Responsible technology use in the AI age
Technology use often goes wrong, Parsons notes, “because we’re too focused on either our own ideas of what good looks like or on one particular audience as opposed to a broader audience.” That may look like an app developer building only for an imagined customer who shares his geography, education, and affluence, or a product […]
The Shift from Models to Compound AI Systems – The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog
AI caught everyone’s attention in 2023 with Large Language Models (LLMs) that can be instructed to perform general tasks, such as translation or coding, just by prompting. This naturally led to an intense focus on models as the primary ingredient in AI application development, with everyone wondering what capabilities new LLMs will bring. As more […]
Microsoft Copilot for Security: The great equalizer for government security
Cybersecurity for government organizations is a game of speed, with cyberattackers working to compromise networks and steal data as swiftly as possible before defenders can detect and deter them. In this ongoing battle, cyberattackers have traditionally had an asymmetrical advantage. From the moment a user clicks on a bad hyperlink in a malicious email, it […]
This tiny, tamper-proof ID tag can authenticate almost anything | MIT News
A few years ago, MIT researchers invented a cryptographic ID tag that is several times smaller and significantly cheaper than the traditional radio frequency tags (RFIDs) that are often affixed to products to verify their authenticity. This tiny tag, which offers improved security over RFIDs, utilizes terahertz waves, which are smaller and travel much faster […]
Innovations in depth from focus/defocus pave the way to more capable computer vision systems
In several applications of computer vision, such as augmented reality and self-driving cars, estimating the distance between objects and the camera is an essential task. Depth from focus/defocus is one of the techniques that achieves such a process using the blur in the images as a clue. Depth from focus/defocus usually requires a stack of […]
OpenAI teases an amazing new generative video model called Sora
It may be some time before we find out. OpenAI’s announcement of Sora today is a tech tease, and the company says it has no current plans to release it to the public. Instead, OpenAI will today begin sharing the model with third-party safety testers for the first time. In particular, the firm is worried […]
Get more out of hybrid meetings with Teams Rooms and Copilot
Many organizations are asking how to get the most out of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive team productivity and make smarter and quicker business decisions. Microsoft Copilot has been embraced by early adopters for its ability to get clarity, update teams faster, and generate new ideas. This has been game-changing for individuals at work. But […]