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MIT researchers introduce generative AI for databases

A new tool makes it easier for database users to perform complicated statistical analyses of tabular data without the need to know what is going on behind the scenes. GenSQL, a generative AI system for databases, could help users make predictions, detect anomalies, guess missing values, fix errors, or generate synthetic data with just a few keystrokes.

July 8, 2024
MIT researchers introduce generative AI for databases
GLP-1 drugs may lower risk of 10 cancers, including Ozempic

The research, which focused on 13 cancers linked to obesity, found that individuals taking semaglutide had a decreased risk of developing 10 of these cancers.

July 7, 2024
GLP-1 drugs may lower risk of 10 cancers, including Ozempic
What are AI agents?

…they are AI models and algorithms that can autonomously make decisions in a dynamic world…The grand vision for AI agents is a system that can execute a vast range of tasks, much like a human assistant.

July 5, 2024
What are AI agents?
Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

…the robot’s primary task will focus on trimming tree branches along rails and painting metal frames…The technology will help fill worker shortages in ageing Japan as well as reduce accidents such as workers falling from high places or suffering electric shocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1TrbI0BaaU

July 4, 2024
Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines
Google DeepMind’s AI Rat Brains Could Make Robots Scurry Like the Real Thing

3 Jul 2024 - Comparing activation patterns of the artificial brain to signals from living, breathing animals, the team found the digital brain could predict the neural activation patterns of real rats and produce the same behavior—for example, running or rearing up on hind legs.

July 3, 2024
Google DeepMind’s AI Rat Brains Could Make Robots Scurry Like the Real Thing
That Essay Got a B+. An AI Bot Graded It.

Teachers are embracing new AI grading tools, saying the programs let them give students faster feedback and more chances to practice.

July 2, 2024
That Essay Got a B+. An AI Bot Graded It.
Patients may trust AI more than humans soon

Those monitored by AI were 43% more likely to receive appropriate therapy for clinical deterioration and had a lower mortality rate after 30 days compared to patients monitored by traditional methods.

July 1, 2024
Patients may trust AI more than humans soon
Google Translate gets 110 new languages with AI's help, bringing the total to 243

To handle demanding translations, Google turned to AI, specifically its AI-powered PaLM 2… a key factor in helping Google Translate better understand languages closely connected to each other.

June 28, 2024
Google Translate gets 110 new languages with AI's help, bringing the total to 243
Scaling Synthetic Data Creation with 1,000,000,000 Personas

1 billion personas (~13% of the world's total population), acting as distributed carriers of world knowledge, can tap into almost every perspective encapsulated within the LLM, thereby facilitating the creation of diverse synthetic data at scale for various scenarios…potentially driving a paradigm shift in synthetic data creation and applications in practice, which may have a profound impact on LLM research and development.

June 28, 2024
Scaling Synthetic Data Creation with 1,000,000,000 Personas
How AI Revolutionized Protein Science, but Didn’t End It

Three years ago, Google’s AlphaFold pulled off the biggest artificial intelligence breakthrough in science to date, accelerating molecular research and kindling deep questions about why we do science.

June 26, 2024
How AI Revolutionized Protein Science, but Didn’t End It