Daily AI NEWS - July 23, 2024
AI, Health, and Privacy

The integration of AI in customer service is facing significant challenges. The term 'Botshit' has emerged to describe cases where chatbots generate and provide incorrect information backed by false references, causing a decline in service quality.

Despite the potential of large language models, their application in critical areas like hospitals is highly criticized. These medical chatbots have shown to make hasty and unreliable diagnoses, posing risks to patients' health by not adhering to established guidelines.

Privacy concerns are rising as AI technologies become more pervasive. In one example, artist Dries Depoorter uses AI and public webcams to highlight issues of public surveillance. His work pushes us to question our anonymity in both digital and physical realms.

Amidst this, there is a mounting call for unified efforts to regulate AI development. Experts emphasize the need for policies that ensure AI's ethical, safe, and beneficial evolution for society.

More challenges surface as data owners increasingly prevent AI companies from using their intellectual property. This has led to a noticeable decline in the availability of training data for generative AI models such as Midjourney and ChatGPT.

AI is revolutionizing healthcare with breakthroughs in various fields. A recent development shows that AI can detect prostate cancer more accurately than doctors, highlighting its potential to transform diagnostic processes.

The application of AI is also making strides outside of traditional healthcare environments. Researchers are now using generative AI combined with satellite data to forecast wildfire spreads, offering new tools for disaster management.

Political figures are recognizing the importance of AI in various sectors. Vice President Kamala Harris, a potential Democratic nominee for president, has been actively involved in tech industry discussions, emphasizing the growing integration of AI in policy and governance.

Researchers have developed a new model that combines generative AI and satellite data to accurately forecast wildfire spread.

A weather and climate model that fuses artificial intelligence and physics simulations can match state-of-the-art performance while slashing the required computer power, say Google researchers.

Cohere, a generative AI startup co-founded by ex-Google researchers, has raised $500 million in new cash from investors including Cisco, AMD and Fujitsu.

(Bloomberg) -- A top-performing Taiwan tech fund expects sustained demand for AI to keep driving an upward trend in the semiconductor cycle, despite growing uncertainties.