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• AI is the ‘word of the year.’ Here’s how previous tech terms fared

  01-11-2023 18:31 via thenextweb.com
  
  The artificial intelligence hype train has reached another milestone. In an eagerly-anticipated announcement, Collins Dictionary today named AI as its word of the year. Generously, Collins also provided a definition for the nebulous term: “the modelling of human mental functions by computer programs.” Additionally, the dictionary offered an explanation for the award. According to the book’s British publisher, usage of “AI” has quadrupled over the previous 12 m
  
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• Nokia sues Amazon, HP over video patent infringement

  01-11-2023 15:59 via thenextweb.com
  
  Nokia has taken legal action against Amazon and HP over their alleged “unauthorised use” of the company’s video streaming-related technologies. In a blogpost, Nokia’s Chief Licencing Officer Arvin Patel alleged that Amazon Prime Video and Amazon’s streaming devices infringe a number of the company’s multimedia patents, including video compression, content recommendation and delivery, and aspects related to hardware. For this reason, Nokia has filed lawsuits i
  
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• AI nearly twice as good as biopsy at assessing rare cancer

  01-11-2023 14:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  AI could be nearly twice as accurate as biopsies at assessing the aggressiveness of some rare types of cancer, a new study suggests. According to researchers this could save the lives of thousands of patients. A research team from the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) focused on retroperitoneal sarcoma — a form of soft tissue sarcoma that develops in the back of the abdomen. “There is an urgent need to improve the diagnosis and treatment
  
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• The Dangers of Doomscrolling for Designers and How to Break Free

  01-11-2023 13:30 via webdesignerdepot.com
  
  As a creative professional, navigating the digital realm is second nature to you. It’s normal to follow an endless thread of ideas across the web. But lately, you may have found yourself lost in seemingly endless scrolls that go nowhere. If so, you’re not alone.
  
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• Bedazzled by big tech, the UK’s AI summit is overlooking big issues

  01-11-2023 10:48 via thenextweb.com
  
  World leaders and tech titans are currently descending on southern England for an AI safety summit, but the flashy event isn’t impressing everyone. Over the next two days, around 100 bigwigs will attend the event at the historic Bletchley Park, a country estate around 90km north of London. During World War Two, the site was home to the codebreakers who cracked Nazi Germany’s notorious Enigma encryption device. Some 80 years later, the British government wants to
  
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