In a momentous event held on January 18, 2024, the Telecommunication University (TCU) in Nha Trang played host to a seminal seminar on AI and Cybersecurity. The keynote speaker, Sharad Sharma, Co-founder, and Chair of ISpirt (Indian Software Product Industry Round...
Professor Alex Pentland at Davos 2024: Leading Beyond Boundaries
Focus: HealthTech, PrivacyTech and Generative AI Davos, 2024 https://leadingbeyondboundaries.github.io/davos24.html MIT Professor Alex Pentland, a BGF Board Member, played a significant role at WEF Davos 2024. HealthTech Roundtable: Creating a preventive and...
An AI Beat the Top Humans at a Modern Video Game Thanks to the Power of Teamwork
Startup OpenAI spent years developing an AI that could play the classic 5v5 game Dota 2. In a remarkable breakthrough for artificial intelligence, a team of AI has defeated the world champions of the competitive video game Dota 2. While this victory over humans isn't...
Huge AI breakthrough could bring us much closer to nuclear fusion energy
AI is set to aid the development of nuclear fusion reactors in a big way by predicting when major disruptions could halt reactions and damage the reactor. While some claim that a stable nuclear fusion reactor capable of producing near-limitless, clean energy could be...
Can the use of AI weapons be banned?
Many countries are now competing to utilize AI, or artificial intelligence in the military sphere. But that may lead to a nightmare-- a world where AI-powered weapons kill people based on their own judgement, and without any human intervention. What are full...
Facebook is working on a voice assistant to rival Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri
Facebook is working on a voice assistant to rival the likes of Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and the Google Assistant, according to several people familiar with the matter. The tech company has been working on this new initiative since early 2018. The effort is coming...
Artificial Intelligence Powering Boom in Israel’s Digital Health Sector
TEL AVIV, Israel, 16 April 2019--Israel’s reams of electronic medical records –health data on its population of around 8.9 million people-- are proving fruitful for a growing number of digital health startups training algorithms to do things like early detection of...
China’s Bureaucrats Are Increasingly Judged on What They Do After Work
For Chinese bureaucrats, getting a promotion isn’t just tied to their performance on the job -- it’s increasingly about how well they behave in their leisure time. For Chinese bureaucrats, getting a promotion isn’t just tied to their performance on the job -- it’s...