Five Recent Developments in Artificial Intelligence: AI Aids Stroke Patient, MediaTek-Meta AI Partnership, and More
Today brought some intriguing advancements in the field of artificial intelligence. Recent studies have unveiled how AI assisted a stroke patient who had lost their ability to communicate verbally, by translating their brain signals into words. Additionally, MediaTek made an announcement today regarding their utilization of Meta’s Llama 2 large language model. They aim to construct an edge computing system that eliminates the need for cloud computing in resource-intensive tasks. These are just a few highlights from today’s AI roundup, so let’s delve deeper into the details.
A stroke patient speaks with the help of artificial intelligence
A 30-year-old woman who suffered a catastrophic stroke that left her paralyzed and unable to speak recently spoke again with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a report in the New York Times. In a study published today in the journal Nature, researchers showed that the first words he uttered after his stroke were produced by synthesizing his brain waves and converting them into words using a complex algorithm used by artificial intelligence.
“What’s quite exciting is that just from the surface of the brain, researchers were able to get pretty good information about these different properties of communication,” Dr. Parag Patil, a neurosurgeon and biomedical engineer at the University of Michigan. Nature asked Nature to review the study before publication.
MediaTek partners with Meta for AI
MediaTek announced today that it is working closely with Meta’s Llama 2 to build a complete edge computing ecosystem designed to accelerate the development of AI applications in smartphones, IoT, vehicles, smart homes and other edge devices. The use of MediaTek’s Llama 2 models enables the use of generative artificial intelligence applications directly on the device instead of running entirely through a cloud service. MediaTek said this offers several benefits to developers and users, including seamless performance, better privacy, better security and reliability, lower latency, the ability to work in areas with little or no connectivity, and lower operating costs.
An AI writing tool that helps writers get over the block raises $2.75 million
Lex, an AI-powered writing tool powered by Every, a media platform, has raised $2.75 million in a seed round led by True Ventures. According to a TechCrunch report, the company’s CEO Nathan Baschez describes the AI tool as a “modern writing platform” that helps with writing.
The platform uses artificial intelligence to streamline and speed up workflows for those who write a lot and struggle with writer’s block (a term for when writers struggle to come up with ideas).
You.com introduces AI-powered search on WhatsApp
You.com, a platform that uses AI chat for search, announced today that it is now available on WhatsApp, allowing more people to experience AI chat and search seamlessly where they text every day, Businesswire reports. With just a message, users can experience AI chat and search and get answers with sources and direct web links. Start a conversation with You.com on WhatsApp by sending a text message to +1 585-496-8266 (+1 585 4 YOU COM).
Chandrayaan-3 uses artificial intelligence to land on the moon
The Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully completed its soft landing on the Moon today. During the final phase of the journey, called the power descent, artificial intelligence was used to guide the spacecraft for the last 17 minutes. The AI program is called Autonomous Landing Sequence (ALS) and it was able to manipulate the thrusters, adjust the altitude, reorient the spacecraft and make small adjustments to confirm the direction.
