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10 Sep

New AI can ID brain patterns related to specific behavior

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Maryam Shanechi, the Sawchuk Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of the USC Center for Neurotechnology, and her team have developed a new AI algorithm that can separate brain patterns related to a particular behavior. This work, which can improve brain-computer interfaces and discover new brain patterns, has been published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. As you are reading this story, your brain is involved in multiple behaviors. Perhaps you are moving your arm to grab a cup of coffee, while reading the article out loud for your colleague, and feeling a bit hungry. All these different…

09 Sep

Apple Keynote 2024: Unveiling iPhone 16, New AirPods, Apple Intelligence, and More

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Apple revealed four models of the upcoming iPhone 16 on Sept. 9, all of which will be able to run the generative Apple Intelligence when iOS 18.1 becomes available later this year. The four models are: iPhone 16. iPhone 16 Plus. iPhone 16 Pro. iPhone 16 Pro Max. Each will be available for preorder on Sept. 13 and on sale Sept 20. iPhone 16 rearranges the camera controls The iPhone 16 can run Apple Intelligence generative AI. Image: Apple The latest iPhone’s designs aren’t a major departure from previous iterations, with Apple perhaps banking on generative AI features to set…

09 Sep

Artificial muscles propel a robotic leg to walk and jump

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Inventors and researchers have been developing robots for almost 70 years. To date, all the machines they have built -- whether for factories or elsewhere -- have had one thing in common: they are powered by motors, a technology that is already 200 years old. Even walking robots feature arms and legs that are powered by motors, not by muscles as in humans and animals. This in part suggests why they lack the mobility and adaptability of living creatures. A new muscle-powered robotic leg is not only more energy efficient than a conventional one, it can also perform high jumps…

09 Sep

Gartner: Australian IT Leaders Should Adopt AI at Own Pace

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Gartner representatives are urging IT leaders in Australia to avoid getting caught up in the tech vendor race to rapidly develop, deploy, and sell AI solutions. Instead, companies should carefully craft either a “steady” or “accelerated” approach to AI adoption — depending on the specific benefits they aim to achieve from the technology. Speaking at the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo in Australia on Sept. 9, two distinguished executive analysts at Gartner, Mary Mesaglio and Kristian Steenstrup, explained that tech vendors were going “all out” to develop AI solutions while nearly half of CIOs are struggling to see returns on their AI…

06 Sep

New AI Model Can Simulate ‘Super Mario Bros.’ After Watching Gameplay Footage

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Last month, Google's GameNGen AI model showed that generalized image diffusion techniques can be used to generate a passable, playable version of Doom. Now, researchers are using some similar techniques with a model called MarioVGG to see whether AI can generate plausible video of Super Mario Bros. in response to user inputs.The results of the MarioVGG model—available as a preprint paper published by the crypto-adjacent AI company Virtuals Protocol—still display a lot of apparent glitches, and it's too slow for anything approaching real-time gameplay. But the results show how even a limited model can infer some impressive physics and gameplay…

05 Sep

UK, US, EU Sign First International AI Treaty

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The UK has signed the world’s first international treaty on artificial intelligence — alongside the European Union, the United States, and seven other countries. The agreement commits signatories to adopting or maintaining measures that ensure the use of AI is consistent with human rights, democracy, and the law. These measures should protect the public against inherent risks of AI models, such as biassed training data, and those of their misuse, such as the spread of misinformation. The Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law was opened for signatures during a conference of Council…

05 Sep

Australia Proposes Mandatory Guardrails for AI

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The requirement to test AI models, keep humans in the loop, and give people the right to challenge automated decisions made by AI are just some of the 10 mandatory guardrails proposed by the Australian government as ways to minimise AI risk and build public trust in the technology. Launched for public consultation by Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic in September 2024, the guardrails could soon apply to AI used in high-risk settings. They are complemented by a new Voluntary AI Safety Standard designed to encourage businesses to adopt best practice AI immediately. What are the mandatory AI guardrails…

05 Sep

Hiring Kit: Autonomous Systems Engineer | TechRepublic

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Technological innovations like the Internet of Things, 5G wireless networks, robotics, and autonomous system software have created a business environment in which automated devices and thinking machines are now just part of the working landscape. No longer restricted to the factory floor, autonomous systems can be found in offices, retail stores, and homes. Developing and programming these thinking machines requires the expertise of an autonomous systems engineer. Whether it is designing the hardware or developing the software, an engineer with specific expertise is going to be the one responsible for turning abstract concepts into practical, useful devices and machines. This…

05 Sep

LLM For Structured Data

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Large Language Models (LLMs) can be used to extract insightful information from structured data, help users perform queries, and generate new datasets. Retrieval-Augmented Generation is great for filtering data and extracting observations. LLMs can be used to generate code that executes complex queries against structured datasets. LLMs can also generate synthetic data with user-defined types and statistical properties. It is estimated that 80% to 90% of the data worldwide is unstructured. However, when we look for data in a specific domain or organization, we often end up finding structured data. The most likely reason is that structured data is still…

05 Sep

Databricks Leverages AI to Advance Cancer Research, Infrastructure in Australia

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In Australia, The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the John Holland Group, an infrastructure and construction firm, have turned to cloud data and AI platform Databricks to solve significant data fragmentation problems that were hindering their ability to draw insights from business data. Speaking at Databricks’ Data + AI World Tour in Sydney, Australia last month, tech leaders at both organisations reported facing challenges such as siloed data, competing business areas, data integration issues, and legacy systems, prompting the need to seek a cloud data solution. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre consolidates data to use AI Peter Mac’s legacy data infrastructure…