Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza

By The New York Times Published on March 27, 2024    The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others.   Within minutes of walking through an Israeli military checkpoint along Gaza’s central highway on Nov. 19, the Palestinian […]

The truth about teens, social media and the mental health crisis

By npr Published on April 23, 2023    Back in 2017, psychologist Jean Twenge set off a firestorm in the field of psychology.   Twenge studies generational trends at San Diego State University. When she looked at mental health metrics for teenagers around 2012, what she saw shocked her. “In all my analyses of generational […]

How Adobe’s bet on non-exploitative AI is paying off

By MIT Technology Review Published on March 26, 2024    Since the beginning of the generative Al boom, there has been a fight over how large Al models are trained.   In one camp sit tech companies such as OpenAI that have claimed it is “impossible” to train AI without hoovering the internet of copyrighted […]

SandboxAQ Buys Good Chemistry, Melding AI and Quantum Tech for Drug Discovery

By THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Published on January 09, 2024     The deal, worth around $75 million, highlights growing commercial demand for new ways of simulating and designing drugs as well as developing new materials   Artificial intelligence and quantum company SandboxAQ on Tuesday is expected to announce it acquired Good Chemistry, a deal […]

What Devin Means To Software Companies And Why Every CEO Should Care

By Forbes Published on March 15, 2024    A few days ago Cognition launched Devin, an AI agent that is capable of autonomously working through tasks that typically require a small team of software engineers to accomplish.   When it comes to forecasting, Roy Amara reminds us that people tend to overestimate the short-term impact […]

AI Will Suck Up 500% More Power in UK in 10 Years, Grid CEO Says

By Bloomberg Published on March 26, 2024   Fast-developing technologies require increased data-center use. Grid upgrade is one option for the future, John Pettigrew says. Electricity demand from UK data centers will jump sixfold over the next 10 years as a boom in artificial intelligence requires increased computing power, according to the head of National […]

Washington state judge blocks use of AI-enhanced video

By NBC News Published on April 2, 2024     Washington state judge blocks use of AI-enhanced video as evidence in possible first-of-its-kind ruling   Lawyers for a man charged with murder in a triple homicide had sought to introduce cellphone video enhanced by machine-learning software.   A Washington state judge overseeing a triple murder […]