Project Green Light uses AI to reduce vehicle emissions
The frustration of having to stop at a red light pales in comparison to its impact on greenhouse emissions. Google’s Project Green Light is using AI…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Industry
Breaking down the trends, developments, and innovations in the dynamic AI industry.
AI could consume equivalent energy as the Netherlands by 2027
A new study forecasts that the energy consumption of the AI industry might equal that of the Netherlands by 2027. However, if the growth of AI…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
AI decodes speech from non-invasive brain recordings
Exactly how our brains process and formulate language is still largely a mystery. Researchers at Meta AI found a new way to measure brain waves and…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Protestors criticize Meta’s open source approach to AI development
Open source AI, particularly Meta’s Llama models, has sparked debate over the risks of releasing powerful AI models to everyone. Last week, a group of protestors…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Can “constitutional AI” solve the issue of problematic AI behavior?
As AI models continue to embed themselves in our daily lives, concerns over the limitations and reliability of their so-called “guardrails” are mounting. Ubiquitous AI models…
By Sam Jeans · 4 min read
DAI#7 – AI fakes celebs, politicians, and wants your dreams
Welcome to the best AI news roundup your inbox has seen. This week AI dished out deepfakes of some of our favorite celebs and least favorite…
By Eugene van der Watt · 5 min read
Open X-Embodiment dataset, RT-X model a leap for AI robots
Google’s DeepMind worked with 33 different academic labs to create an AI training dataset based on 22 different robot types. Robots are really good at doing…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
AI tools finds duplicate images in papers quicker than specialists
In a recent study, an AI tool outpaced a human expert in detecting duplicated images in scientific research papers. Sholto David, who investigates image manipulation in…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
AI image watermarks don’t work, and probably never will
Companies are trying to use digital watermarks to identify AI images but recent research shows their efforts may be in vain. A team of researchers from…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Amazon Bedrock offers a scalable platform for customizing AI models
Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently unveiled its latest contribution to the AI ecosystem: Amazon Bedrock. After an intense four months of development and testing, this suite…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read