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IBM and NASA release their updated geospatial AI foundation model

Prithvi 2.0 can zoom in much closer, picking out crops and tree-species in satellite images, and cattle and solar panels in drone data. Overall, Prithvi 2.0 achieved an average score of 75.6% on GEO-bench, an 8% improvement over the previous model.

December 6, 2024
IBM and NASA release their updated geospatial AI foundation model
Robot nurses that monitor patients’ condition, issue medicine to be piloted at NUH in 2025

Powered by an artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by NUHS, Missi is able to speak to nurses and patients, provide information on advised dosage of medication, how to store it and the medication’s intended effects…

December 6, 2024
Robot nurses that monitor patients’ condition, issue medicine to be piloted at NUH in 2025
Virtual lab powered by ‘AI scientists’ super-charges biomedical research

In an effort to automate scientific discovery using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have created a virtual laboratory that combines several ‘AI scientists’ — large language models with defined scientific roles — that can collaborate to achieve goals set by human researchers.

December 4, 2024
Virtual lab powered by ‘AI scientists’ super-charges biomedical research
Google DeepMind’s new AI model is the best yet at weather forecasting

GenCast…relies on AI methods alone. It works sort of like ChatGPT, but instead of predicting the next most likely word in a sentence, it produces the next most likely weather condition. In training, it starts with random parameters, or weights, and compares that prediction with real weather data. Over the course of training, GenCast’s parameters begin to align with the actual weather…In its predictions, it was more accurate than the current best forecas…97% of the time,

December 4, 2024
Google DeepMind’s new AI model is the best yet at weather forecasting
Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists

Teams that were randomly assigned to use the tool discovered 44% more new materials and filed 39% more patent applications than did the ones that stuck to their standard workflow

December 3, 2024
Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists
World Labs’ AI can generate interactive 3D scenes from a single photo

The AI-generated scenes…are rendered live in the browser and have a controllable camera with an adjustable simulated depth of field (DoF).

December 2, 2024
World Labs’ AI can generate interactive 3D scenes from a single photo
Scientists Discover a Way to Shrink Quantum Computer Components by 1,000x

Researchers have developed a revolutionary method to produce entangled photon pairs using much thinner materials, drastically reducing the size of quantum computing components.

December 1, 2024
Scientists Discover a Way to Shrink Quantum Computer Components by 1,000x
Video-Guided Foley Sound Generation with Multimodal Controls

We generate Foley sounds for silent videos withvarious control signals to shape their audio. (a) Text prompts, both positive and negative, guide synchronized Foley generation. (b) Referenceaudio from sound libraries defines the customized audio style. (c) A partial audio track is extended to produce a complete Foley sound.

November 30, 2024
Video-Guided Foley Sound Generation with Multimodal Controls
How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture

Indigenous languages are rapidly disappearing, and AI could help preserve them, according to Indigenous technologists.

November 30, 2024
How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture
Hyundai Motor & Kia unveil wearable robot for workers

The wearable robot is estimated to reduce shoulder load by up to 60% and reduce muscle strain in the anterior/lateral deltoid by 30%.

November 30, 2024
Hyundai Motor & Kia unveil wearable robot for workers