FedEx’s New Robot Loads Delivery Trucks Like It’s Playing 3D Tetris
FedEx handles over 15 million packages daily. A two-armed, AI-infused robot is now helping pack some of them into delivery trucks with expert care.
From physics to generative AI: An AI model for advanced pattern generation
Generative AI, which is currently riding a crest of popular discourse, promises a world where the simple transforms into the complex—where a simple distribution evolves into intricate patterns of images, sounds, or text, rendering the artificial startlingly real.
Hollywood writers’ strike ends with first-ever protections against AI
The prohibitions seem flexible enough to enable AI to be used when writing screenplays, but only under the control and volition of a human.Read More
Amazon’s All-Powerful ‘Buy Box’ Is at the Heart of Its New Antitrust Troubles
The US Federal Trade Commission filed a long-anticipated antitrust complaint alleging that Amazon uses its power over sellers to keep ecommerce prices artificially high.
Addressing skin-color bias in facial recognition
Let’s face it. AI-powered facial recognition systems are everywhere. It is used to unlock our phones, allow access to office buildings, and screen us as a security measure at airports.
LLMs are surprisingly great at compressing images and audio, DeepMind researchers find
Despite being primarily trained on text, these models achieved remarkable compression rates on image and audio data.Read More
Getty Images Plunges Into the Generative AI Pool
Stock-photo giant Getty Images has partnered with Nvidia to build an image generator. Just like with other tools of its ilk, questions remain about who should get credit for the pictures it dreams up.
Efficient training for artificial intelligence
New physics-based self-learning machines could replace the current artificial neural networks and save energy.
New method helps AI navigate 3D space using 2D images
Photos are two-dimensional (2D), but autonomous vehicles and other technologies have to navigate the three-dimensional (3D) world. Researchers have developed a new method to help artificial intelligence (AI) extract 3D information from 2D images, making cameras more useful tools for these emerging technologies.
The AI ‘Age of Uncertainty’
AI’s promise and perils are profound. This demands deep wisdom and caution in building models that benefit (and don’t threaten) humanity.Read More