Category: AI

The validation and pilot deployment of this technology has demonstrated encouraging results for COVID-19, with over 95 percent sensitivity under laboratory circumstances. 

By Dipayan Mitra

India researchers from Salcit Technologies have developed a novel application that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology named Swaasa to detect lung diseases in humans with a single cough. 

The highly accessible smartphone application listens to the coughs of humans to accurately detect the condition they are suffering from. 

Center for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) teamed with technical, clinical, and health systems expertise through Andhra Medical College and PATH, an international non-profit organization based in Seattle, US, to extend the capabilities of the AI platform and enable it in detecting COVID-19 along with tuberculosis as part of a consortium project financed by the FDCO. 

“After the success of the UK-India Astra-Zeneca vaccine collaboration, our bilateral health tech partnership goes from strength to strength with this AI solution,” said Dr. Andrew Fleming. 

Continue reading… “Salcit Technologies Researchers use AI to detect Lung Disease with a Single Cough”

Farmers May Soon Be Able to Talk to Pigs Using A Breakthrough AI to Help Improve Animal Wellbeing

By Margaret Davis

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, the ETH Zurich, and the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) in France said they finally found a way of decoding the emotions of pigs using acoustic recordings of pig grunts from when they were born until they died in a recent study.

According to MailOnline, the novel algorithm could be used to understand the emotions of pigs and other mammals to monitor their wellbeing and improve their mental health. Study co-author Associate Professor Elodie Briefer from the Department of Biology of the University of Copenhagen said their study demonstrates how animal sounds mirror their emotions.

Continue reading… “Farmers May Soon Be Able to Talk to Pigs Using A Breakthrough AI That Interprets Their Grunts and Oinks to Improve Animal Wellbeing”

Could algae provide ‘clean’ fuel for jets?

By Rob Waugh

Algae grown with the help of artificial intelligence could provide a new clean fuel for jet aircraft, scientists have said.

Researchers at Texas A&M believe that algal biofuels could reduce carbon emissions, mitigate climate change, alleviate petroleum dependency and transform the bio-economy.

Professor Joshua Yuan said: “The commercialisation of algal biofuel has been hindered by the relatively low yield and high harvesting cost.

“The limited light penetration and poor cultivation dynamics both contributed to the low yield.”

Yuans project uses an artificial intelligence advanced learning model to predict algae light penetration, growth and optimal density.

Continue reading… “Algae grown by an AI could produce ‘clean’ fuel for jets”

Sanctuary’s backers include Bell, Magna, Verizon, and Workday.

BY CHARLIZE ALCARAZ 

Vancouver-based Sanctuary AI has raised $75.5 million CAD ($58.5 million USD) in what it described as an oversubscribed Series A round.

The backing comes from a notable list of institutional and corporate investors, including Bell, Evok Innovations, Export Development Canada, automotive leader Magna, SE Health, Verizon Ventures, and Workday Ventures.

Anousheh Ansari, the first female private space explorer, and Chris Hadfield, former astronaut and commander of the International Space Station, have joined Sanctuary’s advisory board. 

Continue reading… “SANCTUARY AI SECURES $75.5 MILLION IN MISSION TO CREATE THE WORLD’S FIRST HUMAN-LIKE INTELLIGENCE ROBOTS”

The Google-backed firm taught a reinforcement learning algorithm to control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.

THE INSIDE OF a tokamak—the doughnut-shaped vessel designed to contain a nuclear fusion reaction—presents a special kind of chaos. Hydrogen atoms are smashed together at unfathomably high temperatures, creating a whirling, roiling plasma that’s hotter than the surface of the sun. Finding smart ways to control and confine that plasma will be key to unlocking the potential of nuclear fusion, which has been mooted as the clean energy source of the future for decades. At this point, the science underlying fusion seems sound, so what remains is an engineering challenge. “We need to be able to heat this matter up and hold it together for long enough for us to take energy out of it,” says Ambrogio Fasoli, director of the Swiss Plasma Center at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.

That’s where DeepMind comes in. The artificial intelligence firm, backed by Google parent company Alphabet, has previously turned its hand to video games and protein folding, and has been working on a joint research project with the Swiss Plasma Center to develop an AI for controlling a nuclear fusion reaction.

Continue reading… “DeepMind Has Trained an AI to Control Nuclear Fusion”

By Sierra Mitchell

Two clear trends are developing in the automotive space: The first is the move away from internal-combustion engines and toward battery-electric vehicles, and the second is the pursuit of autonomy. Cars that can drive themselves come from the likes of Waymo and other companies, while automakers such as Tesla boast about their driver-assistance features. 

One company planning on tinkering at the intersection of these trends is called Lightmatter, which is going to build the brains of a self-driving prototype vehicle. The company’s microchips set them apart from others in the tech industry: The chips that will do the computing for this experimental self-driving car will be light-based, unlike the traditional chips that employ electrons and transistors. 

The company, in conjunction with Harvard University and Boston University, has received $4.8 million in funding from a government organization called IARPA. That stands for Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, and can be thought of as an analog of DARPA—which funds defense-related research—but from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 

Lightmatter, unlike outfits such Zoox or Rivian, is definitely not a car or transportation company, so don’t expect to see Lightmatter-branded vehicles passing you on the highway. It’s a chip company, and the photonic chips they make are specifically geared towards powering artificial intelligence computations in an efficient way. 

Continue reading… “This company plans to build a self-driving car with a brain that runs on light”

Krafton CEO CH Kim has said the company will actively leverage new technologies to offer unique experiences to gamers and creators.

• Krafton, creator of PUBG Mobile and Battlegrounds Mobile India, said it will leverage hyperrealism character production technology to create digital avatars of humans and also tap AI, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and voice-to-face to improve their communication skills

South Korean gaming company Krafton, known for games such as PUBG Mobile and Battlegrounds Mobile India, has jumped on to the Metaverse bandwagon with a virtual human modelling business, which will focus on building realistic virtual avatars that will be used inside games, eSports and as virtual influencers and singers.

Krafton said it will leverage hyperrealism character production technology to create digital avatars of humans and also tap into artificial intelligence (AI), text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and voice-to-face to improve their communication skills.

Continue reading… “PUBG CREATORS TO BUILD AI-POWERED VIRTUAL HUMANS”

By Rachel Douglass

Artificial intelligence (AI) provider MySize has announced its interactive, touch-screen mirror is now available to business clients, with the intention to bring a new omnichannel implementation into the customer store experience.

The FirstLook Smart Mirror, which was unveiled at the National Retail Federation 2022: Retail’s Big Show, allows brands to provide their customers with both an in-store and online shopping experience.

Features incorporated into the mirror include interactive avatar fittings, personalised size guidance, third-party POS systems, styling recommendations and contactless payment options.

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By Jason Dorrier 

The skyrocketing scale of AI has been hard to miss in recent years. The most advanced algorithms now have hundreds of billions of connections, and it takes millions of dollars and a supercomputer to train them. But as eye-catching as big AI is, progress isn’t all about scale—work on the opposite end of the spectrum is just as crucial to the future of the field.

Some researchers are trying to make building AI faster, more efficient, and more accessible, and one area ripe for improvement is the learning process itself. Because AI models and the data sets they feed on have grown exponentially, advanced models can take days or weeks to train, even on supercomputers.

Might there be a better way? Perhaps.

Continue reading… “This AI Learned the Design of a Million Algorithms to Help Build New AIs Faster”

DoraSorter will be used by FedEx to increase operational efficiency and construct agile logistic infrastructure. 

By Dipayan Mitra

Global transportation and eCommerce service providing company FedEx launches its new AI-powered sorting robot. FedEx collaborated with artificial intelligence-enabled robotic firm Dorabot to develop the new sorting robot named DoraSorter. 

This new development is FedEx’s step towards modernizing and automating the logistic network. In recent years, a considerable boom has been witnessed in the eCommerce industries leading to a vast number of shipments worldwide. 

DoraSorter will aid FedEx in meeting the demand of an ever-increasing number of shipments quickly, minimizing the need for human intervention in the sorting process involved in eCommerce transportation. 

According to FedEx, the AI-powered sporting robot will be initially deployed at the 5,200m2 FedEx South China E-Commerce Shipment Sorting Center in Guangzhou. The robot is already capable of handling multiple tasks, including managing small quantities of inbound and outbound shipments from customers. However, both the companies are still working to further increase and fine-tune the capabilities of DoraSorter. 

Continue reading… “FedEx launches AI-powered Sorting Robot, DoraSorter”