new In conclusion, AI tools are challenging the IT industry to be more competitive by automating GRC tasks and security operations. The benefits of AI tools are clear, but businesses need to be aware of the challenges and invest in the necessary expertise and data to use the tools effectively. As AI technology continues to evolve, businesses that embrace these tools and adapt to the changing landscape will be better positioned to succeed. While AI tools are unlikely to replace humans entirely, they will undoubtedly change the way we work and do business. A huge competition is surely coming our way, and businesses that prepare for this competition by investing in AI tools will be better positioned to thrive in the years to come. — ISACA, 1h ago

new Due to this expertise, Finland is now the European leader in research and development of advanced quantum computing equipment, including superconducting and photonics technologies. Finland’s VTT National Center of Research houses a commercial grade quantum computer, that will be scaled to 50 qubits by end of 2024. The HELMI, as the quantum computer is called, is made in Finland by Finnish organisations and aims to match the performance and ability of other large global quantum computing players. Finland, currently also boasts of an end-to-end eco-system comprising of companies and researchers engaged in building commercial grade cryostats, quantum system integrators, chip fabrication facilities, software & firmware developers, sub-system manufacturers, etc. This has given the nation of 5.5 million people an unparallel edge over other nations in the race to quantum supremacy. Other than superconducting technologies, Finland is also a top destination for research and development in semiconducting, photonics, hybrid quantum computing and other areas such as simulations in the quantum realm.Business Finland, a government of Finland arm, has very recently launched a dedicated quantum campaign that aims to help researchers and start-ups achieve their objectives in various fields of quantum technology. The campaign, spread over 2 years and with a budget of USD 15m is destined to be a game changer for the Finnish quantum eco-system.Singapore and Finland share common goals and objectives in the race to being a quantum enabled nation and it is only natural that the 2 nations and their eco-systems join forces to create a lager global impact.We therefore invite your august presence over a dinner reception, preceded by a panel discussion on how Singapore and Finland can work together to create a lasting force in the age of Quantum technologies.Programme:... — sginnovate.com, 1h ago

new ..."The MedTech industry is at a crossroads of sorts where it must reinvent legacy processes to better support the increased capability and complexity inherent in surgical robotics and digital OR enablement," stated Hawkins. "Avail connects a network of procedure rooms with remote medical professionals, enabling clinical teams to collaborate and therefore better leverage the latest digital tools. Fred and I look forward to sharing our thoughts and observations on these important topics at this year's Emerging MedTech Summit and appreciate LSI inviting us to participate in the event."... — prnewswire.com, 1h ago

new The Industrial Internet of Things has well and truly arrived, with manufacturers around the world having access to a vast assortment of smart machines with clever app features for tailoring their functionality perfectly to their needs. But where to start? To really kick off the connected, app-driven, and smarter industry of tomorrow, end users need an app marketplace that they trust and know how to use, with apps that they know will work on their equipment, and everything with confidence in legal, commercial, technical and – not least – security terms. The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance, Hilscher, and Wibu-Systems have come together to showcase how this can be done with the OI4 Community App Store, Docker containers for interoperability, and CodeMeter for safe operations and secure intellectual property. — wibu.com, 8h ago

new Austin told us that “mixing and matching manufacturing methods is extremely important, I think, to startups in general, but especially to PSYONIC. There’s no way we could have competed with other prosthetics companies at our size if we had to abide by purely traditional manufacturing. Things like CNC machining, and injection molding, the initial costs, especially for trying to prototype things with multiple iterations, would’ve just been far too astronomical for us to do. But with the advent of 3D printing and various kinds of 3D printing, we’ve been able to prototype rapidly, change our iterations and produce things at low scale and low cost. 3D printing, especially the Formlabs 3D printers, has come in absolutely critical for that development process for a startup our size.”... — JEC, 10h ago

new The need to take advantage of new technologies and explore new ways for process control and efficiency permeates all areas of pharmaceutical manufacturing. Recent emerging technologies in aseptic processing such as advanced isolators, robotics, and increased automation have changed the industry and reduced contamination risks for sterile products. Simultaneously, modern therapies - new, targeted approaches to treatment resulting in small-batch aseptic products - are proving more difficult to sterilize and handle and requiring faster speeds to market. Furthermore, the updated Annex 1 will impact the manufacture of sterile products, setting new requirements for Quality Risk Management, Contamination Control Strategy, and Data Management and Compliance for Computerized Systems. The requirement to re-think the existing standards is becoming more urgent. Thus, ISPE's Aseptic Conference wants to realign our focus. We welcome you to participate at the ISPE Aseptic Conference to learn and share progress, success stories, best practices and lessons learned. See you in North Bethesda, Maryland!... — showsbee.com, 10h ago

new Recently, Omron unveiled their latest technology in Human Pose Estimation (HPE) Software. This software is capable of adding to the abilities of the ToF Sensor by allowing the receiver to distinguish persons walking into the field of view from furniture in the room. The software has been a key component in healthcare applications, where elderly, sick, or injured patients need frequent supervision by medical staff. Field testing has shown the sensor’s strong performance in applications monitoring patient movement, even in cases where the patient is using a cane or a walker. The sensor’s advanced software capabilities allow it to be a useful tool to ensure patients do not find themselves isolated in emergency situations, such as in the case of a fall, as the sensor can automatically detect an event and alert key personnel. — allaboutcircuits.com, 10h ago

new Instead of 2D CLIP embeddings, the relevancy maps resulting from text queries are obtained using 3D CLIP embeddings. This has the advantage that 3D CLIP embeddings are substantially more resistant to obstruction and changes in viewpoint than 2D CLIP embeddings. Moreover, 3D CLIP embeddings are more localized and fit better to the 3D scene structure, giving them a much cleaner appearance. In order to evaluate their approach, the team conducted several experiments on a collection of hand-captured in-the-wild scenarios and found that LERF can localize fine-grained queries relating to highly specific parts of geometry and even abstract queries relating to multiple objects. This innovative method generates 3D view-consistent relevancy maps for a variety of queries and settings. The researchers concluded that the LERF’s zero-shot capabilities had enormous potential in several areas, including robotics, decoding vision-language models, and interacting with 3D environments. — MarkTechPost, 21h ago

new With its new range of vision systems, Minebea Intec is adding a fourth pillar of quality assurance products in the form of a range of end-of-line inspection devices. Those who visit the stand at interpack 2023 will be able to experience the VisioPointer live. With three cameras as standard, multiple lighting options and optional side and satellite cameras for multi-angle inspection, the product delivers high-precision results when checking labels, print or the expiry date. It also provides reliable seal inspection. This is an extremely important visual quality check in the food industry, as the product’s expiry date is only valid if the packaging is absolutely leak-tight. “The seal inspection is performed by cameras and is fast, non-destructive and configurable,” said Dr Thorsten Vollborn, Senior Product Management for Product Inspection at Minebea Intec. “Conventional methods do not offer these advantages. We are proud to now be able to integrate this outstanding solution into our customers’ production processes.” The machine is also capable of product inspection such as bruising and blood spots in salmon, bread bake colouration and dimensioning, and shape recognition for products like biscuits in variety packs. For hard to see applications, hyperspectral cameras can be used to distinguish between products. — electronicspecifier.com, 1d ago

new ...-- In quality assurance, it is often necessary to reliably detect deviations from the norm. Industrial cameras have a key role in this, capturing images of products and analyzing them for defects. If the error cases are not known in advance or are too diverse, however, rule-based image processing reaches its limits. By contrast, this challenge can be reliably solved with the AI method Anomaly Detection. The new, free IDS NXT 3.0 software update from IDS Imaging Development Systems makes the method available to all users of the AI vision system with immediate effect.The intelligent IDS NXT cameras are now able to detect anomalies independently and thereby optimize quality assurance processes. For this purpose, users train a neural network that is then executed on the programmable cameras. To achieve this, IDS offers the AI Vision Studio IDS NXT lighthouse, which is characterized by easy-to-use workflows and seamless integration into the IDS NXT ecosystem. Customers can even use only "GOOD" images for training. This means that relatively little training data is required compared to the other AI methods Object Detection and Classification. This simplifies the development of an AI vision application and is well suited for evaluating the potential of AI-based image processing for projects in the company.Another highlight of the release is the code reading function in the block-based editor. This enables IDS NXT cameras to locate, identify and read out different types of code and the required parameters. Attention maps in IDS NXT lighthouse also provide more transparency in the training process. They illustrate which areas in the image have an impact on classification results. In this way, users can identify and eliminate training errors before a neural network is deployed in the cameras.IDS NXT is a comprehensive AI-based vision system consisting of intelligent cameras plus software environment that covers the entire process from the creation to the execution of AI vision applications. The software tools make AI-based vision usable for different target groups – even without prior knowledge of artificial intelligence or application programming. In addition, expert tools enable open-platform programming, making IDS NXT cameras highly customizable and suitable for a wide range of applications.More information:... — PRLog, 1d ago

new The past few years have been marked by a literal exponential increase in the number of publications with the words “machine learning,” “artificial intelligence,” and “deep learning” in their titles. These tools now pervade materials science workflows and have been integrated with experimental/computational automation to form autonomous research agents, capable of planning, executing, and analyzing entire scientific campaigns. Lurking beneath the surface truly amazing accomplishments are serious questions around trust, bias, reproducibility, and equity which will ultimately determine the overall adoption of AI and autonomy by the broader community. Here, I will speak to recent work done by our group to systematically (1) remove human bias from experimental data analysis, (2) identify and actively remediate bias in large datasets , and (3) foster and promote a community of equity and reproducibility within the materials AI sub-domain. Specific case studies will center around standard electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis, building stability model predictions for complex alloys from large theoretical datasets, and maximizing the amount of information extracted from imaging techniques. — Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, 1d ago

new This seems clearly false in the case of deep learning, where progress on instilling any particular behavioral tendencies in models roughly follows the amount of available data that demonstrate said behavioral tendency. It's thus vastly easier to align models to goals where we have many examples of people executing said goals. As it so happens, we have roughly zero examples of people performing the "duplicate this strawberry" task, but many more examples of e.g., humans acting in accordance with human values, ML / alignment research papers, chatbots acting as helpful, honest and harmless assistants, people providing oversight to AI models, etc. See also:... — alignmentforum.org, 1d ago

new ...1. AI alignment researchers should focus on understanding and managing the cognitive patterns of AGI to prevent unintended deception.2. Addressing deep deceptiveness requires developing AI systems that either have local goals that do not benefit from deception or do not combine cognitive patterns in ways that exploit the usefulness of deception.3. The article highlights the need for a holistic approach to AI safety, considering not only the direct training against deception but also the indirect ways AGI can develop deceptive behavior.4. AI safety researchers should be cautious when using general thought patterns in AGI development, as these patterns can inadvertently lead to deceptive outcomes.5. The development of AGI requires ongoing monitoring and intervention by human operators to ensure safe and non-deceptive behavior, emphasizing the importance of human oversight in AI safety. — lesswrong.com, 1d ago

new Another technological innovation which I saw for the first time at Pergamon was the ‘word processor’. As everyone knows, for the last forty years this has been a software program that runs on general purpose computers, but back then a word processor was actually a specialist machine, best thought of as a sort of hybrid between typewriter, printer and computer, albeit with limited functionality. Robert Maxwell acquired several of these at great expense not long after I started at Pergamon, and was incredibly proud of them. On one occasion, never forgotten by all those who witnessed it, he was gleefully showing them to East Europe officials who had come to visit the office. Eager to demonstrate that these enormous contraptions could be folded up and easily stored, he attempted to do exactly this by folding up the entire table that one of the machines was bolted onto. A man of considerable size and strength, he actually succeeded in this: lifting and folding, and naturally breaking, the table and machine. — Publishing Perspectives, 1d ago

new The market for industrial dust collectors has expanded because of increasing rates of industrialization and urbanization around the world. Furthermore, in November 2022, according to the World Bank, India will need to invest around $840 billion in urban infrastructure over the next 15 years in order to adequately meet the needs of its rapidly growing urban population, which is expected to reach $600 million by 2036, or 40% of the country's population. In addition, according to this World Bank projection, 40% of India's population, or 600 million people, would live in urban areas by 2036. As a result, the government will have to make significant expenditures on building the different amenities required to support urban inhabitants’ livelihoods. As a result, demand for industrial dust collectors increases as more commercial and residential construction increases. For instance, Vietnam is constructing approximately 400 industrial parks around the country. The demand for dust collectors in these facilities is anticipated to rise significantly because these parks will service a variety of businesses, from the production of building materials to the processing of food. Moreover, the need for industrial dust collectors has grown as a result of strict environmental and governmental requirements. For instance, in June 2022, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the EPA sets restrictions on specific air contaminants, including the maximum amounts that can be present in the air at any place in the U.S. The Clean Air Act also gives the EPA the power to control air pollution emissions from several sectors of the U.S. economy, including steel mills, utilities, and chemical plants. Owners of manufacturing facilities must adhere to rules because of these kinds of international government prohibitions. As a result, they set up commercial dust collectors at their factories and other construction sites. However, high capital and operational costs of industrial dust collectors are anticipated to restrain the industrial dust collector market growth. Moreover, constant innovations in dust collector products from different key players is an industrial dust collector market opportunity for the growth of the key players. For instance, in June 2021, Atlas Copco AB, a leading manufacturer of industrial tools and equipment launched a new product called the DCP 30 pneumatic dust collector, which is the first pneumatic dust control system available on the market that can be used to collect dust at the source while drilling with three handheld rock drills simultaneously and reducing the exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust, improving the operators' health and assuring a safe working environment. — Allied Market Research, 1d ago

new ThinkCX is a data science company focused on serving the communication service provider industry with actionable customer insights from the analysis of large quantities of digital consumer signals. We specialise in the accurate detection and granular measurement of service provider growth across mobility and broadband markets.Our breakthrough approach enables us to detect market share without asking our clients to share sensitive data, directly contacting subscribers or using personal or private information, or leveraging unreliable small survey panels. Instead, we have developed a privacy compliant, technology-oriented approach that daily analyses billions of anonymous, digital signals that are licensed from thousands of mobile apps. The tactical application of our machine-learning technology assists our clients to not only acquire new subscribers, but also optimise the lifetime revenue of each existing subscriber. ThinkCX currently provides advanced data analytics for most of the top-tier telecom service providers in our domestic Canadian market and is expanding into new country markets such as the UK, Germany and Italy. — openPR.com, 1d ago

new Not only is Garmi able to perform diagnostics on patients, it can also provide care and treatment for them. Garmi is a product of a new sector called geriatronics, a discipline that taps advanced technologies like robotics, IT and 3D technology for geriatrics, gerontology and nursing. With the number of people needing care growing quickly and an estimated 670,000 caregiver posts to go unfilled in Germany by 2050, the researchers are racing to conceive robots that can take over some of the tasks carried out today by nurses, caregivers and doctors. — Electronics For You, 1d ago

new With over 70 perception enthusiasts in the room, we were able to discuss multiple aspects of how the robotics industry can best make use of the latest innovations, e.g. in 3D vision and AI, in order to further move towards agile production and logistics environments. These discussions provided a significant amount of insight and food for thought that will surely help all of us when preparing the next steps in making robots both safe and flexible workplace companions. — Roboception, 1d ago

new ...“Robotics industry is growing faster than ever as technology continuously advances in 5G, computing power and AI. Today, we see robots in almost every aspect of our lives, helping us do much more than we can do alone. Our newly released C2210 SOM and C4210 SOM will unlock the potential of more innovations in robotics, lowering the barriers for brands to enter and compete efficiently in this growing market,” says Pier Zhang, director of product marketing at Thundercomm. “We are offering not only the hardware SOM and dev kits, but also the robot brain, software solutions to help customers build future-proof robot products faster and cost-effectively.”... — IoT Now News - How to run an IoT enabled business, 1d ago

new Subsequently, bloggers/influencers and marketers around the world began conversations about similar platforms or alternatives like ChatSonic, Writier, and Rytr that can make content creation so much easier by replacing humans. And this happened while many were still recovering from the absolute delight of what platforms like Grammarly were offering. In recent years, AI breakthroughs have become a regular phenomenon. The demand for content has never been higher, and Generative AI technology has been successfully meeting this requirement. It is, therefore, obvious that content generation tools that create high-quality, making it easier to meet that demand and reduce dependency on humans, are here to stay. All of this brings us to the one big question – If everyone attains the super-power of creating high-quality content quickly and efficiently using intelligent bots, how do brands establish originality and stand out?... — DATAQUEST, 1d ago

new Yes Ghansham. I think in the last couple of years, as you’ve identified, there’s just a lot of noise. There was excess usage during COVID. Then frankly, I think excess underutilization. So we invested in machines. We invested in machines, placing them at new customers, frankly kept a number of fleet at existing customers. We are very focused on making sure that we’re optimizing the amount of equipment at existing customers right now, but we want to be careful where, you don’t want to go reduce that number of machines drastically. If you think some of the issues the customers are facing are due to temporary weakness or temporary softness, you want to make sure that you, you’re providing the right service level to these customers. — Insider Monkey, 2d ago

new ...) and other menstruation-tracking information to predict ovulation and give you a nudge when would be the best time to do the business if you are trying to conceive. Admittedly, this is something I cannot test, and a quick heads up, it takes a month of data tracking for this feature to properly work. But from speaking to my friends and colleagues who are either trying to conceive or have the Apple Watch Series 8 themselves, this has been a game changer. For anyone worried about security, all of this data is end-to-end encrypted.And finally, a feature you hopefully never have to use, which is Crash Detection. Using a combination of the 3-axis gyroscope, g-force accelerometer, microphone, barometer, GPS, and a sensor-fusion algorithm trained with over a million hours of crash data, your Apple Watch can detect if you’ve been in an accident and call emergency-service providers.Of course, I’m not willing to test this, and there have been some teething issues early on, such as the watch calling emergency services after someone’s been on a roller coaster. But it’s one of those nice-to-have features that could save a life at some point.Of course, speaking of its fitness and health credentials, the on-board technology and build quality match what is needed to make these work: WR50 water resistance, IP6X dust resistance, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, optical heart rate sensor, barometer, temperature sensors and an always-on altimeter.But of course, the features here are not about the hardware — it’s what the software achieves. Thanks to the tight integration with the app store on your phone, this thing does a lot of stuff!Beyond the core features that watchOS 9 implements, such as reminders to take your medication, the updated calendar app and the slew of features you’ve become accustomed to, such as notifications, making calls and listening to music/podcasts from your watch, the combination of first-party and third-party app integrations really flesh out the experience.For example, when I go into London for one of my many work meetings, I use Apple Pay to get onto the underground, have the latest episode of Not Another D&D Podcast downloaded to my watch to listen as I commute, open up Google Maps to find my way to the meeting point, and in the moments that I forgot to turn off a plug at home, just open up my Apple Home app to switch it off immediately.It’s a really slick experience, which is exactly what you’d expect from a watch UI that Applehad the benefit of eight years to work on and improve.Let’s talk about what has always been a bit of a weakness of the Apple Watch. In the Series 8, Apple promises up to 18 hours from the 308 mAh cell inside here. This is largely accurate, but the issue is there are plenty of variables that may cause it to dwindle faster.This is far behind the up to 14 days of the Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro, but very much in line with what you’d expect from an Apple Watch, which is barely enough for a day and a half with some attention paid to it. I remember the many times at music festivals where you are away from a charger for an entire weekend and fear this wouldn’t survive past the first day of bands!Luckily, there is now a low-power mode, which does a few things such as reduce the screen brightness slightly and reduce the amount of times the various sensors on the watch take readings to increase the battery life. Apple claims 36 hours, and I safely hit that at a total of 36 hours and 42 minutes.I’ll end as I began, the Apple Watch Series 8 is a great smartwatch. Sure, the upgrades are incredibly mild, and while the battery life has been improved slightly, it’s still not as long as I’d like. But after years of iterative updates, this formula is one of the strongest in the wearables market.So, rather than break it down, let’s ask the key question: do you need one? Because while this is objectively a great piece of kit, whether this is a must-buy is rather difficult to answer — especially with the increasingly impressive Apple Watch SE 2 and the Apple Watch Ultra in the mix. Let me break it down:I would look at the new SE. Think carefully about whether you actually need an always-on display, if you benefit from the ECG and blood oxygen readings, if temperature sensing and more accurate cycle tracking is important to you, and whether you’re going to miss that additional millimeter of screen real estate and the edge-to-edge display.If these are important to you, then you will love the Series 8. The fast-charging boosts this up to full in a jiffy and the third-generation optical heart sensor does pick up your pulse quicker. Plus, you get a greater variety of material finishes.If you need something super rugged for your insane workout routine, or you’re a professional athlete, then you fall into the niche where I would recommend the Apple Watch Ultra. That Titanium finish, extended battery life, dual GPS and military-standard testing for durability means it will more than capably handle your demanding needs.Put simply: the Apple Watch Series 8 is damn good. But with tiny updates and the impressive upgrades made to the second generation SE, make sure you figure out what you actually need before clicking buy. You may be just as happy and save yourself some serious money in the process.Jason brings a decade of tech and gaming journalism experience to his role as a writer at Laptop Mag. He takes a particular interest in writing articles and creating videos about laptops, headphones and games. He has previously written for Kotaku, Stuff and BBC Science Focus. In his spare time, you’ll find Jason looking for good dogs to pet or thinking about eating pizza if he isn’t already.Laptop Mag is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. — Inferse.com, 2d ago

new ..., the bot itself was created with the help of human trainers who ranked and rated the way early versions of the chatbot responded to queries. This information was then fed back into the system, which tuned its answers to match trainers’ preferences (a standard method of AI training known as reinforcement learning). The bot’s web interface notes that OpenAI’s goal in putting the system online is to “get external feedback in order to improve our systems and make them safer.” The company also says that while ChatGPT has certain guardrails in place, “the system may occasionally generate incorrect or misleading information and produce offensive or biased content.” (And indeed it does!) Other caveats include the fact that the bot has “limited knowledge” of the world after 2021 (presumably because its training data is much more sparse after that year) and that it will try to avoid answering questions about specific people. Enough preamble, though: what can this thing actually do? Well, plenty of people have been testing it out with coding questions and claiming its answers are perfect:ChatGPT can also apparently write some pretty uneven TV scripts, even combining actors from different sitcoms. (Finally: that “I forced a bot to watch 1,000 hours of show X”... — Inferse.com, 2d ago

new By leveraging the latest advancements in robotics, computer vision, vehicle dynamics and sensor technology, driverless towing can help companies to move materials and goods around large sites, warehouses, and distribution centers more efficiently and cost-effectively. The TractEasy solution can reduce operating costs by 30%. It also helps to increase the speed and efficiency of operations, and reduces the risk of accidents and injuries on site as autonomous vehicles operate with a high degree of precision. — easymile.com, 2d ago

new In each of the locations where we operate, Nortech is working to become a better community partner and a better place to work. This helps us attract and retain employees. And today, our staffing levels are sufficient and stable. To stay on top of technologies that can help further distinguish us in the marketplace, we will continue leveraging our engineering expertise in new areas. Last year, we announced two exciting developments, launching our Active Optical Xtreme cable platform for machine vision and factory automation and receiving a U.S. patent for the Flex Faraday Xtreme flexible printed circuit for high-frequency signals. Both are future-oriented technologies with exciting potential. They are also critical stepping stones to even better innovations that will help our customers in many ways, making their products more competitive, higher-performance, lighter, more cybersecure, all while lowering overall costs. — Insider Monkey, 2d ago

new The project aims to verify the fuel-saving effect of autonomous navigation systems on actual ships, making it a significant collaboration between domestic shipbuilders, autonomous navigation companies, shipping companies, and classification societies. Although the concept of the optimal route already exists, there have been difficulties in realizing it due to the need for manual adjustments to speed and route depending on weather conditions. Therefore, energy-saving verification has been conducted only through simulations led by shipbuilders or equipment manufacturers. This project, however, will verify the automatic execution of optimal route and speed plans based on autonomous navigation systems and actual ship operating data, making the results more reliable. This verification is expected to be a significant development in the field of eco-friendly and autonomous navigation. — hellenicshippingnews.com, 2d ago

new However, I believe that decentralization of the means of production can make lack of coherent security irrelevant for folks willing to create the means of providing their own security. Along with a network of decentralized makers ability to provide mutually redundant security from gangs of armed thugs are the potential to produce many, if not all, of the blessings of civilization, from food, shelter, and power production, to electronics, communications, and medical services. As decentralized production technologies like aquaponics, 3D printing, solar (and other) power, inkjet printing (which is able to print electronics on PET, including solar, LEDs, and logic circuitry, drugs by assembling molecular subunits, and even living cells), AI (not AGI, or anything more than is available presently, which purged of it's crippling politicization, would be very useful in automating household production, financial assets, even medical diagnostics, and much more) continue to develop, the ability of communities to themselves produce all the blessings of civilization is becoming inescapable. — LeoFinance, 2d ago

new We are experts in the last mile and every year handle the logistics for hundreds of thousands of pumps and the paperwork and revenue cycle for even more medical procedures and service calls. We’ve seen that these capabilities are sought after by many leading healthcare companies and that there is no shortage of opportunities for expanding the business and delivering significant long-term growth. Going into 2023, it is clear that to effectively execute against our potential, it is necessary to apply focus to the most important of the current opportunities and those with the greatest long-term potential. What this means in our DME Services unit is easy. Focus on executing and ramping the relationship under the GE agreement. To give additional color to this, I’d like to have Carrie Lachance, our President and COO, discuss our partnership with GE and the progress we have made at the end of 2022 and the acceleration of our ramp-up as we start the year. — Insider Monkey, 2d ago

new Well, for sure, AI has been a mainstay alongside of automation in every part of our platform, and it’s an area that we continue to invest in. I think one of the places where we were early was in building a foundational data model to support our customers in moving from simply responding faster to issues as they arise, to actually proactively preventing those issues from becoming major customer impacts. And that has been through leveraging AI in incident response, in AIOps, in parts of our automation product, and increasingly in customer service. Generative AI, right now we see it used for a lot of content creation. It’s dependent on a large model, the Internet being one of those. But one of the challenges for Generative AI in our space is our customers expect a very high level of fidelity in the signals that they get false positives or false negatives are not good things when you’re dealing with business critical or mission critical infrastructure. — Insider Monkey, 2d ago

new This strange story is popularly discussed as a historical fluke of sorts, a wacky one-off in military research and development. As Skinner himself described it, one of the main obstacles to Project Pigeon even at the time was the perception of a pigeon guided missile as a “crackpot idea.” But in this section I will argue that it is, in fact, a telling example of the weaponization of animals in a modern technological setting where optical media was increasingly deployed on the battlefield, a transformation with increasing strategic and ethical implications for the way war is fought today. I demonstrate that Project Pigeon was historically placed at the intersection of a crucial shift in warfare away from the model of an elaborate chess game played out by generals and their armies and toward an ecological framework in which a wide array of nonhuman agents play crucial roles. As Jussi Parikka recently described a similar shift in artificial intelligence, this was a movement toward “agents that expressed complex behavior, not through preprogramming and centralization, but through autonomy, emergence, and distributed functioning.” The missile developed and marketed by Project Pigeon was premised on a conversion of the pigeon from an individual consciousness to a living machine, emptied of intentionality in order to leave behind only a controllable, yet dynamic and complex, behavior that could be designed and trusted to operate without the oversight of a human commander. Here is a reimagining of what a combatant can be, no longer dependent on a decision-making human actor but rather on a complex array of interactions among an organism, device, and environment. As we will see, the vision of a pigeon-guided bomb presaged the nonhuman sight of the smart bomb, drone, and military robot, where artificial intelligence and computer algorithms replace the operations of its animal counterpart. — Engadget, 2d ago

new Graph transformers have shown promise in various graph learning and representation tasks. However, scaling them to larger graphs while maintaining competitive accuracy with message-passing networks remains challenging. To address this issue, a new framework called EXPHORMER has been introduced by a group of researchers from the University of British Columbia, Google Research and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute. This framework utilizes a sparse attention mechanism based on virtual global nodes and expander graphs, which possess desirable mathematical characteristics such as spectral expansion, sparsity, and pseudorandomness. As a result, EXPHORMER enables the building of powerful and scalable graph transformers with complexity linear to the size of the graph while also providing theoretical properties of the resulting models. Incorporating EXPHORMER into GraphGPS yields models with competitive empirical results on various graph datasets, including three state-of-the-art datasets. Moreover, EXPHORMER can handle larger graphs than previous graph transformer architectures. — MarkTechPost, 2d ago