South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced plans to deploy robots and an AI-based surveillance system along the border with North Korea this year. The project, which will be deploying these technologies at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in 2021, will cost $2.5 million. DAPA says the...
The first intelligent Non-Fungible Token (iNFT) of the world, an AI virtual being named Alice, was auctioned off by Sotheby’s [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/natively-digital-a-curated-nft-sale-2/to-the-young-artists-of-cyberspace] for $478,000. Created by AI startup Alethea AI and artist Robert Alice, the virtual being is based on...
Microsoft president Brad Smith suggested that unregulated AI like facial recognition could result in widespread mass surveillance similar to the premise of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 if more laws aren’t established to protect people. Smith shared his thoughts on the subject while speaking to BBC Panorama on...
The capped-profit AI research and deployment company, OpenAI, is launching a $100 million fund to invest in early-stage startups that use artificial intelligence to advance various industries. The fund, which includes Microsoft as one of its investors, will be directly managed by OpenAI. Founder Sam Altman has announced that the...
Auto insurance giant GEICO has signed a deal with an AI startup, Tractable, to process auto repair claims faster. Tractable’s computer vision technology, trained on thousands of historical claim images, assesses vehicle damage like a human appraiser. Under the deal, Tractable’s AI system will analyze images of damaged...
Google has developed an AI tool [https://blog.google/technology/health/ai-dermatology-preview-io-2021/] that can help users learn about their skin conditions through smartphones. The tool uses a camera to capture and analyze images of users’ hair, skin, and nails to give possible causes for various skin conditions and whether or...
