Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the world around us. New AI applications, approaches, technologies and colourful AI stories appear daily. As part of necessary AI research, here are some interesting AI news, articles and thinking around the world for you to enjoy and share.

January 2023

  • Google cuts 12,000 jobs in the latest round of big tech layoffs [The Verge] – More
  • Bayer buys imaging AI platform [NMD] – More
  • Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service could change the way you do business [Techradarpro] – More 
  • HPE acquires Pachyderm as looks to bolster its AI dev offerings [TechCrunch] – More
  • Experimental paid version of ChatGPT released [The Verge] – More
  • Why artificial intelligence is set to be a game changer for businesses in 2023 [Insider] – More
  • How Artificial Intelligence Swayed The Midterm Elections [Hackernoon] – More
  • Deep Learning Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton Publishes New Deep Learning Algorithm [InfoQ] – More
  • New Microsoft AI can accurately mimic a human voice after analyzing a 3-second sample [Techspot] – More 
  • Microsoft mulling $10 billion investment into ChatGPT creator OpenAI [Marketwatch] – More
  • $21.2M investment into Digital Twins/ AI in Metaverse [Silicon Angle] – More
  • Can Western Democracies work with China on AI [Brookings] – More
  • Microsoft showing a huge interest in AI company OpenAI who created chatGPT [Fortune] – More
  • New Microsoft AI VALL-E can simulate voices based on three-second audio [Tech Spot] – More
  • Snap ‘AI’ppy! Interesting read on how AI is changing photography [The Verge] – More
  • The battle to understand the black box of AI to get a clearer understanding as well as better technology [MIT news] – More
  • Recession may be imminent, but AI may be the answer. Talk with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella [The Register] – More
  • 2023..the year AI goes mainstream [Techspot] – More
  • Great idea…..revolutionise the NHS with AI [Business Reporter] – More
  • In the future, AI will see what you are wearing and change your BMW colour [EXPRESS] – More
  • Crypto may have lost its way; AI is the investor’s next big thing [EAndT] – More
  • What is all the buzz with chatGPT? Here is Gartner’s spin on it [Gartner] – More
  • Kuwait chooses Google cloud as part of its AI/digital transformation roadmap [MEA business] – More
  • Top 4 AI stocks to look out for in 2023 [NASDAQ] – More
  • Google Muse AI claimed to be better than DALL-E 2 AI image generator [Dataconomy] – More
  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s Keynote Address at Future Ready Leadership Summit – AI, chat get, cloud and loads more [Video – CNBC-TV18] – More
  • Chat with Gary Marcus about chatGPT and generative AI models [The New York Times] – More
  • Twitter reportedly flags up wrong content when it confuses rockets for “intimate” content using image recognition AI [Independent] – More
  • 1/2 Million UK enterprises use AI technology which is encouraging [Business Matters] – More
  • AI used to redesign NFL (American football) mascots with mixed results [SBNATION] – More
  • Snowflake acquires machine learning startup Myst AI [Silicon Angle] – More
  • chatGPT is so mainstream now [Forbes] – More
  • Show me the money in AI. Businesses tighten reign on AI results [WSJ] – More
  • OpenAI is looking to sell shares to help double its valuation to $29 Million. [Insider] – More
  • Its AI everything at Consumer Electronics Show [Raw Story] – More
  • The future of writing could change with chatGPT and generative models [Psychology Today] – More
  • AI lawyer going to be the world first [The National Law Review] – More
  • AI: the evolution of precision, or how we all went down the wrong path [Techtalks] – More
  • We’re stuck in the AI ethics fishbowl – so how do we get out? [Diginomica] – More
  • EU AI act may come as early as March [AI business] – More
  • Imagine celebs when they are older. Well, AI can [My Modern Met] – More
  • Remote wildlife cameras with AI developed to help with conservation [U O Stirling] – More
  • Apple quietly steps into AI-narrated books [Gizmodo] – More
  • Watch your AI cloud costs; they could be eyewatering. We may need AI to manage this. [Infoworld] – More
  • Without AI, we won’t meet ESG goals and address climate change [WEF] – More
  • 2022 was the year when AI art went mainstream [FRIEZE] – More
  • Covid cough proves to be too tricky for AI to detect (for now) [The Register] – More
  • Don’t wait on customer calls; let AI do it for you [Metro] – More
  • AI will deliver. How US post service is harnessing AI [Design News] – More
  • AI can help you talk to the animals like Dr Doolittle [WEF] – More
  • AI and chips, please! AI as standard in AMD chips [Tech monitor] – More
  • AI robotic hands are just so 2023 [Interesting engineering] – More
  • We all need a baby-crying translator [Metro] – More
  • Got 50 people worldwide on a zoom call; how do you get past the language barrier? Easy…Live AI translation, of course [Coindesk] – More
  • You can now get AI to park your ship for you – [Maritime-executive] More
  • Building AI is now essential National Infrastructure [Wired] – More
  • AI new year predictions everywhere and everywhere [Techcrunch] – More
  • I am a human stand-in for a chatbot [The Guardian] – More
  • AI hearing aid up for an award [Med-technews.com] – More

 

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