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Meta FAIR Announces New Research Artifacts
- Meta FAIR has announced new research artifacts covering various areas of AI, including language, embodied AI, and new architectures.
- Meta Motivo enables virtual humanoid agents to perform complex tasks with human-like behaviors by learning from motion datasets and adapting to environmental factors.
- Theory-of-Mind Data provides tools and datasets designed to train AI in understanding and predicting human thoughts and beliefs, advancing research in social intelligence.
- Meta FAIR also released innovations in content and media generation, such as Meta Video Seal for digital content security and Flow Matching framework for generating rich media content.
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Top 12 AI Developments from IITs in 2024
- IITs are making significant developments in AI and showcased a blend of research, innovation, and real-world applications.
- IIT Bombay has partnered with Samsung R&D to drive AI advancements and innovation in digital health.
- IIT Madras has launched the Centre for Human-Centric AI, aiming to amplify human potential through AI.
- AMD has partnered with IIT Bombay to support semiconductor startups in India and provide energy-efficient Spiking Neural Network (SNN) chips.
- TCS has collaborated with IIT Bombay to create India’s first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager.
- Lightstorm and IIT Madras launched an Employment Skilling initiative to bridge skill gaps among underprivileged students.
- Sarvam AI, AI4Bharat, and IIT Madras released IndicVoices, a speech dataset supporting all 22 languages in the Indian Constitution.
- Researchers from IIT Patna presented MedSumm, a multimodal approach integrating Hindi-English codemixed medical queries with visual aids to enhance healthcare understanding.
- IIT Jodhpur’s Srijan and YuvAI initiative emphasised open-source AI, skill development, and research to address national challenges through generative AI.
- IIT Kanpur and the National Health Authority (NHA) signed an MoU to advance AI-driven digital public goods for healthcare under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
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Microsoft’s smaller AI model beats the big guys: Meet Phi-4, the efficiency king
- Microsoft has launched Phi-4, a smaller AI model that outperforms larger models like Google's Gemini Pro 1.5 in mathematical reasoning.
- Phi-4 challenges the 'bigger is better' philosophy in AI development, delivering superior performance with fewer computational resources.
- The model's efficiency could reduce overhead costs, making advanced AI capabilities more accessible to mid-sized companies with limited budgets.
- Phi-4 excels in mathematical problem-solving, potentially benefiting scientific research, engineering, and financial modeling.
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Rethinking Governance in the Age of Generative AI
- Generative AI is revolutionizing industries, but security is often overlooked.
- Recent cyber-attacks highlight the need for robust cybersecurity in AI systems.
- The global AI governance market is projected to grow, driven by regulatory requirements and risk awareness.
- AI brings new risks like phishing, malware, deepfakes, and targeted attacks that require comprehensive cybersecurity measures.
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AI and the Job Market: Navigating the Future of Work
- AI's impact on jobs is no longer speculative - it's already happening.
- A study revealed that 5% of the U.S. workforce had already been displaced by AI.
- By 2030, up to 800 million jobs globally could be affected by AI and automation.
- AI skills are becoming increasingly valuable in the job market, but retraining will be necessary for many.
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Privacy-Preserving Data Analysis: Secure Multi-Party Computation and Differential Privacy
- Secure Multi-Party Computation (SMPC) and Differential Privacy enable data utilization while safeguarding the confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Differential Privacy is a mathematical framework for ensuring individual privacy in datasets through controlled noise. SMPC enables multiple parties to compute a function on their data without divulging it.
- Adaptive mechanisms and delta privacy parameters based on sensitivity of data and analytical requirements may provide better protection than static privacy parameters.
- Post-processing techniques refine already anonymized data to reduce risk of re-identification. Synthetic data generation creates datasets similar to original data that protect individual privacy.
- Combining differentiated privacy with SMPC can protect the privacy of individual transaction data in collaborative computation of the average money spent per transaction by the user.
- Distribution of computation, consensus algorithms in blockchain networks, and smart contracts ensure trustless environment for SMPC.
- Differential Privacy and SMPC enable businesses to utilize private data while upholding the confidentiality and security of individual data.
- By adopting Differential Privacy and SMPC, individuals can make informed decisions to protect data privacy, leading to more privacy-conscious data-driven solutions.
- SMPC and Differential Privacy are complimentary solutions that enable valuable insights to be derived while preserving individual privacy by balancing data privacy and the need for accessing private information.
- By using SMPC and Differential Privacy, risk of privacy breaches reduces, creating more privacy-conscious data-driven solutions.
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Codeium’s Windsurf Takes Coding to the Next Level with Anthropic Claude Integration
- Codeium, an AI coding platform, has integrated Anthropic’s Claude into Windsurf, a collaborative AI-native Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
- Windsurf has seen rapid adoption with over 10,000 users signing up within two days and reaching hundreds of thousands by the second week.
- Codeium's Cascade AI agent, powered by Claude, helps developers write code and manage complex codebases efficiently.
- Codeium aims to make software development accessible to a broader audience through its AI capabilities.
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Amazon Prime’s AI Will Now Drive Your Entertainment Choices
- Amazon Prime Video has introduced a new feature called AI Topics that uses AI to group content and topics based on customers' interests and watch history.
- The feature provides a highly personalized content recommendation experience for customers, giving them control over their discovery journey.
- AI Topics is currently in limited beta release on the Prime Video home page and will soon be available on select living room devices in the U.S.
- In addition to AI Topics, Amazon also introduced a feature called X-Ray Recaps, which uses generative AI to generate easy-to-digest summaries of TV shows.
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Sanctuary AI’s Phoenix Now Has a Robotic Hand with 21 DoF
- Vancouver-based AI and robotics company Sanctuary AI has developed advanced robotic hands with 21 degrees of freedom (DoF).
- The robotic hands enhance the dexterity of general-purpose robots, making them suitable for intricate industrial tasks.
- The hands enable seamless transitions between picking, reorienting, and placing objects, crucial in industrial settings.
- The modular design of the system supports future collaborations with both humanoid and non-humanoid robots.
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Hyderabad Races to Challenge Bangalore’s GCC Lead
- The Telangana government has signed an MoU with the US India Business Council (USIBC) to focus on collaboration in IT, AI, electronics and global capability centers (GCCs).
- Telangana and Hyderabad are positioning themselves as global technology hubs, aiming to drive investment, innovation, and employment opportunities in the field of AI and GCCs.
- Bengaluru currently leads with over 875 GCC units, but Hyderabad is emerging as a strong contender in the GCC race, with the potential to challenge Bengaluru's lead.
- GCCs in India are focusing on talent retention, niche resource partnerships, expansion to more cities, and collaboration with startups for innovation.
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Building AR-Based Mobile Apps: A Comprehensive Guide
- Augmented Reality (AR) enhances the real-world environment by overlaying digital content through mobile devices.
- AR is booming and the AR market is expected to reach $50 billion by 2024.
- Top tools for building AR apps include Apple's ARKit, Google's ARCore, and Unity AR Foundation.
- AR-based mobile apps provide immersive, engaging, and interactive user experiences, reshaping industries.
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Computer Use Shouldn’t Turn Into Computer Abuse
- Anthropic’s Computer Use feature needs to be regulated if it is to avoid ‘computer abuse.'
- The AI start-up cannot control and perform actions on users’ behalf yet. However, its competitor OpenAI is set to debut its 'Project Operator'.
- Hume AI builds a feature that controls users’ systems, guided by their voice using Computer Use’s capabilities.
- Developers must ensure that Computer Use doesn’t turn into ‘computer abuse', even though it is still in beta and vulnerable to bugs.
- Anthropic CEO addressed worries associated with Computer Use in a recent podcast episode and said that the company is working to design the model the right way or have a loop where they would be able to verify properties.
- UC Berkeley’s recent study introduced StruQ to mitigate prompt injection by using structured queries.
- StruQ design is secure against most prompt injections, making it effective in protecting against several injection techniques.
- However, the technique isn’t entirely effective in guarding against all injection techniques.
- StruQ only protects programmatic applications that use an API or library to invoke LLMs.
- The crucial difference is that application developers may be willing to use a different API where the prompt is specified separately from the data.
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Exploring If Statements, Conditional Tests, and Boolean Logic: My Python Learning Journey.
- If statements allow programs to make decisions based on certain conditions.
- Conditional tests are questions that programs ask, evaluating to True or False.
- Boolean logic helps combine multiple conditions for complex decision-making.
- Applying these concepts through small projects reinforced learning and boosted confidence.
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Microsoft’s phi-4 is a Monstrous Small Model
- Microsoft has launched their latest small model, phi-4, with 14 billion parameters.
- phi-4 excels at complex reasoning capabilities and offers strong competition to leading small language models.
- Microsoft attributes phi-4's performance to high-quality synthetic datasets and post-training innovations.
- The phi-4 model outperforms competitors in reasoning and math capabilities.
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General Mills Embraces AI and Expands Hiring at India Center
- General Mills has intensified its focus on data and digital strategies to offer personalised customer experiences, boost innovation, and speed up time to market.
- The company introduced MillsChat, a private generative AI tool for employees across multiple locations.
- General Mills India Center (GIC) in Mumbai acts as a critical hub, delivering value across various business functions.
- The D&T team at General Mills India Center upholds equity, inclusion, and belonging, and is expanding its footprint in the country.
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