
Open-source Twitter algorithm: What could go wrong?
There’s a controversy going on all over the internet regarding the Twitter algorithm. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has ambitions toward making it open-source. What would be the advantages and disadvantages from a user perspective? Social media platforms are being heavily criticized for their content ranking algorithms. We discussed

Pentagon chose a Silicon Valley veteran as its chief data and AI officer
Pentagon’s future AI projects will be led by Lyft’s Machine Learning Director, Craig Martell. After learning that Martell was on track to become the Pentagon’s new chief digital and AI officer, Breaking Defense spread the news. Craig Martell will be heading Pentagon’s AI projects Martell has significant AI industry knowledge, but he

UK regulators are calling for views on algorithmic processing and auditing
The UK’s digital watchdogs are seeking views on algorithmic processing and auditing, as well as areas of common interest between the organizations, in order to simplify and shape future cooperation. Benefits and harms of algorithmic processing are being discussed The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) was formed in July 2020

Researchers have developed microrobot collectives that can act in swarms
A team of researchers developed microrobot collectives that are able to move in any pattern. The tiny particles are capable of swiftly and effectively changing their swarm behavior. The study is conducted in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), Cornell University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

EU employers shouldn’t miss the workplace digitization opportunity
Pre-pandemic, many people had negative perceptions of workplace digitization, but even though hybrid work has prompted a shift among workers wanting to simplify their operations, only a tenth of them have access to automation tools. Hybrid working requires clean workplace digitization strategies Hybrid working is quickly becoming the norm for

How bots are helping corporate sustainability
Oracle found out that business executives regard bots as a method to assist their companies in achieving corporate sustainability objectives, based on a survey conducted by Savanta. The study, conducted in 15 countries with 11,005 respondents, examines consumer and business leaders’ attitudes and behaviors towards sustainability, as well as the

MIT researchers’ NDF model aims to teach robots new skills
MIT researchers claim they’ve developed a new method to teach robots new skills, which may help them perform manual labor objectives more effectively. A warehouse robot picks mugs off a shelf and places them in boxes for shipment when e-commerce orders pour in. Everything is going smoothly until the warehouse

Google AI: Pathways Language Model can explain a joke
Google AI’s Pathways Language Model is able to handle many tasks at the same time. The world has been open-eyed to what large language models (LLMs) may do with very little data for nearly two years, responsibly answering questions, translating text, and even creating their own bits of creative writing

AI simulates economies and predicts which startups will get investment
Deep science related efforts are enabling new initiatives, this new AI simulates economies and predicts which kind of startups receive funding. The breadth of research in the field of machine learning and AI, which is now a crucial technology in almost every sector and company, is simply too big for

The UOAIS method enables AI to detect occluded objects
Researchers developed a new model in order to enable AI to detect occluded objects. These systems must make assumptions based only on the parts of things that are visible in situations where objects are not entirely visible. This partial information causes detection mistakes, and large training data is required to