Report says AI could give us a four-day workweek by 2033
A new report from Autonomy says millions of people could enjoy a four-day workweek by 2033 if AI tools like ChatGPT are properly integrated into the…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
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The UK wants to unlock public service productivity with AI
The UK Treasury’s Productivity Programme research “has revealed huge opportunities to cut admin, safely harness AI and deliver early interventions to relieve pressure on public services.”…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
UN hires AI company to help with Israeli-Palestinian war
Slovakian startup CulturePulse is a social media analytics company and the UN is hoping it can use AI to better understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. CulturePulse uses…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
NASA releases ChatGPT super prompt to leverage biomimicry
Biomimicry in design is the process of seeing what nature does really well and then emulating that in an engineered solution. NASA’s BIDARA uses ChatGPT to…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
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
AI can diagnose schizophrenia by analyzing speech patterns
Researchers from the UCL Institute for Neurology and Oxford have developed AI models that can help mental health practitioners diagnose patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia affects approximately…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Google brings AI to healthcare with Vertex AI Search
To deliver effective healthcare a clinician needs to have accurate information about a patient so that the right treatment decisions can be made. The distributed, unstructured…
By Eugene van der Watt · 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
Elicit raises $9m for its AI research paper analyzer
Elicit has raised $9m in seed funding for its AI research paper analyzer which aims to accelerate academic research. Elicit is a for-profit spinoff of the…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
UPS uses AI to fight package theft as porch piracy surges
Parcel theft has surged in the US, and delivery company UPS is using artificial intelligence to fight this growing trend. Each year hundreds of millions of…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read