The essentials AI accelerates discovery. Google’s latest research shows how large language models and quantum computing are driving scientific breakthroughs, from cancer research to geospatial mapping. Humans still matter most. Yossi Matias, head of research at Google, says AI will not replace scientists: it will multiply their potential by removing repetitive obstacles to exploration. Automation…
In this Help Net Security interview, Wade Bicknell, Head of Security and IT Operations, CFA Instituteexplains how CISOs can use AI while maintaining security and governance. He explains why AI presents both defensive opportunities and emerging risks, and how leaders must balance innovation, control and accountability in cybersecurity. How should a CISO consider using or…
In a bid to make its platform safer for teenage users, Character.AI announced this week that it would ban users under 18 from chatting with its artificial intelligence-based characters. For Megan Garcia, the Florida mother who sued the company last year over the suicide of her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer, the decision comes “about three…
When professors realized how widespread this was, they contacted about 100 students who appeared to be cheating. “We issued them a warning and asked them: ‘Please explain what you just did,’” Fagen-Ulmschneider said in a statement. Instagram video discuss the situation. The apologies came back from the students, first in trickles, then in droves. The…
JB Branch is the Big Tech accountability advocate for Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division. When the federal government adopts new technology, it should be bound by the same principles that underpin democracy itself: fairness, transparency and truth. Yet the recent decision by the General Services Administration (GSA) to make Grok – the large language model…
Every robot that navigates a factory, every autonomous vehicle that detects a pedestrian, and every drone that lands on a moving target relies on one thing: high-quality labeled data. Yet as physical AI becomes more complex, its data pipeline also becomes more complex. Robotics and autonomous systems must make sense of information from cameras, lidars,…
In the field of deep learning (DL), specialized accelerators are essential to meet the increasing computing demands of modern neural networks while ensuring energy efficiency. Systolic array (SA)-based accelerators, composed of a 2D mesh of processing elements (PEs), are widely used to accelerate matrix multiplication, the basic operation of DL models. However, these accelerators often…
Talk of an AI bubble doesn’t slow down Big Tech. Google, Meta and Microsoft are spending more than ever to build the backbone of the AI boom. All three released their results on Wednesday, and all three told investors they would spend even more on the data centers and chips at the heart of their…
Health organizations are mobile from pilot projects to enterprise-wide deployment of artificial intelligence as hospitals automate high-volume workflows and expand their digital capacity. With this expansion comes the opportunity to improve patient care and outcomes. “Healthcare ROI is not just about efficiency” Aashima GuptaGlobal Director of Healthcare Strategy and Solutions at Google Cloudtold PYMNTS in…
This week, we opened our first Asia Pacific office in Tokyo, an important milestone in Anthropic’s international expansion. Our CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei traveled to Tokyo to meet with Prime Minister Takaichi, address members of the LDP Digitalization Headquarters Committee, meet with customers, and sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Japan AI Safety…