AI
AI in Bangladesh’s public policy
AI has the potential to revolutionise governance and address societal issues by analysing large amounts of data and finding connections and patterns that a human eye misses.
15 February 2024, 01:39 AM
Satyajit Ray’s voice to be dubbed in AI for ‘Padatik’
Breaking new ground in Bengali cinema, director Srijit Mukherji is set to revolutionise the voice dubbing process in his upcoming film “Padatik”, paying homage to the legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen.
4 February 2024, 07:13 AM
University in Michigan to enrol two AI students
Two AI students, Ann and Fry, will be joining classes alongside regular human students at Ferris State University in Michigan this spring.
27 January 2024, 13:36 PM
AI’s copyright problem is fixable
What should copyright law mean in the age of AI?
21 January 2024, 03:00 AM
Elvis Presley to be brought to life using AI for new immersive show
A new immersive Elvis Presley show will open in central London later this year, bringing the king of rock 'n' roll back to life with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), organisers said Thursday.
4 January 2024, 04:01 AM
AI to give fillip to new industrial revolution
Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize various industries, spearheading a new technological and industrial revolution
27 December 2023, 08:20 AM
Artists use tech weapons against AI copycats
US illustrator Paloma McClain went into defense mode after learning that several AI models had been "trained" using her art, with no credit or compensation sent her way.
24 December 2023, 04:22 AM
OpenAI releases guidelines to gauge 'catastrophic risks' of AI
The announcement comes one month after the company's board fired CEO Sam Altman, only to hire him back a few days later when staff and investors rebelled.
19 December 2023, 10:45 AM
Our outdated, inefficient higher education institutions
The world has never witnessed such unprecedented human-to-technology interactions.
19 December 2023, 01:00 AM
Google unveils MedLM, the healthcare AI
Google has recently introduced MedLM, a suite of AI models designed for the healthcare sector. Built upon the foundation of Med-PaLM 2, Google's large language model (LLM) for the medical domain, MedLM will be made available on the Vertex AI platform for Google Cloud users in the United States.
18 December 2023, 09:43 AM
Pro-government outlets spreading AI generated misinformation, report finds
In a recent investigation, the British daily Financial Times has uncovered a disturbing trend of artificial intelligence (AI) being weaponised to spread disinformation in the lead-up to the general elections in Bangladesh. The report indicates that entities aligned with the government are utilising AI tools from various start-ups to craft deepfake videos and fabricated news segments, with the aim of influencing public opinion.
17 December 2023, 14:39 PM
Why university students should consider using AI in research
While some may say that using AI is ethically dubious, popular research journals have already started conversations on how to use it.
14 December 2023, 00:00 AM
Microsoft, US labor group team up on AI
Microsoft and the AFL-CIO, the pre-eminent labor group in the United States, have entered into a partnership to better address the consequences of artificial intelligence on the workforce and to guide government regulation.
12 December 2023, 05:45 AM
Machine unlearning: Making AI 'forget' instead of 'learning'
With machine learning-based chatbots comes the ever-present worry of inaccuracies and unreliable information. As such, a new type of discipline within the realm of AI is being introduced: machine unlearning, which aims to make AI-generated output more reliable and safe by making the model 'forget' information instead of 'learning' new ones.
11 December 2023, 10:00 AM
AI, AI, Captain: Will machines end our creativity?
Will artificial intelligence end human creativity? Or will it complement and expand it?
8 December 2023, 15:00 PM
Google launches Gemini, new AI model to compete with GPT-4
Google has recently introduced Gemini, a collection of AI models designed to cater to various needs from lightweight mobile applications to heavyweight enterprise solutions. Gemini comes in three versions: Gemini Nano, Gemini Pro, and Gemini Ultra, each serving specific purposes and use cases.
7 December 2023, 06:52 AM
India turns to AI to capture its 121 languages
There are more than 40 million native Kannada speakers in India, and it is one of the country's 22 official languages and one of over 121 languages spoken by 10,000 people or more in the world's most populous nation.
4 December 2023, 07:58 AM
ChatGPT turns 1 year old
ChatGPT, the popular AI chatbot by OpenAI, has turned 1 year old today. Since its launch on November 30, 2022, the AI text generator has been at the forefront of natural language processing, showcasing its versatility in various applications, from business, communication, education, and programming to creative content generation.
30 November 2023, 15:53 PM
Amazon unveils new AI chip for training AI
Amazon has recently unveiled its brand new AI chip that will be used for the company's cloud computing service. Named Trainium2, the second-generation chip is designed for training AI systems and is said to be four times faster and twice as energy efficient as its previous model.
29 November 2023, 08:07 AM
AI is the printing press reborn
AI is an impossible problem if you think of writing as the end.
24 November 2023, 03:51 AM