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2021-10-02 20:20:06 Transforming Brain Waves into Words with AI

Researchers at UC San Francisco have successfully developed a “speech neuroprosthesis” that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate in sentences, translating signals from his brain to the vocal tract directly into words that appear as text on a screen.

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2021-10-02 11:35:06 USA: A bill that would establish a cybersecurity workforce rotational program passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support.

If it becomes a law, it would allow senior tech industry workers to enter government for a set period of time and grant government workers the ability to rotate among federal agencies.

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2021-10-01 09:42:06 Google Lens will soon be upgraded with the ability to add text to visual searches in order to allow users to ask questions about what they see.

It will use Multitask Unified Model (MUM), a new AI technology that can understand information across a wide range of formats and draw insights and connections between topics, concepts, and ideas.

More: Techcrunch
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2021-09-30 10:10:06 A sneak peek of what Twitter is working on, in the NFT front:

- A specific tab for showcasing NFT collectibles and more..

Source: Justin Taylor
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2021-09-29 05:38:06 Responsible Use of Technology: The IBM Case Study

IBM’s five commitments in technology ethics include:
1. Establishing the internal AI Ethics Board
2. Implementing company-wide education on technology ethics
3. Creating the IBM Trustworthy AI research programme to explore frontier concepts in technology ethics
4. Participating in multistakeholder initiatives on technology ethics
5. Holding regular engagements with important players in the ecosystem to discuss key topics in AI ethics

IBM and its AI Ethics Board are evaluating the potential ethical impacts of more advanced technologies on society, such as neurotechnology innovation, which has the potential to read and affect human thoughts, emotions and actions.

More: World Economic Forum
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2021-09-28 07:00:06 OpenAI has developed an AI model that can summarize books of arbitrary length.

It works by summarizing small sections of each book and then repeating the process to create higher-level summaries.

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2021-09-27 14:14:06 2021 Digital Quality of Life Index

• 6 out of top 10 countries are in Europe

• Broadband is globally less affordable this year: people have to work 11% more to afford broadband internet in 2021

• Mobile internet has become cheaper: people have to work 29% less to afford mobile internet this year

• Investing into electronic infrastructure (0.93 correlation) and electronic government (0.92 correlation) contributes to people’s digital wellbeing the most

• E-security, e-infrastructure and e-government have a more significant correlation with the DQL than GDP per capita

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2021-09-27 07:40:09 China's Ministry of Science and Technology has released the 'Ethical Norms for the New Generation AI'

It puts forward 6 fundamental ethical requirements, such as enhancing the well-being of humankind, promoting fairness and justice, protecting privacy and security, ensuring controllability and trustworthiness, strengthening accountability, and improving ethical literacy.

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