5 AI Facts You Might Have Overlooked: Elon Musk’s Prediction on AI Surpassing Humans, Introduction to Groundbreaking AI Engineer, and More
Today’s top news in the world of artificial intelligence includes Elon Musk’s thoughts on the future of AI and the introduction of Cognition’s AI software engineer, Devin, capable of writing and deploying code. Stay updated on more AI news from today.
Elon Musk says AI is smarter than humans
There has been a debate among experts about the future of artificial intelligence and when it might actually beat humans in a number of metrics. Now Tesla chief Elon Musk took to his X-handle to emphasize that artificial intelligence will soon be smarter than humanity. The post said: “AI will probably be smarter than any human next year. By 2029, AI will probably be smarter than all humans combined.” Musk made the statement after resharing Ray Kurzweil’s AI prediction video.
Meet Devin, a new robot AI software engineer
Cognition US company announced its first artificial intelligence software engineer, Devin, and it may well change the way we write, debug and deploy code. With prompts, an AI assistant can easily develop a functional website or software. The AI software designer has already passed several industry interviews and completed freelance work, according to a report by Moneycontrol.
Samsung uses chip manufacturing technology from big rival SK Hynix
With the growing demand for artificial intelligence chips, Samsung Electronics is switching to the technology favored by strong competitor SK Hynix. It has been reported that Samsung is facing challenges with non-conductive films (chip manufacturing technology). Hynix’s pulp reflow molded underfill (MR-MUF) allows them to overcome these challenges. The company has also invested in MUF’s sawdust manufacturing equipment. However, Samsung itself has denied all such reports, saying, “The rumors that Samsung uses MR-MUF in its HBM production are not true,” according to a Reuters report.
Infosys’ vision is to authorize several work tasks with the help of an artificial intelligence assistant
Infosys’ HR chief announced that the company plans to introduce an AI assistant that will empower 3.5 million employees, such as engineers, consultants or sales managers. It helps employees become more productive and efficient in their tasks. Shaji Mathew, Group Head, People Development, Infosys said, “One important aspect of our vision and purpose for leveraging AI is human + AI rather than human vs. AI… In the AI era, existing capabilities need to be transformed so that individuals become AI-aware, AI-builders and AI- Masters,” according to a Moneycontrol report.
A mobile application integrated with artificial intelligence for identifying kidney diseases
A startup called Hellokidney.ai has created a mobile app that claims to be able to detect and treat kidney diseases. the state government under the National Health Mission (NHM) has given permission for the official launch of the app. Dr. Chinta Ramakrishna, a Nephrologist in Guntur is behind Hellokidney.ai. Now, with international partnerships and a strong vision, the company has created a powerful app, according to a TOI report.
