Anthropic has unveiled a custom collection of Claude AI models designed for US national security customers. The announcement represents a potential milestone in the application of AI within classified government environments. The ‘Claude Gov’ models have already been deployed by agencies operating at the highest levels of US national security,...
The UK is set to ease data mining laws in a move designed to further boost its flourishing AI industry. We all know that data is vital to AI development. Tech giants are in an...
Beam has deployed the world’s first AI-driven autonomous underwater vehicle for offshore wind farm inspections. The technology has already proved its mettle by inspecting jacket structures at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, Seagreen—a joint venture...
The popular ML Olympiad is back for its third round with over 20 community-hosted machine learning competitions on Kaggle. The ML Olympiad – organised by groups including ML GDE, TFUG, and other ML communities –...
University of Chicago researchers have unveiled Nightshade, a tool designed to disrupt AI models attempting to learn from artistic imagery. The tool – still in its developmental phase – allows artists to protect their work...
A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) sheds light on the potential impact of AI on the UK job market. The study warns of an imminent ‘job apocalypse’, threatening to engulf over...
Google is getting a little help from its MUM (Multitask Unified Model) to add more context to search results. MUM was announced at Google I/O in May and aims to transform how the web giant...
Deep Cogito has released several open large language models (LLMs) that outperform competitors and claim to represent a step towards achieving general superintelligence. The San Francisco-based company, which states its mission is “building general superintelligence,”...
Gary Marcus has criticised a prediction by Elon Musk that AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) will be achieved by 2029 and challenged him to a $100,000 bet. Marcus founded RobustAI and Geometric Intelligence (acquired by Uber),...
DeepMind, the Alphabet-owned AI research lab, has turned a profit for the first time since the company was founded in 2010. The London-based firm recorded a profit of £43.8 million in 2020 with revenue at...