Category: AI

  • Google | “Understanding AI” assembly helps pupils prepare for a digital future

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    Google has expanded its “Be Internet Legends” program to include AI literacy, helping children understand the growing role of AI. In October 2024, a new “Understanding AI” assembly was streamed to 152 schools, reaching 22,800 students. The assembly teaches children about AI in simple terms, showing its everyday uses and encouraging critical thinking about its…

  • Google | 8 Expert Tips for Getting Started with NotebookLM

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    NotebookLM helps deepen your understanding of topics or projects. You can upload up to 50 sources, and NotebookLM will analyze and connect the information. You can ask questions or change the format of the material, and privacy is fully protected. When starting, experimenting with recent documents and crafting thoughtful questions is effective. Source: Here

  • Google Cloud | How gen AI can help doctors and nurses ease their administrative workloads

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    A new study by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll reveals that doctors and nurses spend about a third of their week on administrative tasks. Generative AI can help reduce this burden, supporting with tasks like searching patient records and creating documents, allowing more time for patient care. Source: Here

  • Google | New in NotebookLM: Customizing your Audio Overviews and introducing NotebookLM Business

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    NotebookLM, powered by Gemini 1.5, assists users by grounding its responses in the uploaded material. The new feature allows users to customize what the AI hosts focus on during Audio Overviews, and set their expertise level. Additionally, NotebookLM Business has been introduced and will be available through Google Workspace. Source: Here

  • Google | Google Shopping transforms with AI

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    Google Shopping has been rebuilt from the ground up using AI, combining 45 billion product listings with the Gemini model. The new experience offers personalized results, making shopping easier and more convenient. Features include price comparison, price tracking, and personalized deals. The update rolls out in the U.S. starting October 15, 2024. Source: Here

  • OpenAI | Evaluating fairness in ChatGPT

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    This study analyzed how ChatGPT responds based on users’ names, investigating potential biases related to cultural, gender, and racial associations. The research found that name-based biases affected responses in less than 0.1% of cases. Older models showed higher rates of gender-related biases, but newer models have significantly reduced these rates. Source: Here

  • OpenAI | MLE-bench: Evaluating Machine Learning Agents on Machine Learning Engineering

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    OpenAI has introduced MLE-bench, a benchmark designed to evaluate how well AI agents perform machine learning engineering tasks. It draws from 75 Kaggle competitions to test real-world ML engineering skills. Among the tested models, OpenAI’s “o1-preview with AIDE scaffolding” achieved bronze-level performance in 16.9% of competitions. Source: Here

  • Google DeepMind | Demis Hassabis & John Jumper awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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    Demis Hassabis, Co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, and Director John Jumper have been co-awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of AlphaFold, an AI system that predicts the 3D structure of proteins. David Baker also shared the award for his contributions to computational protein design. Source: Demis Hassabis & John Jumper…

  • Google | 7 pieces of AI news we announced in September

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    In September, Google shared seven new AI updates, including the “Audio Overview” feature, the FireSat initiative for wildfire detection, and a new AI initiative for educators and students. A highlight was CEO Sundar Pichai’s announcement of a $120 million Global AI Opportunity Fund at the UN’s “Summit for the Future,” aimed at expanding AI education…

  • OpenAI | Hearst Content Partnership

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    Hearst announced a new content partnership with OpenAI, integrating its newspaper and domestic magazine content into OpenAI’s products. This collaboration includes over 20 magazine brands and 40+ newspapers, such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, and ELLE, enriching the ChatGPT experience for 200 million weekly users with a variety of lifestyle topics,…