Artificial intelligence

31 Jul 23

Boston Dynamics’ Founder on the Future of Robotics

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

When Marc Raibert founded Boston Dynamics in 1992, he wasn’t even sure it was going to be a robotics company—he thought it might become a modeling and simulation company instead. Now, of course, Boston Dynamics is the authority in legged robots, with its Atlas biped and Spot quadruped. But as…

27 Jul 23

Llama and ChatGPT Are Not Open-Source

Computer & Information Technology

Social media and advertising-technology company Meta recently released an update to its large language model Llama. Llama 2 was released as open source, providing users access to the model’s weights, evaluation code, and documentation. Meta states the open-source release was intended to make the model “accessible to individuals, creators, researchers,…

26 Jul 23

AI startup launches ‘fastest data processing engine’ on the market

Computer & Information Technology

Paris-based and female-founded AI startup Pathway has announced the general launch of its data processing engine. Reportedly, it is up to 90x faster than existing streaming solutions, and promises to be the “fastest data processing engine on the market.” The secret? A unique ability to mix batch and streaming logic…

24 Jul 23

Greek AI shipping startup acquired by Japanese automation giant

Computer & Information Technology

Greek shipping software startup DeepSea Technologies has sold a majority share to Japan’s automation giant Nabtesco for an undisclosed amount. DeepSea will continue to develop the company’s fuel optimisation platforms that reduce emissions (and cut costs) of fossil-based maritime fleets, while also becoming a “centre of excellence for AI research…

20 Jul 23

Ask Yourself These Questions About the Next Rogue AI Story

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Back in May at the Future Combat Air & Space Capabilities Summit in London, USAF Colonel Tucker Hamilton described a simulated test in which an AI-enabled drone “started realizing” that it could more effectively complete its mission if it destroyed its human operator. This story of a “rogue AI” killing…

10 Jul 23

Spatial Data Makes AI Crop-Yield Predictions Better

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Researchers from Zhejiang University and risk-management company Tongdun Technology, both based in Hangzhou, China, have improved crop-yield predictions using deep-learning techniques. It’s a promising method that can account for the way crop yield is…

06 Jul 23

AI predicts crystal orientation to improve manufacturing of electronic devices

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Crystals are a vital component of many machines. Familiar materials used in industry contain polycrystalline components, including metal alloys, ceramics and semiconductors. As polycrystals are made up of many crystals, they have a complex microstructure and their properties vary greatly depending on how the crystal grains are orientated. This is…

03 Jul 23

How Coders Can Survive—and Thrive—in a ChatGPT World

Computer & Information Technology

Artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI powered by large language models (LLMs), could upend many coders’ livelihoods. But some experts argue that AI won’t replace human programmers—not immediately, at least.“You will have to worry about people who are using AI replacing you,” says Tanishq Mathew Abraham, a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical…

01 Jul 23

AI Battles the Bane of Space Junk

Aerospace & Aeronautical

Photos from low Earth orbit (LEO) are often strikingly beautiful. But what they typically fail to capture is the tens of thousands of debris pieces, or “space junk,” that orbit around Earth’s face like hungry mosquitoes—and threaten to hit satellites and other orbiting assets with enough force to be destructive.…

30 Jun 23

Waterwave Could Quench AIs’ Thirst for GPU Memory

Computer & Information Technology

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.One of the (many) ways in which AI is making waves is in its ability to analyze immense datasets. But training these AI programs is becoming increasingly computationally intensive, underscoring the need to more efficient…