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Happy nearly Lunar New Year’s Eve, reader. I’m Diamond Naga Siu, and I’m excited to hop into the Year of the Rabbit. This New Year I’m reflecting on old traditions — I think a lot of new things benefit from the influence of the old and vice versa. A perfect example of this is the viral technology ChatGPT.  ChatGPT makes a lot of people nervous (here’s everything you need to know about it, BTW). People more… Source link

NEW YORK: John Miller, who has held major jobs in both justice agencies and journalism, is joining CNN as chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, the network said on Tuesday.Miller has worked at both ABC News and CBS News during his career. He also worked at the FBI and most recently was the deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism for the New York Police Department.As a journalist, he covered the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, prior to that while at ABC… Source link

By Kyle Murphy, PhD March 29, 2022 – Google continues its push into healthcare, this time with applications of artificial intelligence to improve cardiovascular and maternal health. Google AI Efforts to Focus on Heart, Maternal Health At a Google Health event called The Check Up, the technology giant shared artificial intelligence-focused research and development updates. Google unveiled new AI efforts, including tools that can help treat cardiovascular conditions and improve maternal… Source link

Elon Musk speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Insider’s parent company, recently interviewed Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In response to the question, “what is your biggest fear?” Musk listed three existential threats. They included a declining birthrate, religious extremism, and “artificial intelligence going wrong.” Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed three… Source link

An unclassified version of an intelligence community assessment on the origins of COVID-19 released Friday afternoon shows that various agencies still don’t agree on whether the pandemic began from a laboratory incident in Wuhan, China, or was caused by a natural crossover from animals to humans. In the spring, President Biden ordered the intelligence community to conduct a 90-day review looking at the pandemic’s origins in China, amid growing debate and questions on the issue. The virus… Source link

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is best known for its industry-leading search engine, Google. But even though this tool has seen widespread adoption across the globe, most people probably don’t consider the technology under the hood. Google Search leans on artificial intelligence to understand language and deliver more accurate results. In other words, it tries to interpret what you mean, not just what type into the search bar. However, there’s… Source link

California’s Senate last week advanced a bill that would force Amazon (AMZN) to reveal details behind the productivity-tracking algorithm used in its warehouses; meanwhile, Facebook (FB) this week faced criticism over a Wall Street Journal report finding it knows its Instagram feed makes some teenage girls feel worse about themselves. These developments make up a backlash not necessarily against big tech, so much as its algorithms, which use artificial intelligence (AI) to adapt performance… Source link

Last month, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, faced criticism over his leadership style in the form of a New York Times piece. The report relies on 15 current and former executives who have expressed discontent over–among other things–the amount of time Pichai takes to make decisions.  According to the Times, employees expressed frustration that “Google did not move quickly on key business and personnel moves because he chewed over decisions and delayed action.” For example, the sources… Source link

The top U.S. intelligence official said in an interview with Yahoo News on Monday that the true origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed 600,000 Americans and almost 4 million people worldwide, may never be known. Last month, President Biden directed the intelligence community to conduct a 90-day review of what he described as the two plausible theories for how the pandemic originated. In one scenario, the virus emerged from human contact with an animal. In the other, it leaked out… Source link

AI is better than other automated methods “because it learns from experience.” June 13, 2021, 2:15 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article This is an Inside Science story. Artificial intelligence can design computer microchips that perform at least as well as those designed by human experts, devising such blueprints thousands of times faster. This new research from Google is already helping with the design of microchips for the company’s next generation of AI… Source link