BlackBerry has set up a research lab focusing on cybersecurity research. The company said the BlackBerry Labs unit led by CTO Charles Eagan will include over 120 software architects, developers, researchers, product leads and security experts. The group will work to identify, explore and create new technologies to “ensure BlackBerry is on the cutting edge of […]
Google today released a data set of 3,000 deepfake videos the company created. Google says these videos will hopefully allow researchers to develop methods to combat malicious deepfakes. Deep Fakes are videos, that use machine learning to change the faces and even the voices of someone on video. The below YouTube video is a fairly […]
On September 17th, OpenAI released their latest project; an AI that can play hide and seek. By playing hundreds of millions of games of hide and seek, two opposing teams of AI characters developed complex strategies. The characters learned to use tools and team work, basically they became toddlers, and learned to take advantage of loopholes […]
In a move that makes one think of a Steven Spielberg film, UK police have been using artificial intelligence to predict crime. According to Mirror Online UK police have used forms of “predictive policing” since at least 2004, but development of more advanced machine learning has lead to in increase in the use of AI […]
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a machine learning system called RiskCardio. They say the new program is able to estimate a patient’s risk of cardiovascular death using only a 15-minute ECG reading. The system focuses on patients who survived an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), A range of conditions resulting in […]
The FDA has cleared new AI-powered mobile X-ray device by GE Healthcare. The company claims the the algorithms, called the Critical Care Suite, can reduce the time to diagnose a collapsed lung to as little as 15 minutes; traditional diagnosis by a medical team could take up to eight-hours. The collection of AI algorithms, is […]
The nonprofit group The Partnership on AI, is calling for changes to immigration laws and visa rules so it’s easier for AI experts to travel around the world. If you’re not aware of the Partnership on AI, they were one of the organizations who last week joined up with Facebook and Microsoft to launch the Deepfake Detection […]
On Tuesday, Google announced the beginning of a 10-year partnership with Mayo Clinic leveraging AI tools to help in medical research. Google will open a new office in Rochester, Minnesota, near Mayo Clinic’s headquarters. Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian, wrote in a blog post that the company will help rebuild Mayo Clinic’s digital strategy. A large part of […]
IBM’s Institute for Business Value says over the next three years, as many as 120 million workers from the world’s 12 largest economies may need to be retrained due to advances in AI and other intelligent automation. According to IBM, less than half of CEOs surveyed said they had the resources needed to close the skills gap brought on by […]
Facebook just announced a partnership with Microsoft and seven universities to launch a Deep Fake Detection Challenge. The contest offers a $10 million prize to spur the development of methods to identify, AI altured videos known as deepfakes. Artificial intelligence being used to superimpose a person’s face and voice on another individual are sometimes easily spotted. […]