Machine learning
Microsoft and Dropbox Lay Off Thousands Due to AI – The Impact on the Workplace
After a strong third quarter, Microsoft is reportedly laying off between 1,000 and 1,500 employees in its Azure cloud and mixed reality divisions. Dropbox also announced 500 layoffs in April 2023, with CEO Drew Houston citing AI as a significant factor. “In an ideal world, we would move people from one group to another, and we did that wherever possible,” Houston explained.
Google launches Trillium chip, improving AI data center performance fivefold
“Industry demand for (machine learning) computer has grown by a factor of 1 million in the last six years, roughly increasing 10-fold every year”
Meta releases beefed-up AI models
Meta on Thursday introduced an improved AI assistant built on new versions of its open-source Llama large language model.
Meta AI is smarter and faster due to advances in the publicly available Llama 3, the tech titan said in a blog post.
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AI is deciphering a 2,000-year-old ‘lost book’ describing life after Alexander the Great
Researchers are using machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, to discern the faint ink on the rolled-up papyrus scroll
Most Greek businesses ignore generative artificial intelligence
While the new generation of artificial intelligence, the so-called generative AI (GenAI), is bringing tectonic changes to all sectors of the economy, having the potential to increase the Greek GDP by an additional 5.5% by 2030, most Greek businesses have no plans of utilizing it in the foreseeable future.
Robots trained to be porters
Research toward integrating robots into daily life is being developed by Greek labs and startups. Instead of static industrial robots, which have been operating for years in major industrial countries, research has shifted to so-called collaborative robots, which are mostly employed in services and operate alongside and with people.
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Tech giants jockey for position at dawn of AI age
Whether they sell smartphones, ads or computer chips, the heavyweights of Silicon Valley have everything to prove to investors looking to see who is best placed in the race to dominate the generative artificial intelligence market.
"If you're a company, and you don't have an AI message, you're not going to be in business very long," says independent industry analyst Jack Gold.
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White House and European Commission to launch first-of-its-kind AI agreement
The White House and European Commission will announce on Friday an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecasting and the electric grid.
Nature: Greece used AI to curb COVID: what other nations can learn
Authorities launched a system that uses a machine-learning algorithm to determine which travellers entering the country should be tested for COVID-19
Artificial Intelligence Transforming the Healthcare Industry
Life is becoming fast with the passage of time, and most of you out there have little time to focus on your health. The result is that we end up compromising on our health, and diseases are increasing with every passing day.