Former Google program manager Yiğit Ihlamur has launched Vela Partners, an AI-powered venture capital firm. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/11/ai-powered-vc-firm-vela-emerges-from-stealth-with-25m-under-management/?guccounter=1 Researchers at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine have used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse the speech patterns of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-05-ai-speech-patterns-parkinson-disease.html Machine-learning models that mimic human decision-making can make harsher judgments than humans, according to researchers from MIT and the University of Toronto. https://news.mit.edu/2023/study-ai-models-harsher-judgements-0510 Wendy's is testing an AI chatbot to take customer orders at a drive-thru window. https://futurism.com/the-byte/wendys-drive-thru-ai-chatbot Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

A new report by NewsGuard has identified 49 websites that produced content that appeared to be mostly or entirely AI-generated in April alone. https://futurism.com/news-sites-ai-chatbots-content Researchers at MIT and Takeda have developed a physics-enhanced autocorrelation-based estimator (PEACE) that uses physics and machine learning to categorize the rough surfaces that characterize particles in a mixture. https://news.mit.edu/2023/ai-based-estimator-manufacturing-medicine-0503 Geoffrey Hinton, one of the "Godfathers of AI," regrets his life's work and has resigned from Google to speak freely about the risks of AI. https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/1/23706311/hinton-godfather-of-ai-threats-fears-warnings EPFL researchers have developed a new algorithm called CEBRA that can reconstruct what a mouse sees based on brain signals alone. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-05-eyes-mouse-decoding-brain.html Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

MIT researchers have developed machine learning algorithms to create artificial proteins with specific structural features, using attention-based diffusion models to predict amino acid sequences that meet design targets. https://news.mit.edu/2023/ai-system-can-generate-novel-proteins-structural-design-0420 Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute have collaborated with physicians and researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC to determine if artificial intelligence could help in the decision-making process of clinicians in an intensive care unit. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-exploring-role-ai-icu.html Palantir, the company founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, has released a video demo of its latest offering. https://www.engadget.com/palantir-shows-off-an-ai-that-can-go-to-war-180513781.html The music industry must address questions of consent and ethics as AI-generated music becomes increasingly prevalent. https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/26/grimes-ai-generated-drake-music-legal-issues/ Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

German artist Boris Eldagsen, who recently won a prestigious photography competition with a stunning black-and-white portrait, has now turned down the award after admitting the image was created using an AI image generator, reports The Guardian. https://futurism.com/the-byte/guy-admits-prize-winning-photo-generated-ai A congressional hearing on Tuesday discussed the work of the Federal Trade Commission to protect American consumers from fraud and other fraudulent practices. https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/18/ftc-warns-congress-that-ai-technology-like-chatgpt-could-turbocharge-fraud-and-scams/ A team of medical researchers, engineers and computer scientists linked to several institutions across the US has found that machine learning technology can help doctors predict which patients are at risk of COPD. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-machine-applications-patients-copd.html Microsoft is reportedly working on its own AI chips that can be used to train large language models and avoid a costly dependence on Nvidia. https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/18/23687912/microsoft-athena-ai-chips-nvidia Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

The AI chatbot can draft cover letters, tinker with codes, and even breathe life into a Furby. https://futurism.com/the-byte/finance-professor-claims-chatgpt-can-predict-stock-performance Following Italy's lead, the Spanish data protection authority AEPD has announced a preliminary investigation into ChatGPT maker OpenAI over alleged violations of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/13/chatgpt-spain-gdpr/ Tasks could include moving cargo and performing maintenance on the Tiangong space station. https://www.impactlab.com/2023/04/11/meet-taikobot-the-humanoid-robot-set-to-help-chinese-astronauts/#more-162470 In a discussion about threats from AI systems, Sam Altman, CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, confirmed that the company is not currently training GPT-5. https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/14/23683084/openai-gpt-5-rumors-training-sam-altman Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

Stability AI, a startup that made a name for itself by helping create the incredibly popular open-source image generator called Stable Diffusion, is in serious trouble. https://futurism.com/the-byte/stable-diffusion-stability-ai-risk-going-under In recent months, OpenAI and in particular ChatGPT have shown what is possible with a user interface built on top of a large language model that can answer questions and create code or images. https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/08/generative-ai-enterprise-software/ Planner 5D, a Latvia-based design platform, recently launched a new AI-powered tool that promises to transform the way people design and decorate their spaces. https://www.impactlab.com/2023/04/07/planner-5d-unveils-an-ai-design-generator-that-builds-on-stable-diffusion-to-transform-interior-design-in-seconds/ Microsoft is making its DALL-E-powered AI image generator "available on the desktop for Edge users around the world." https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/6/23672862/microsoft-image-creator-edge-sidebar-dall-e-ai-generator Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

Microsoft has laid off a team dedicated to the responsible development and delivery of AI. https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2023/03/14/microsoft-lays-off-ai-ethics-team/ Big tech companies race to ship generative AI tools. https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/05/meta-wants-to-use-generative-ai-to-create-ads/ A Swansea University study has shown how machine learning can aid in the early detection of inflammatory arthritis ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and revolutionize the way people are recognized and diagnosed by their GPs. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-potential-machine-early-identification-people.html According to experts at the Mayo Clinic, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the field of organ transplantation. https://www.impactlab.com/2023/04/03/five-ways-ai-promises-to-transform-organ-transplants/#more-162417 Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves in the healthcare industry by reducing costs and developing new cancer drugs. https://www.impactlab.com/2023/03/23/how-generative-ai-could-cut-health-care-costs-develop-new-cancer-drugs/#more-162340 Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

Brain-computer interface company Synchron announced it has received an oversubscribed $75 million in Series C funding, bringing total funding to $145 million. https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/brain-computer-interface-company-synchron-raises-75m-and-more-digital-health-fundings Engineers at CU Boulder are using advances in artificial intelligence to create a new type of walking stick for people who are blind or have low vision. https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/01/19/smart-walking-stick-could-help-visually-impaired-groceries-finding-seat Researchers from HSE University and Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry have developed a machine learning model that can predict the word to be uttered by a test subject based on their neural activity recorded with a small set of minimally invasive electrodes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-01-neural-prosthesis-brain-decode-speech.html The chatbot, which Wysa co-founder Ramakant Vempati describes as a "friendly" and "empathetic" tool, asks questions like "How are you?". https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/01/19/1147081115/therapy-by-chatbot-the-promise-and-challenges-in-using-ai-for-mental-health Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration announced Thursday that it is launching an investigation into the self-driving technology behind General Motors' robotaxi fleet. https://www.engadget.com/nhtsa-opens-probe-into-gm-autonomous-driving-technology-195519720.html Protect AI, a Seattle startup that sells cybersecurity technology tailored for code that powers artificial intelligence and machine learning programs, has emerged from stealth mode and announced $13.5 million in seed funding . https://www.geekwire.com/2022/seattle-cybersecurity-startup-that-aims-to-protect-machine-learning-based-code-lands-13-5m/ As the World Economic Forum points out, the transition to an increasingly electric world means that decentralized, renewable sources will produce more energy. https://www.impactlab.com/2023/01/20/how-artificial-intelligence-could-transform-the-u-s-power-grid Lung cancer is the number one deadliest cancer in the world, causing 1.7 million deaths worldwide in 2020, killing more people than the next three deadliest cancers combined. https://news.mit.edu/2023/ai-model-can-detect-future-lung-cancer-0120 Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

Fake accounts on social media are increasingly wearing fake faces. https://www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1143114122/ai-generated-fake-faces-have-become-a-hallmark-of-online-influence-operations Intrinsic, a software company that spun out of Alphabet's X Moonshot division in mid-2021 to simplify the use of industrial robots, has acquired Open Source Robotics Corporation (OSRC), the for-profit arm of the Open Source Robotics Foundation, which is the developer of the Robot Operating System (ROS). https://www.therobotreport.com/intrinsic-acquires-ros-maker-open-source-robotics-corp/ Google wants more and more people to embrace digital technology. https://www.neowin.net/news/google-can-now-decode-doctors-bad-handwriting-thanks-to-ai/ A few bright spots remain in the autonomous vehicle industry, even amid the macroeconomic headwinds that have nearly shut off the venture capital tap and prompted further consolidation. https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/19/helm-ai-snags-31m-to-scale-its-unsupervised-autonomous-driving-software/ Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

DoNotPay, the company that bills itself as "the world's first robot lawyer," is launching a new AI-powered chatbot that can help you negotiate bills and cancel subscriptions without having to deal with customer service. https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/13/23505873/donotpay-negotiate-bills-ai-chatbot Authorities in China have made a series of policy announcements related to artificial intelligence (AI), including banning AI-generated images that are not labeled as such. https://petapixel.com/2022/12/13/china-bans-ai-generated-images-which-dont-have-watermarks/ New York's Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) law, one of the first in the US aimed at reducing bias in AI-driven hiring and employment decisions, was scheduled to go into effect on January 1. https://venturebeat.com/ai/for-nycs-new-ai-bias-law-unanswered-questions-remain/ Shield AI announced this week that it has raised an additional $60 million in equity investment for the funding round that previously closed with $165 million, giving the small defense technology startup more clout to develop by artificial intelligence (AI) pilots. https://www.defensedaily.com/shield-ai-gets-60-million-boost-to-funding-round/advanced-transformational-technology/ Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

DeepMind has developed an AI tool that can help create rough film and stage scripts. https://www.engadget.com/deepmind-ai-tool-film-theater-scripts-dramatron-212328597.html Uber's network in Las Vegas will be the first to offer Motional's autonomous vehicles. https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/uber-and-motional-bring-robotaxi-service-to-las-vegas/440732 Toastmasters members can get real-time feedback from AI voice coach Yoodli through a new partnership. https://www.geekwire.com/2022/toastmasters-adopts-ai-powered-speech-analytics-technology-from-seattle-startup-yoodli/ Ever since the dawn of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the 1950s, practitioners have talked about using them to manage mutual funds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/not-even-ai-can-beat-the-market-these-days/2022/12/09/0ae9d85e-77be-11ed-a199-927b334b939f_story.html Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

Stack Overflow, a coding site that has long served as the web's go-to place for coding advice, has temporarily banned OpenAI's new chatbot, ChatGPT. https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnaem/stack-overflow-bans-chatgpt-for-constantly-giving-wrong-answers Today, Canva announces Magic Write, a text generation tool that can generate anything from blog post ideas to a cover letter. https://www.pcworld.com/article/1424421/ai-text-generation-is-moving-mainstream.html Deutsche Bank has doubled its use of artificial intelligence. https://www.americanbanker.com/news/deutsche-commits-to-using-ai-tech-from-nvidia-throughout-the-bank Hunt Club, an AI-powered talent recruitment platform, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series B round co-led by WestCap and Sator Grove. https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/07/hunt-club-injects-ai-and-a-network-of-experts-into-the-recruitment-process/ Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

An AI developed by researchers at Meta negotiated persuasively with humans while playing an online version of the board game Diplomacy. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2348152-metas-board-game-playing-ai-can-pass-as-a-human-in-game-negotiations/ Google is shutting down Duplex on the Web, its AI-powered suite of services that have been used to navigate websites to simplify the process of ordering food, buying movie tickets and more. https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/02/google-shuts-down-duplex-on-the-web-its-attempt-to-bring-ai-smarts-to-retail-sites-and-more/ Japanese illustration app Clip Studio Paint has canceled the launch of a recently announced AI image generator tool following backlash from its users. https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/2/23490068/clip-studio-paint-ai-image-generator-cancels-celsys-digital-illustration Adobe announced today that it is now accepting images created using Generative Artificial Intelligence applications such as Stable Diffusion and DALL-E and opening the sale of those images on Adobe Stock. https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/05/adobe-stock-will-sell-images-created-with-the-help-of-artificial-intelligence/ Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

In the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), 2022 was arguably the year of foundational models, or AI models, trained at scale. https://venturebeat.com/ai/stanford-debuts-first-ai-benchmark-to-help-understand-llms/ Harvey, a startup building a so-called "Copilot for Lawyers," emerged today with $5 million from the cloak being led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, the tranche through which OpenAI and its partners in AI companies in early-stage investing that tackle big problems. https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/23/harvey-which-uses-ai-to-answer-legal-questions-lands-cash-from-openai/ Google is working on a tool that will teach code to write and rewrite itself. https://www.businessinsider.com/google-ai-write-fix-code-developer-assistance-pitchfork-generative-2022-11 Medical technology company iCAD announced that it will integrate Google Health's mammography AI technology into its breast imaging solutions through a strategic development and commercialization agreement. https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/google-health-licenses-breast-cancer-screening-ai-icad Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of predicting a patient's 10-year risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke -- all with a single chest X-ray. https://radiologybusiness.com/topics/medical-imaging/radiography/new-ai-model-calculates-risk-heart-attack-or-stroke-using-single Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

Deepfake technology - where one person's likeness is digitally placed on top of another - has some very creepy implications. https://gizmodo.com/intel-deep-fake-ai-1849795542 The Transportation Authority's board on Thursday approved a new artificial intelligence pilot program aimed at detecting weapons on buses, trains and subways. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/septa-zeroeyes-artificial-intelligence-program-gun-violence/ Stellantis acquired aiMotive, a developer of advanced artificial intelligence and autonomous driving software. https://www.teslarati.com/stellantis-ai-autonomous-driving/ Chakri Toleti, CEO of Care.ai, has just secured $27 million for his company's clinical environmental sensor technology with an ambitious goal. https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2022/11/21/careai-raises-27-million-hospital-sensors On Friday, researchers at Nvidia announced Magic3D, an AI model that can generate 3D models from text descriptions. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/nvidias-magic3d-creates-3d-models-from-written-descriptions-thanks-to-ai/ Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

Last year, OpenAI announced the OpenAI Startup Fund, a tranche through which it and its partners, including Microsoft, invest in early-stage AI companies that are tackling big problems. https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/10/ai-powered-note-taking-app-mem-raises-23-5m-openai/ The United States and the European Union plan to release a new artificial intelligence roadmap that prioritizes security and risk management at the next meeting of their joint Trade and Technology Council, a senior US official said Thursday. https://kalkinemedia.com/news/world-news/us-eu-plan-ai-road-map-at-upcoming-trade-technology-council-meeting Cerebras, the company that makes the world's largest chip, the Wafer Scale Engine 2 (WSE-2), today unveiled its Andromeda supercomputer. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cerebras-reveals-andromeda-a-135-million-core-ai-supercomputer One day Notion will be able to write your notes for you. https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/16/23460904/notion-ai-notes-writing-machine-learning US chip design and computing company Nvidia Corp announced on Wednesday that it is teaming up with Microsoft Corp to build a "massive" computer capable of handling intense computing with artificial intelligence in the cloud. https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-says-it-is-working-with-microsoft-build-massive-cloud-ai-computer-2022-11-16/ Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

Founded in 2017, Fathom is the nation's leading medical coding automation platform, an AI solution that brings together the best of deep learning and natural language processing (NLP) to automate medical coding with unprecedented accuracy and efficiency. https://hitconsultant.net/2022/11/09/fathom-ai-medical-coding-automation-funding/ An Amazon Sparrow package handling robot during the Delivering the Future event at the Amazon Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts, U.S., on Thursday, November 10, 2022. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/10/amazon-introduces-robotic-arm-that-can-do-repetitive-warehouse-tasks.html Ravin AI, which offers artificial intelligence-based visual inspection services, said Wednesday that Hertz is testing the company's AI technology in Sweden and Norway. https://www.autoremarketing.com/technology/ravin-ai-teams-hertz-inspections SambaNova Systems, a Silicon Valley artificial intelligence (AI) startup, announced Monday that it has shipped eight units of its latest AI system to the U.S. Argonne National Laboratory, which is expanding its AI offerings for researchers. https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-argonne-national-lab-scales-up-startup-sambanovas-latest-ai-system-2022-11-14/ Subway believes you can, and to that end, the sandwich franchisor has begun rolling out a new line of smart refrigerators in the US to sell pre-made Subway sandwiches. https://thespoon.tech/subway-debuts-smart-fridges-to-sell-pre-made-sandwiches/ Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

OpenAI, the San Francisco-based lab behind AI systems like GPT-3 and DALL-E 2, today launched a new program to provide early-stage AI startups with capital and access to OpenAI technology and resources. https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/02/openai-will-give-roughly-ten-ai-startups-1m-each-and-early-access-to-its-systems/ Online lending software company Zest has raised more than $50 million in its latest growth round co-led by Insight Partners and CMFG Ventures, the company announced Tuesday. https://www.americanbanker.com/news/online-lending-software-company-zest-raises-50-million Not long after Elon Musk announced plans to acquire Twitter last March, he was mulling over open source "the algorithm" that determines how tweets appear in user feeds so that it can be scrutinized for bias. https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-ethical-ai-team/ Kroeger, who sits on the board of electric pickup company Rivian (RIVN.O), will join the board of SiMa.ai, which includes top chip industry executives Moshe Gavrielov, a board member of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (2330. https://www.reuters.com/technology/ai-chip-startup-simaai-launches-auto-business-with-former-bosch-mercedes-2022-11-03/ French startup PhotoRoom has raised $19 million in Series A funding. https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/07/after-40-million-app-downloads-photoroom-raises-19-million/ Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

A new art exhibition in San Francisco showcases some of the unique ways artists have begun to integrate Dall-E 2, GPT-3 and other AI systems into their work - efforts that go far beyond typing and seeing . https://www.axios.com/2022/10/31/exhibit-ai-images-art-dall-e-2-gpt-3 Creative Fabrica, a marketplace for digital files such as print-on-demand assets, fonts and graphics, today announced that it will launch its own generative AI tool. https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/31/digital-assets-marketplace-creative-fabrica-launches-generative-ai-tool/ Today, Replit announced Ghostwriter, an AI-powered programming assistant that can make suggestions to make coding easier. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/replits-ghostwriter-ai-can-explain-programs-to-you-or-help-write-them/ Google has announced an ambitious new project to develop a single AI language model that supports the "world's 1,000 most spoken languages". https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/2/23434360/google-1000-languages-initiative-ai-llm-research-project In recent years, Google has used artificial intelligence to develop a system that can predict floods. https://www.engadget.com/google-flood-wildfire-ai-170904186.html Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com