Artificial Intelligence news

Last December, the AI Institute announced that it was opening an office in Zurich as a European counterpart to its Boston headquarters and recruited Marco Hutter to helm the office. Hutter also runs the Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zurich, arguably best known as the origin of the ANYmal quadruped robot (but it also does tons of other cool stuff).We’re doing our best to keep close tabs on the institute, because it’s one of a vanishingly small number of places that currently exist where

Last December, the AI Institute announced that it was opening an office in Zurich as a European counterpart to its Boston headquarters, and recruited Marco Hutter to helm the office. Hutter also runs the Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zurich, arguably best known as the origin of the ANYmal quadruped robot (but they also do tons of other cool stuff).We’re doing our best to keep close tabs on the institute, because it’s one of a vanishingly small number of places that currently exist where

Concentration of power among just six big tech companies ‘could lead to winner takes all dynamics’Just six major technology companies are at the heart of the AI sector through an “interconnected web” of more than 90 investments and partnerships links, the UK’s competition regulator has warned, sparking increased concern about the anti-competitive nature of the technology.Sarah Cardell, chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority, said AI foundation mode

Video of official from Unit 8200 in February 2023 raises questions about Israel’s denials of use of AI in GazaA video has surfaced of a senior official at Israel’s cyber intelligence agency, Unit 8200, talking last year about the use of machine learning “magic powder” to help identify Hamas targets in Gaza.The footage raises questions about the accuracy of a recent statement about use of artificial intelligence (AI) by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), which said it &ldqu