Artificial intelligence

29 Apr 23

This AI Hunts for Hidden Hoards of Battery Metals

Metallurgy & Material Science

In June 2022, six Boeing 737s—fully loaded with tents, food, satellite Internet equipment, drones, geophysical survey gear, drilling equipment, and a team of experienced geologists—flew to a remote airstrip in northern Quebec. The geologists were hunting for major deposits of the minerals needed to power a clean-energy future. Given the…

27 Apr 23

Stable Attribution Identifies the Art Behind AI Images

Metallurgy & Material Science

Shortly after their first releases to the public, text-to-image artificial intelligence models like Stable Diffusion and Midjourney also became the focal points in debates around the ethics of their usage. Anton Troynikov is a cofounder of Chroma, a startup working to improve AI interpretability—that is, making what goes on under…

21 Apr 23

With AI Watermarking, Creators Strike Back

Metallurgy & Material Science

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. AI models rely on immense data sets to train their complex algorithms, but sometimes the use of those data sets for training purposes can infringe on the rights of the data owners. Yet actually…

19 Apr 23

GPT-4, AGI, and the Hunt for Superintelligence

Computer & Information Technology

For decades, the most exalted goal of artificial intelligence has been the creation of an artificial general intelligence, or AGI, capable of matching or even outperforming human beings on any intellectual task. It’s an ambitious goal long regarded with a mixture of awe and apprehension, because of the likelihood of…

04 Apr 23

Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

Discussions at chip design conferences rarely get heated. But a year ago at the International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), things got out of hand. It was described by observers as a “trainwreck” and an “ambush.” The crux of the clash was whether Google’s AI solution to one of chip…

01 Apr 23

Hey, Siri! You Worried ChatGPT Will Take Your Job?

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

If you ask your everyday smartphone voice assistant if it fears ChatGPT, you don’t generally receive an interesting or informative answer. So is that a problem? Natural language processing (NLP), a field of AI research that led to practical applications like voice assistants and language translators, now seems threatened by…

31 Mar 23

When AI’s Large Language Models Shrink

Computer & Information Technology

Building ever larger language models has led to groundbreaking jumps in performance. But it’s also pushing state-of-the-art AI beyond the reach of all but the most well-resourced AI labs. That makes efforts to shrink models down to more manageable sizes more important than ever, say researchers. In 2020, researchers at…

28 Mar 23

Elephant Robotics Unveils New Desktop Educational Robots for 2023

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This is a sponsored article brought to you by Elephant Robotics. In recent years, interest in using robots in education has seen massive growth. Projects that involve robotics, artificial intelligence, speech recognition, and related technologies can help develop students’ analytical, creative, and practical skills. However, a major challenge has been…

20 Mar 23

Human-AI Team Ups Could Slash Chip-Development Costs

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

When it comes to developing new ways to fabricate microchips, the best approach may be not to rely on either human- or computer-developed designs alone but instead a blending of the two. Such collaborations might reduce costs by half compared to depending on human experts alone, a new study finds.“While…

11 Mar 23

Optical Algorithm Simplifies Analog AI Training

Computer & Information Technology

Researchers have developed a range of analog and other unconventional machine learning systems in the expectation that they will prove vastly more energy efficient than today’s computers. But training these AIs to do their tasks has been a big stumbling block. Researchers at NTT Device Technology Labs and the University…

This AI Hunts for Hidden Hoards of Battery Metals

Stable Attribution Identifies the Art Behind AI Images

With AI Watermarking, Creators Strike Back

GPT-4, AGI, and the Hunt for Superintelligence

Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design

Hey, Siri! You Worried ChatGPT Will Take Your Job?

When AI’s Large Language Models Shrink

Elephant Robotics Unveils New Desktop Educational Robots for 2023

Human-AI Team Ups Could Slash Chip-Development Costs

Optical Algorithm Simplifies Analog AI Training

Machine Learning Turns Up COVID Surprise

Psychedelics startups counter stereotypes to bring hallucinogens into mental healthcare

EV Startups, Running Out Of Juice

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