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Long before the advent of ChatGPT, Marcus designed his first AI program in high school -- software to translate Latin into English. (Unsplash) AI 

AI Expert Marcus Disputes Claims of Human Extinction Risk

Nitin Misra, , ,

For the past six months, Gary Marcus, an expert in the field, has been warning against the rapid growth and implementation of artificial intelligence, ever since the emergence of the popular poem-generating program, ChatGPT. But against the AI apocalypse, a New York University professor emeritus told AFP in a recent interview that the technology’s existential threats may be “overstated” at the moment. “I’m not personally concerned about the threat of extinction, at least not yet, because the scenarios are not concrete,” Marcus said in San Francisco. “The general problem that…

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First of all, it is nothing like the iPhone 15 in global impact potential, and secondly, the reason behind the damp squib reactions for the Apple AR/VR headset may well have much to do with AI. (Representative image) (Bloomberg) Gadgets 

Hype around Apple headphones is high!

Adriana Marais, , , , , ,

It’s not the iPhone 15 launch, but despite all the hype surrounding Apple’s AR/VR headset, it would be worth considering. However, while Apple fans may be excited to see the biggest introduction of new technology since the Apple Watch was first launched, for the rest of the investment world and perhaps even for consumers, it appears to be regular. And this can be ominous. This despite the fact that headphones are a completely different product category. The lack of reaction from the market may be due to the web of…

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These predictions on connected smart machines point to opportunities for 5G service providers of new smart grid services, study finds (Pixabay) News 

Smart connected machines will become an important part of life by 2030: Ericsson report

Febin Mathew, , , ,

Ericsson released the 10th edition of its ConsumerLab 10 Hot Consumer Trends report earlier this week. The new study focuses on consumers’ expectations of connected technologies and their applications by 2030. The ConsumerLab 10 Hot Consumer Trends 2030 report represents the expectations and forecasts of 50 million early adopters of technology in 15 major cities, including Delhi, Ericsson said in its statement. In the new study, respondents assessed 112 concepts of connected intelligent machines, ranging from a human perspective to a more rational perspective. Each trend in the report describes…

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YouTube tests auto-generated video chapters based on machine learning (REUTERS) News 

YouTube uses ML to automatically generate video chapters

Febin Mathew, , ,

YouTube is working on a new feature that will help generate video chapters automatically. The company is currently testing the feature with some users. There is no word yet on the official rollout of the feature. YouTube on its support page has confirmed that it will use machine learning to help generate video chapters. The tool is likely to help reduce stress for creators to manually add timestamps. We will use machine learning to recognize text to automatically generate video chapters. We are testing this with a small group of…

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Google provides researchers with free comprehensive coronavirus dataset

Adriana Marais, , ,

One way scientists and researchers try to understand and find a solution to the coronavirus is to build AI models. To further this endeavor, Google Cloud provides researchers with free information within the COVID-19 Public Dataset program. Last night, the company revealed an open archive of coronavirus-related databases, including those from the Johns Hopkins Systems Science and Engineering Center (JHU CSSE), World Bank Global Health Information, and OpenStreetMap information. (Also Read : Googles free COVID-19 virus checkup site is live! How does it work? ) All of these free databases…

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