Artificial Intelligence news

Company says ‘next generation language model’ will outperform other artificial intelligence systems on some tasksGoogle is attempting to reclaim its crown as the leader in artificial intelligence with PaLM 2, a “next-generation language model” that the company says outperforms other leading systems on some tasks.Revealing the cutting-edge AI at its annual I/O conference, alongside a foldable Pixel phone and a new tablet, Google said it would be built in to 25 new products

New materials are urgently needed to make better components used for sustainable energy. Technologies like nuclear fusion and quantum computing need materials that can tolerate high levels of radiation or support quantum computing while being safe, cost-effective, and sustainable. But those materials don’t yet exist, and discovering them is a Herculean task that involves synthesizing and testing large numbers of hypothesized materials.“The discovered materials are a very tiny fractio

It’s time to take our fears about machine learning seriously. Plus: London’s own game of thronesGet the Guardian Weekly magazine delivered to your home addressThe name Geof frey Hinton was little known outside the tech industry until last week, when the so-called “godfather of AI” gave an interview after leaving Google in which he warned that machine learning is leading us into uncharted territory. So is now the time to get properly frightened about the capabilities

Thursday’s vote in EU parliament seen as key test in formation of world’s first artificial intelligence laws Moves to ban live “Big Brother” facial recognition technology from being deployed across the streets of the EU will be tested in a key vote at the European parliament on Thursday.The amendment is part of a package of proposals for the world’s first artificial intelligence laws, which could see firms fined up to €10m (£8.7m) or removed from trading

BMJ Global Health article calls for halt to ‘development of self-improving artificial general intelligence’ until regulation in placeAI could harm the health of millions and pose an existential threat to humanity, doctors and public health experts have said as they called for a halt to the development of artificial general intelligence until it is regulated.Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionise healthcare by improving diagnosis of diseases, finding better ways to