IBM has announced Project CodeNet, a large dataset that aims to help teach AI how to understand and even write code. Project CodeNet was announced at IBM’s Think conference this week and claims to be the largest open-source dataset for code (approximately 10 times the size of the closest.) CodeNet features 500 million lines of […]
The White House has launched a website to provide official updates about the US government’s National AI Initiative. On January 1, 2021, the National AI Initiative Act of 2020 (PDF) became law. The act mandates a coordinated effort across the federal government to accelerate the research, and adoption, of AI technologies. The new AI.gov website […]
New research from Juniper Networks has found a growing appetite from both enterprises and consumers to use AI technologies. Juniper surveyed 700 global IT decision-makers for its research and found that most (67%) executives have AI as a top strategic priority for 2021. 95 percent of the respondents believe their organisation would benefit from increasing […]
Many of us are guilty of giving up on a game because of a long grind or seemingly insurmountable challenge, but Sony’s latest patent shows the company wants to change that. Some masochists enjoy the pain of being repeatedly beaten in games like Dark Souls – it’s understandable, overcoming those challenges is a great feeling […]
Researchers from MIT have developed an AI tool for determining the stress a material is under through analysing images. The pesky laws of physics have been used by engineers for centuries to work out – using complex equations – the stresses the materials they’re working with are being put under. It’s a time-consuming but vital […]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has joined over 50 other rights and advocacy groups in calling for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to halt the use of Clearview AI’s controversial facial recognition system. In a letter (PDF) addressed to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the signatories wrote: “The undersigned organizations have serious concerns about […]
Real-time 3D content creation platform Unity is releasing synthetic datasets with the aim of accelerating AI training. The new Unity Computer Vision Datasets contain synthetic data which is generated to meet specific demands. Unity aims to break down the cost barrier typically faced in obtaining high-quality synthetic datasets. Dr Danny Lange, SVP of Artificial Intelligence […]
The first annual State of ModelOps report highlights some interesting trends about the real-world adoption of AI in enterprises. Independent research firm Corinium Intelligence conducted the study on behalf of ModelOp and aims to summarise the state of model operationalisation today. Stu Bailey, Co-Founder and Chief Enterprise AI Architect at ModelOp, said: “As the report […]
IBM’s new AI Hardware Composer tool aims to boost the performance of analog AI hardware. The tool is being released on the second anniversary of the IBM Research AI Hardware Center. IBM’s pioneering centre launched in 2019 with the aim of improving AI hardware compute efficiency by 2.5 times every year for a decade. (Credit: […]
A leaked draft of EU regulation around the use of AI sets hefty fines of up to €20 million or four percent of global turnover (whichever is greater.) The regulation (PDF) was first reported by Politico and is expected to be announced next week on April 21st. In the draft, the legislation’s authors wrote: “Some […]