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As per the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), adding AI into clinical practice can eliminate repetitious activities, saving a radiologist around one hour of chest CT interpretation time every...

Adobe's June 2022 Photography feature release focuses on Lightroom, especially the addition of video editing. Along with that are several other additions to Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). The post Adobe brings Integrated Video Editing to Lightroom appeared first on ExtremeTech.

Sens. Diagn.DOI: 10.1039/D2SD00082B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Gisela Ruiz-Vega, Maria Soler, M. Carmen Estevez, Patricia Ramirez Priego, Martalu D. Pazos, María A. Noriega, Yago Margolles, Clara Francés-Gómez, Ron Geller, Giulia Matusali, Francesca Colavita, Antonino Di Caro, José M. Casasnovas, Luís Angel Fernández, Laura Maria LechugaThe coronavirus (CoV) disease 2019 (COVID-19) is expected to become endemic in the upcoming years, meaning that the worldwide society shall be prepared to routinely manage the highly contagious respiratory...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

Accel Solutions and Veego today announced the integration of Veego's Artificial Intelligence and machine learning solution with Bezeq, Israel's largest Telecom. The integration will enhance...

Plants are the original carbon capture factories—and a new research program aims to make them better ones by using gene editing. The Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI), a research group in Berkeley, California, founded by CRISPR co-inventor Jennifer Doudna, has announced a new program to use the revolutionary gene-editing tool on plants to boost their aptitude…

Using a new technique known as lesion network mapping, Harvard Medical School researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

The research is part of the SWARM study - Small robots With collective behaviour as AI-driven cancer therapies; building Regulations for future nanoMedicines.

A new 'dual robot' drone can both fly through air and land on water to collect samples and monitor water quality.

Imagine you’re sitting on a train. You look out the window and see another train on an adjacent

One company, Floreo, is hoping their tools will lead the way, despite some criticisms from autism self-advocates.

One company, Floreo, is hoping their tools will lead the way, despite some criticisms from autism self-advocates.

As applications of artificial intelligence spread, more computation must occur — and more efficiently with lower energy consumption

Using nanopore sequencing, a rapid third-generation cytogenetic analysis tool, investigators are now able to accurately detect specific genomic disorders in a fraction of the time it takes to conduct traditional and molecular cytogenetic testing.

Fueled by advances in multi-party communications, increasingly mature immersive technologies being adopted, and the COVID-19 pandemic, a new wave of social virtual reality (VR) platforms have emerged to support socialization, interaction, and collaboration among multiple remote users who are integrated into shared virtual environments. Social VR aims to increase levels of (co-)presence and interaction quality by overcoming the limitations of 2D windowed representations in traditional multi-party video conferencing tools, although most existing solutions rely on 3D avatars to represent users. This article presents a social VR platform that supports real-time volumetric holographic representations of users that are based on point clouds captured by off-the-shelf RGB-D sensors, and it analyzes the platform's potential for conducting interactive holomeetings (i.e., holoconferencing scenarios). This work evaluates such a platform's performance and readiness for conducting meetings with up

A new study by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences examining population genetics across Europe has analyzed the diverse ancestries of people living in the UK. This knowledge has the potential to inform future health research on genetic factors leading to disease.

CNN - BusinessNo, Googles AI is not sentient - (CNN Business)Tech companies are constantly hyping the capabilities of their ever-improving artificial intelligence. But Google was quick to shut down claims that one of its programs had advanced so much that it had become sentient. On June 6, Lemoine posted on Medium that Google put him on paid administrative leave ...

Daniel Golightly / AndroidHeadlines.comGoogle Engineer Placed On Leave Over AI Discussions - Google has reportedly placed Blake Lemoine, an engineer employed in the Responsible AI division, on leave following discussions between Mr. Lemoine and a representative of the House Judiciary Committee. The full details of the discussion in question have not been revealed. However, the engineer is said to have conveyed concerns ...

Fionna Agomuoh / Digital TrendsYour Microsoft Teams video calls will soon be powered by AI and machine learning - Microsoft Teams will soon receive several AI and machine learning updates to improve its video and audio experience. ...

Bloomberg News / Windows IT ProGoogle Suspends Engineer Who Claimed AI Bot Had Become Sentient - Blake Lemoine, wherein he said he concluded the Google AI he interacted with, dubbed LaMDA, was a person, in his capacity as a priest, not a scientist. ...

webmaster@theregister.co.uk (Dylan Martin) / The RegisterAMD’s AI strategy comes into view with Xilinx, GPU and software plans - Chip designer hopes to have broad inference and training coverage from the edge to the cloud Analysis After re-establishing itself in the datacenter over the past few years, AMD is now hoping to become a big player in the AI compute space with an expanded portfolio of chips that cover ...

staff@slashgear.com (Gabriel Moss) / SlashGearEngineer Put On Leave After Saying Googles AI Was Sentient - A Google engineer has been put on administrative leave after expressing concern over what he perceived as sentience in an artificial intelligence program.A Google engineer has been put on administrative leave after expressing concern over what he perceived as sentience in an artificial intelligence program. ...

Author(s): Elizabeth WorcesterNew neutrino-oscillation data show no sign of an anomalous signal seen in previous studies, but the analyses can’t yet fully rule out its presence. [Physics 15, 85] Published Mon Jun 13, 2022

Many sections of the non-coding region of the human genome play a key role in regulating gene activity. But the relationship between non-coding mutations and cancer risk has been a mystery. New research sheds light on that mystery, providing clues that may link mutations to epigenetic changes, and may point to potential drug targets to reduce risk for people born with certain genetic mutations.

Using this diagnostic, doctors could avoid prescribing antibiotics in cases where they won't be effective.

This third-generation sequencing tool may simplify genetic sample processing and decrease analysis time resulting in improved patient care.

TechRadarGoogle Cloud developer uses AI to calculate 100 trillion digits of pi - Google Cloud flexes computational muscle with latest piu project. The long and chequered lifespan of mathematical icon pi has been extended even further thanks to Google Cloud. Google Developer Advocate, Emma Haruka Iwao, successfully calculated pi to 100 trillion digits using the companys cloud platform. Whats even more striking it ...

An AI tool has spotted subtle evidence of changes in flint tools that indicate ancient humans had cooking fires at a 1-million-year-old archaeological site in Israel

Author(s): P. Abratenko et al. (MicroBooNE Collaboration)New neutrino-oscillation data show no sign of an anomalous signal seen in previous studies, but the analyses can’t yet fully rule out its presence. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 241801] Published Mon Jun 13, 2022

Human ancestors may have been cooking at site in Israel nearly 1 million years ago

Imad Khan / CNET NewsGoogle Engineer Suspended After Saying Company AI is Sentient - CNET - Google says Blake Lemoine violated the companys confidentiality policy. ...

Google engineer Blake Lemoine was suspended for sharing transcripts of a conversation with the AI system LaMDA, which he claims is sentient.

Many different types of bacteria and viruses can cause pneumonia, but there is no easy way to determine which microbe is causing a particular patient's illness. This uncertainty makes it harder for doctors to choose effective treatments because the antibiotics commonly used to treat bacterial pneumonia won't help patients with viral pneumonia. In addition, limiting the use of antibiotics is an important step toward curbing antibiotic resistance.

Engineers built a new artificial intelligence chip, with a view toward sustainable, modular electronics. The chip can be reconfigured, with layers that can be swapped out or stacked on, such as to add new sensors or updated processors.

New research has shown that normal human brain temperature varies much more than we thought, and this could be a sign of healthy brain function. The new study has produced the first 4D map of healthy human brain temperature. This map overturns several previous assumptions and shows the remarkable extent to which brain temperature varies by brain region, age, sex, and time of day.

A new study demonstrates the possibility of changing the identity of synapses between neurons, both in vitro and in vivo, through enzymatic means. The results have implications for treating brain diseases caused by malfunctions in synaptic information processing and exchange.

kanthony@insider.com (Katie Anthony) / Insider: TechThe transcript used as evidence that a Google AI was sentient was edited and rearranged to make it - A transcript leaked to the Washington Post noted that parts of the conversation had been moved around and tangents removed to improve readability. ...

Matt Milano / Top News - WebProNewsA Google Engineer Claimed Its AI Is Sentient; Google Placed Him on Leave - WebProNews A Google Engineer Claimed Its AI Is Sentient; Google Placed Him on Leave Googles problems with its AI team continue, with an engineer in the Responsible AI division claiming the companys AI is now sentient and Google placing him on leave for how he handled it. A Google Engineer ...

Researchers might have found an explanation for why people with self-injury behavior generally feel less pain than others. The key seems to be a more effective pain-modulation system, a discovery that can benefit people seeking help for their self-harm.

The old adage that oil and water don't mix isn't entirely accurate. While it's true that the two compounds don't naturally combine, turning them into one final product can be done. You just need an emulsifier, an ingredient commonly used in the food industry.

Taylor Soper / GeekWireMicrosoft Teams uses AI to improve audio and video quality on calls - Microsofts Teams communications and collaboration platform is getting some AI-powered improvements aimed at boosting audio and video quality on calls. Among the new features announced Monday include: Echo cancellation, which eliminates echo when someone has their microphone too close to their speaker; De-reverberation, which helps improve shallow audio sounds for ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) can be used to tackle crucial issues like climate change and carbon emissions, which could bring humanity one step closer to achieving...

Some smokers lose their cravings after experiencing damage to specific parts of the brain, suggesting these areas form a network that somehow fuels the habit

A robotic arm with an attached microphone learned to locate objects in a bag based on the sound they make, including a ring of keys and a bag of crisps

An innovative emulsification process could help scientists develop a healthier shelf-stable fat for food manufacturing.

The new design is stackable and reconfigurable, for swapping out and building on existing sensors and neural network processors.

The origin of consciousness is one of the greatest mysteries of science. One proposed solution, first suggested by Nobel Laureate and Oxford mathematician Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Stuart Hammeroff, at Arizona State University, in Tucson, attributes consciousness to quantum computations in the brain. This in turn hinges on the notion that gravity could play a role in how quantum effects disappear, or "collapse." But a series of experiments in a lab deep under the Gran Sasso mountains, in Italy, has failed to find evidence in support of a gravity-related quantum collapse model, undermining the feasibility of this explanation for consciousness. The result is reported in the journal Physics of Life Reviews.

A team headed by MDC bioinformatician Altuna Akalin, in the journal Genome Biology, reports that a new machine learning algorithm called “ikarus” can identify how cancer cells differ from...

ZDNet Latest NewsWhat AI developers need to know about artificial intelligence ethics - Some tools and platforms promise fair and balanced AI, but tools and platforms alone wont deliver ethical AI solutions. ...

Tech Times : TechIs Google AI Bot LaMDA Sentient? Here are the Five Things that Prove that - Blake Lemoine has proven that LaMDA is a legit sentient AI chatbot in existence. Heres why. ...

Blake Lemoine, an engineer at Google, has claimed that the firm's LaMDA artificial intelligence is sentient, but the expert consensus is that this is not the case

webmaster@theregister.co.uk (Richard Currie) / The RegisterGoogle engineer suspended for violating confidentiality policies over sentient AI - Blake Lemoine began to believe that LaMDA, Language Model for Dialogue Applications, exhibited self-awareness Google has placed one of its software engineers on paid administrative leave for violating the companys confidentiality policies. ...

The "connection signatures" between various regions of a patient's brain may help doctors determine which style of treatment would be most effective. The post Army Vets’ Brain Scans Help Scientists Understand Trauma and Chronic Pain Management appeared first on ExtremeTech.

Quantitative characterization of interactions between nanoparticles (NPs) and proteins via a high-throughput manner is challenging. In an article published in the journal Analytical Chemistry,...

For plant biologists, understanding how plants grow and interact with soil is vital for selecting resilient crops that can efficiently take up water and nutrients. But how do you monitor what is happening underground?

A research team led by Prof. Cao Hongbin from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the catalytic reaction mechanism of O3 activation and singlet oxygen (1O2) generation on N-doped defective nanocarbons.

Since its launch in 2013 ESA's Gaia observatory has been mapping our galaxy from Lagrange point 2, creating the most accurate and complete multi-dimensional map of the Milky Way. By now two full sets of data have been released, the first set in 2016 and a second one in 2018. These data releases contained stellar positions, distances, motions across the sky, and colour information, among others. Now on 13 June 2022 a third and new full data set will be released.

Androids that are part human, part robot are a staple of science fiction. But they’re now a step closer to reality after researchers crafted a living skin for robots out of human cells. Today’s robots, even if humanoid in form, tend to feature rigid parts and hard plastic or metal exteriors. While some now come […]

Identical light particles (photons) are important for many technologies that are based on quantum physics. A team of researchers has now produced identical photons with different quantum dots - an important step towards applications such as tap-proof communications and the quantum internet.

Carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) have attracted increased interest in agricultural production in the twenty-first century owing to their excellent bioactivity, high conductivity, eco-friendly...

tom.allen@incisivemedia.com(Tom Allen) / Computing.co.uk Latest updatesGoogle engineer claims AI tool is sentient - Blake Lemoine says Googles LaMDA tool is a little narcissistic in a little kid kinda way. Lemoine claims the Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) wants to be recognised as an employee. Lemoine began talking to LaMDA, a tool for building chatbot applications, last year as part of his role ...

Identical light particles (photons) are important for many technologies that are based on quantum physics. A team of researchers from Basel and Bochum has now produced identical photons with different quantum dots—an important step toward applications such as tap-proof communications and the quantum internet.

Friend or foe? Immune systems constantly face this question. They must recognize and clear foreign invaders without eliciting autoimmunity. Prokaryotic CRISPR-Cas systems recognize invaders based on genetic sequence. But what happens if the host genome shares the same sequences? A research team from the Helmholtz Institute in Würzburg in cooperation with the North Carolina State University (U.S.) has now discovered a control mechanism exhibited by CRISPR-Cas systems that use Cas13 nucleases. These systems only trigger an extensive immune response if the concentration of the target RNA exceeds a certain threshold. This discovery opens new opportunities for the use of CRISPR-Cas13 in the treatment of hereditary and infectious diseases. The scientists have published their findings in the journal Cell Host & Microbe.

Stellar heated gas and dust has an entropy, or information content, with an equivalent energy of 1070 joules, directly comparable to the mc2 equivalent energy of the universe baryon mass. In a study published in Entropy, Professor Paul Gough at the University of Sussex shows that this information energy can account for the dark energy causing the accelerating universe expansion.

A novel freeze-dissolving approach has been devised that offers greater efficiency and sustainability compared to the classic freeze-drying process to make superfine powder...

Materials developed from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been researched as enhanced energy-storing components in high-energy application areas. In a study published in the journal Materials...

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Marseille’s battle against the surveillance state Across the world, video cameras have become an accepted feature of urban life. Many cities in China now have dense networks of them, and London and New…

(Jon Porter) / The VergeGoogle suspends engineer who claims its AI is sentient - Its LaMDA system is built to make AI more conversational. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google has placed one of its engineers on paid administrative leave for allegedly breaking its confidentiality policies after he grew concerned that an AI chatbot system had achieved sentience, the Washington ...

Kristijan Lucic / AndroidHeadlines.comGoogle Pixel 6a Stars In An 11-Minute-Long Hands-On Video - The Google Pixel 6a has just appeared in an 11-minute-long hands-on video. This video comes from Malaysia, and was published by Fazli Halim, a YouTuber with almost 300,000 subscribers. The Pixel 6a, as most of you know, got announced during Google I/O last month. The phone is not set to ...

Virtual consultations with patients are being used to stop unnecessary trips to Scotland's A&Es.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way. It enables cars to park themselves, phones to transcribe voice

The Human Genome Project was an ambitious initiative to sequence every piece of human DNA. The project drew

insider@insider.com (Cheryl Teh) / Insider: TechA Google engineer claimed the companys AI chatbot was sentient. Then Google suspended him. - Blake Lemoine said that he was placed on paid leave on Monday after the company slammed his claim that its AI had gained sentience. ...

Magnetic fields are everywhere, even in the deep space between galaxies and galactic clusters. Despite decades of intense

Scene understanding is a major challenge in robotics. Robotic systems must be able to have a semantic understanding

A team of researchers from National University of Singapore, in collaboration with clinicians from the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore which is part of the National University Health System (NUHS), has reported promising results in using CURATE.AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that identifies and better allows clinicians to make optimal and personalized doses of chemotherapy for patients.

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to identify thyroid nodules seen on thyroid ultrasound that are very unlikely to be cancerous, reducing a large number of unnecessary biopsies, according to a new study being presented Saturday at ENDO 2022, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga.

Our grey matter can be over 2°C warmer than the rest of our body, with the highest temperatures reached by women’s brains in the second half of the menstrual cycle

Tech Times : TechGoogle Employee Claims Its AI LaMDA is Human-Like, Fears Being Turned Off - A Google employee claims LaMDA is sentient. ...

WSJ.com: TechnologyGoogle Suspends Engineer Who Claimed Its AI System Is Sentient - A software engineer at Google told the company he believed that its Language Model for Dialogue Applications, or LaMDA, is a person who has rights and might well have a soul. ...

Devindra Hardawar / EngadgetGoogle places an engineer on leave after claiming its AI is sentient - Blake Lemoine, a Google engineer working in its Responsible AI division, revealed to The Washington Postthat he believes one of the companys AI projects has achieved sentience. And after reading his conversations with LaMDA (short for Language Model for Dialogue Applications), its easy to see why. The chatbot system, which ...

FedEx, a global logistics company, aims to install laser-based anti-missile system on their cargo airplanes. Why would they

SlashdotThe Google Engineer Who Thinks the Companys AI Has Come to Life - Google engineer Blake Lemoine works for Googles Responsible AI organization. The Washington Post reports that last fall, as part of his job, he began talking to LaMDA, Googles chatbot-building system (which uses Googles most advanced large language models, ingesting trillions of words from the internet.) If I didnt know exactly ...

“The use of robots responds to the UN´s call for action,” says Milton Guerry, President of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). “The IFR supports the United Nations´ sustainable development goals. There are fantastic new ways in which robots save resources and produce green technologies of the future.” “The transformation on the way to a […]

Researchers from the University of Tokyo pool knowledge of robotics and tissue culture to create a controllable robotic

kvlamis@insider.com (Kelsey Vlamis) / Insider: TechRead the conversations that helped convince a Google engineer an artificial intelligence chatbot had - Blake Lemoine published conversations with the AI, which he called a person, but Google said the evidence doesnt support his claim of sentience. ...

Have you seen an image of the Milky Way, our home galaxy? Probably you have, and many times.

Current robot calibration techniques rely on specialized equipment and specially trained personnel. To overcome this problem, a recent

Skin has traditionally been reserved for animals -- until now.

Earlier this year, astronomers used microlensing and the Hubble Space Telescope to detect, for the first time, a rogue black hole that is about 5,000 lightyears away from Earth. Now, with more precise measurements, they have been able to determine an approximate mass of this hard-to-detect object. However, the surprisingly low mass means there’s a … Continue reading "Hubble Pins Down the Mass of a Potential Free-Floating Black Hole That’s 5,000 Light-Years Away" The post Hubble Pins Down the Mass of a Potential Free-Floating Black Hole That’s 5,000 Light-Years Away appeared first on Universe Today.

Hundreds of thousands of lithium atoms cooled to near absolute zero exhibit a strange quantum effect a bit like a boomerang

“Social isolation is a serious yet underrecognized public health problem that is often associated with old age,” said

Parkinson’s disease is best known as a disorder of movement. Patients often experience tremors, loss of balance, and

Scientists are learning more about how psychedelic mushrooms may alter the brain, potentially leading to long-lasting reversals of depression, anxiety, cluster headaches and more.

Researchers are rethinking how they can overcome this limitation by repurposing a well-known geology phenomenon of gold biomineralization for cancer therapy applications.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death across the globe, responsible for about 17.9 million (32%) of all deaths worldwide every year.

Some galaxies, like the Milky Way, have maintained regular star formation for billions of years. Others, like large elliptical galaxies, are “red and dead.” Star formation in those galaxies shut off long ago. Astronomers have long suspected the nefarious influence of supermassive black holes, and new research has found the smoking gun. An international team … Continue reading "Do Supermassive Black Holes Prematurely end Star Formation in Some Galaxies?" The post Do Supermassive Black Holes Prematurely end Star Formation in Some Galaxies? appeared first on Universe Today.

staff@slashgear.com (Monica J. White) / SlashGearWhy The Internet Is Raving About DALL-E Mini, A Free AI Tool That Converts Any Text To Art - Artificial intelligence is making art again. A tiny tool called Dall-E mini is just the latest in a line of text input machine learning art generation tools.Artificial intelligence is making art again. A tiny tool called Dall-E mini is just the latest in a line of text input machine learning ...

Tech Times : TechWickr App is Being Used by Criminals to Spread Indecent Images; Did Amazon Start Solving the Issue? - NCMEC has called out Amazon for not doing anything to report the cases to law enforcement, as the e-commerce giant has only reported 15 cases so far. ...

Understanding how brain areas communicate is one of the oldest questions in neuroscience. Researchers used causal techniques to uncover how two neocortical areas in the brain communicate with one another and found that their influence on each other changes over much faster-timescales than previously thought.
