Walletmor’s chip is made out of a tiny microchip and an antenna wrapped in a biopolymer — a naturally generated material similar to plastic — and weighs less than a gramme and is around the size of…
Read MoreWhere Are The Drone Delivery Startups Now?
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…
Read MoreDeepfake 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…
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