๐ง Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) helps doctors make better diagnoses, scientists create new materials, farmers grow crops more effectively and all of us driving cars - and millions of other applications. This topic also covers subsets of AI such as machine learning (ML), deep learning and neural networks.
๐จ I can't do carpentry, but suddenly I can build houses
I've built an entire cottage village! And you can too.
๐ Text charred in the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, read in full 2,000 years later
Researchers have read a complete scroll from Herculaneum. The scrolls were carbonised by the heat and are so fragile they cannot be physically unrolled without being destroyed. Instead, high-resolution scans and computational techniques are used to virtually unwrap the scrolls.
๐ฐ๏ธ A satellite read its own images, could keep watch on Earth in real time
A satellite identified what it was looking for on its own, without analysts on the ground. It was the first time an AI that both understands language and reads images was used in space. The technology can reduce the amount of raw data that analysts have to sift through today.
๐ Midjourney is building a body scanner that maps the entire body in 60 seconds
A full-body scan with today's MRI takes 60 to 90 minutes. Midjourney's new machine aims to do the same thing in under 60 seconds. The scanner uses a ring of half a million tiny elements that send ultrasound through the body from every direction. The result is a 3D map of the body.
๐ค Amazon's new warehouse robot understands plain language
Employees can give the robot instructions the same way they would talk to a colleague. The robot is part of a โฌ10 billion investment to expand Amazon's operations in Europe, a move expected to create 25,000 new jobs.
๐ฆพ AI has designed an entirely new kind of vaccine for the first time
Ordinary vaccines target a current strain of a virus and quickly become outdated when it mutates. The new method instead makes it possible to design a vaccine that protects against an entire virus family at once.This means the vaccine can provide protection even against future mutations.
๐งฎ AI solves a math problem that had remained unsolved for 80 years
OpenAI's AI model solved the so-called unit distance problem. The problem was posed by the mathematician Paul Erdลs around 80 years ago and had remained unsolved ever since. Several prominent mathematicians confirm that the solution is on par with work produced by humans.
๐ค The AI that solves unsolved problems now works on healthcare, power grids, and industry
A year ago, Warp News reported on AlphaEvolve, an AI system from Google DeepMind that finds new algorithms in mathematics and computer science. Now Google has reported what the system has accomplished over the past year, in everything from genomics to power grids and data processing.
๐ฆพ AI text online has not increased factual errors
The researchers found no statistical link between more AI text and more factual errors online. Fears that writing styles, source links, and meaningful content would deteriorate were not confirmed in the measurements either.