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Vol. 7 No. 2 // 2023

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HUMAN VS. MACHINE: AI WINS BY A HAIR

AI is becoming an integral part of biotechnology. On Nov 2, 2022, Vikas Nanda, a protein scientist went head-to-head with an AI program in predicting the successful combination of protein sequences. At Argonne National Laboratory, scientists worked with Nanda and the results in Nature Chemistry report, that the battle, although close, was pretty conclusive. Nanda said, “Despite our extensive expertise, the AI did as good or better on several data sets.” Score one for AI! (Science Daily)

AI GIVING OFF CREATIVE SPARKS

In an article for Wired, Will Knight covered a “buzzy salon” at a posh bar hosted by Sarah Guo, the founder of Conviction, a VC in San Francisco. The article explores the growing creative capabilities of AI and her salon was one of the many events held by technologists and investors talking about the commercial aspect of “generative AI.” Knight reported Sarah saying “It’s just the hottest area from a fundraising perspective right now.” It is no wonder that so many companies are hunting for “AI unicorns.” (Wired)

INTELLIGENT MICROSCOPES

Think about a microscope that optimizes living sample data collected from fluorescence. Developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in Switzerland, biophysicists automated a microscope with the help of artificial neural networks for the imaging for biological events while restricting the stress on the living sample. Suliana Manely, a principal investigator at EPFL, explained that these new microscopes now study information and patterns and then respond accordingly. Let’s see if they can do the same for telescopes! (Science Daily)

SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH SOUND

A news article by Adam Zewe written from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory states researchers have been using spatial acoustic information to help robots be more aware of their environments. Their ML model helps broadcast sound waves and then use feedback data to simulate how humans would listen in different places in the room. It can be used for virtual and augmented reality applications as well as help AI agents to better understand their environment. (Analytics Insight)

DEVIANTART LAUNCHED AI ART GENERATOR

After initial backlash from the DeviantArt community about introducing their AI generated tool called DreamUp, the platform has issued a reassurance that states that all AI art will be “safe and fair.” Concerned artists are worried about AI replicating their artwork or being used to produce images that might imitate their style. DA now offers artists the option to decide whether they want their work to be included in the data gathering or inspiration for the AI tool. Just include a “noai” flag and the tool will exclude it. (Deviantart)

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