The European Commission president, 2020 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, has pledged to boost the EU’s ability to compete with the U.S. and China. https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-mission-europe-economy/
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OpenAI announces new o3 models
OpenAI saved its biggest announcement for the last day of its 12-day “shipmas” event. On Friday, December 20, the company unveiled o3, the successor to the o1 “reasoning” model it released earlier in the year. o3 is a model family, to be more precise — as was the case...
Teaching AI New Tricks
Have you ever stopped to think about how smart your dog really is? AI researchers certainly have. Scientists at the University of Washington have been training AI neural networks to analyze and even predict canine behavior. By using a GoPro and Microphone, the...
Fixing Facebook?
The biggest tech news this week was Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before the U.S. Congress. Zuckerberg was called in front of both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, in response to the news that Cambridge Analytica...
Farms of the Future
AI is changing the way we live - and now it's changing the way cows live, too. A Dutch company called Connecterra has created the Intelligent Dairy Farmer's Assistant, or "Ida," an AI-driven sensor device to help farmers keep tabs on their herds. Originally tested in...
Club de Madrid Forms New Partnership for Education
The Club de Madrid has announced a partnership with the Varkey Foundation, an organization dedicated to improving access to quality education worldwide. The partnership began this past March and is designed to bring together top educational policy makers in order to...
U.N. Secretary General Urges Forward Thinking on New Technologies
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, a member of Club de Madrid, has been urging world leaders to consider the consequences of emerging technologies. In February, he called for global rules and norms to minimize the impact of cyber warfare on civilians. In a...
Police Exploring AI to Identify Suspects
When considering artificial intelligence and police, most may think of Robocop. AI may be coming to a police department near you, but it will likely be a bit more subtle. Companies are developing facial recognition software for police body cameras that could allow...