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Baidu's Chip Affiliate Explores Second Funding Round, Wants To Capitalize On Growing Appetite From Venture Capitalists

Baidu, Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU) chip affiliate Kunlun discussed raising 2 billion yuan ($317 million) in its second funding round, Bloomberg reports. Kunlun has deployed its AI chips to power Baidu's core searching services, and the new financing will help it further expand its client base beyond its parent in a market dominated by Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA). Demand…

Benzinga

Ericsson to Restructure Operations, Two Execs to Depart

Sweden's Ericsson on Wednesday laid out plans to restructure its operating units to focus on mobile infrastructure and business customers, and announced that two senior executives will leave the company. A new business unit was created by merging digital services and managed services to increase its cloud expertise and build…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How your local garbage truck is helping fix south-east Queensland's pothole problems

Artificial intelligence and garbage trucks are helping fix potholes faster across one local council area, following weeks of floods and heavy rain.

ABC News

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In The Stars: 2,000 New Asteroids Found In Old Files

Astronomers have unearthed traces of nearly 2,000 new asteroids found by the Hubble Space Telescope but hidden in its files for 20 years.

Zenger

Developing economies risk exclusion as 'age of AI' dawns

Artificial intelligence is set to be a multi-trillion dollar industry by 2030, but developing economies risk falling behind unless changes are made, write Merih Angin and Jack Loveridge

Newsroom.co.nz

Opinion: China-U.S. AI Rivalry Doesn’t Have to Be a Zero-Sum Game

There are many areas where the two countries can work together for mutual benefit, such as fighting climate change and averting terrorist attacks

Caixin Global

U.S. warns of discrimination in using artificial intelligence to screen job candidates

The federal government tells employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws by discriminating against people with disabilities.

WEKU

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U.S. civil rights enforcers warn employers against biased AI

The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology used to screen new job candidates or monitor worker productivity can unfairly discriminate against people with disabilities, sending a warning to employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws

The Independent UK

KL deemed varsity launches B.Sc Computer Science course

‘Cyber security, data science and artificial intelligence will be offered as part of the course’

The Hindu

Meta Looks To Cutback In Reality Labs In Its Quest For Metaverse

Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is preparing cutbacks in its Reality Labs division to refocus on hardware products and the "metaverse," Reuters reports. Meta was not planning layoffs as part of the changes. The division could not afford to do some projects anymore and postponed others. According to Reuters, Reality Labs lost…

Benzinga

AI, philosophy and religion: what machine learning can tell us about the Bhagavad Gita

Machine learning and other artificial intelligence (AI) methods have had immense success with scientific and technical tasks such as predicting how protein molecules fold and recognising faces in a crowd. However, the application of these methods to the humanities are yet to be fully explored.

The Conversation

Privacy Activists Caution Against Zoom's Latest Tool

Activists have warned against Zoom Video Communications, Inc's (NASDAQ:ZM) analyzing emotion and engagement feature of triggering bias and violating personal privacy, Bloomberg reports. Zoom introduced Zoom IQ, a post-call analysis of speaker sentiment powered by artificial intelligence for salespeople. Zoom IQ offered metrics like engagement or patience to improve future communication and deal-making.…

Benzinga

Zoom Urged by Rights Groups to Rule Out ‘Creepy’ AI Emotion Tech

Human rights groups have urged video-conferencing company Zoom to scrap research on integrating emotion recognition tools into its products, saying the technology can infringe users' privacy and perpetuate discrimination. Technology publication Protocol reported last month that California-based Zoom was looking into building such tools, which could use artificial intelligence (AI)…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bitter feuds and crypto ties: Inside one of the most expensive Democratic primaries

The race in the newly created district has seen party infighting, mysterious ties to cryptocurrency and a complaint to the Federal Election Commission.

WEKU

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Finding it hard to get a new job? Robot recruiters might be to blame

More recruiting companies are using AI technology to review applications. But does it make mistakes – and can you boost your chances?

The Conversation

Deadbots can speak for you after your death. Is that ethical?

Machine-learning systems are increasingly worming their way through our everyday lives, challenging our moral and social values and the rules that govern them. These days, virtual assistants threaten the privacy of the home; news recommenders shape the way we understand the world; risk-prediction systems tip social workers on which children…

Benzinga

RadNet Q1 Earnings Exceed Expectations, Revises FY22 Guidance Levels Upwards

RadNet Inc (NASDAQ:RDNT) reports Q1 FY22 revenue of $341.8 million, +8.4% Y/Y, beating the consensus of $330.41 million. Revenue increased 8.2%, excluding Artificial Intelligence reporting segment. Aggregate procedural volumes increased 8.8%; Same-center procedural volumes increased 6.6% Y/Y. RadNet's adjusted EBITDA grew 4.1% Y/Y to $41.7 million, excluding losses from the AI reporting…

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Fluence Sponsors Wageningen University & Research's Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge In The Netherlands

Fluence, a global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, will sponsor Wageningen University & Research’s (WUR) third Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge in the Netherlands.

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‘We help people at real times of need’: why data is the key to better government services

Collecting huge amounts of data is one thing, using it well is another. Now DWP Digital is looking to put data centre stage when it comes to responding to the needs of millions of people in receipt of benefits and pensions

Asharq Al-Awsat

Global Plastic Watch: Satellite Eyes Pinpoint Waste From Space to Reduce Ocean Pollution

A cutting-edge new tool developed by Minderoo Foundation has identified thousands of waste sites across 25 countries for the first time using advanced satellite data technology and machine learning to measure piles of plastic waste from space. Global Plastic Watch ( globalplasticwatch.org ) is a tool which combines earth observation…

360info

Developing economies risk exclusion as 'age of AI' dawns

Artificial intelligence is set to be a multi-trillion dollar industry by 2030, but developing economies risk falling behind unless changes are made.

The Conversation

The use of deepfakes can sow doubt, creating confusion and distrust in viewers

In early March, a manipulated video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was ciruclated. In it, a digitally generated Zelenskyy told the Ukrainian national army to surrender. The video was circulated online but was quickly debunked as a deepfake — a hyper-realistic yet fake and manipulated video produced using artificial intelligence.

Salon

A constant drive for farming technology

Although real-world data is scant, proponents say robotics and AI will soon revolutionize agriculture

Tribune News Service

Johns Hopkins launches major effort to make aging a whole lot less achy

BALTIMORE -- Just about everyone knows someone — or is that someone — who has aches or pains, some forgetfulness or other age-related issue or disease.

Caixin Global

Kai-Fu Lee: The Real Story of AI

Like most technologies, artificial intelligence is neither inherently good nor evil and will eventually produce more positive than negative effects for our society

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