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Italy Tests AI-Assisted Teaching In Schools To Boost IT Skills

Reuters | Monday September 16, 2024

AI tools on classroom tablets and computers will act as "virtual assistants that can make learning easier for students and help teachers identify methods for an increasingly bespoke education"

As Storm Bebinca Approaches, Taiwan Uses AI To Predict Typhoon Paths

Reuters | Friday September 13, 2024

AI-generated forecasts, some powered by software from tech giants including Nvidia, whose chips are made by Taiwan's homegrown semiconductor champion TSMC, have so far outperformed traditional methods in predicting typhoon tracks.

Altman-Backed Startup Bets On Heat And The Sun To Tackle AI's Massive Carbon Footprint

Michelle Ma | Wednesday September 11, 2024

Miami-based Exowatt launched a modular system to generate, store and dispatch clean energy on Tuesday. The company pairs a solar energy collector with a thermal battery that can deliver either heat or electricity.

South Korea Summit Announces 'Blueprint' For Using AI In The Military

Reuters | Tuesday September 10, 2024

Among the details added in the document was the need to prevent AI from being used to proliferate weapons of mass destruction (WMD)

South Korea Is Facing Deepfake Porn Crisis

Catherine Thorbecke, Bloomberg Opinion | Monday September 09, 2024

A Telegram channel with more than 220,000 participants was reportedly being used to create and share these artificial intelligence-generated pornographic images, serving as a global reminder of the darker consequences from the widespread rush of AI.

Australia Plans AI Rules On Human Oversight, Transparency

Reuters | Thursday September 05, 2024

The report containing the guidelines said it was critical to enable human control as required across an AI system's lifecycle.

US, Britain, EU To Sign First International Treaty On AI Standards, FT Reports

Reuters | Thursday September 05, 2024

The three would sign the Council of Europe's convention on AI on Thursday, the newspaper said, adding that the convention was drafted for over two years by more than 50 countries

Nations Building Their Own AI Models Add To Nvidia's Growing Chip Demand

Reuters | Thursday August 29, 2024

Countries adopting their own AI applications and models will contribute about low double-digit billions to Nvidia's revenue in the financial year ending in January 2025, Nvidia forecasts

Google-Backed AI Startup Cropin Wants To Predict Future Of Food

Saritha Rai, Bloomberg | Wednesday August 28, 2024

The Bangalore-headquartered company unveiled Sage, powered by Alphabet Inc.'s Google Gemini AI model, which converts the world's agricultural landscape into a proprietary grid-based map and then delivers precise predictive intelligence

Elon Musks Grok Is A Risky Experiment In AI Content Moderation

Davey Alba | Tuesday August 27, 2024

Musk has been a champion of AI without much intervention, vocally criticizing tools from OpenAI and Alphabet Inc.'s Google as too "woke."

Elon Musk Voices Support For California Bill Requiring Safety Tests On AI Models

Reuters | Tuesday August 27, 2024

Earlier in the day, Microsoft backed OpenAI voiced support for another AI bill from California, called AB 3211, that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content.

OpenAI Says California's Controversial AI Bill Will Hurt Innovation

Shirin Ghaffary, Bloomberg | Thursday August 22, 2024

SB 1047, introduced by Wiener, aims to enact what his office has called "common sense safety standards" for companies that make large AI models above a specific size and cost threshold.

Why Is Big Tech Opposing California Bill On Artificial Intelligence?

Reuters | Wednesday August 21, 2024, San Francisco

California legislators are set to vote on a bill as soon as this week that would broadly regulate how artificial intelligence is developed and deployed in California even as a number of tech giants have voiced broad opposition.

AI-led Demand For Data Centres In India To Drive Additional 500 MW Capacity In 4 Years: Avendus Capital

Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 21, 2024, New Delhi

India is among the fastest-growing data centre markets globally; it has seen overall capacities doubling to about 1,011 megawatt (MW) in 2023 from about 540 MW in 2019

'AI Scientist' Writes Science Papers Without Human Input. Why That's Concerning

The Conversation | Wednesday August 21, 2024, Melbourne

Scientific discovery is one of the most sophisticated human activities. Can and should a complex process be automated?

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