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Transformers Changing Neural Networks

A new neural network, a transformer, could speed up how artificial intelligence learns, reports Quanta Magazine. 

Imagine going to your local hardware store and seeing a new kind of hammer on the shelf. You’ve heard about this hammer: It pounds faster and more accurately than others, and in the last few years it’s rendered many other hammers obsolete, at least for most uses

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Artificial Intelligence Being Used in War

According to Fortune, artificial intelligence is being used in the invasion of Ukraine. 

War is terrible. But it has often played a pivotal role in advancing technology. And Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is shaping up to be a key proving ground for artificial intelligence, for ill and, perhaps in a few instances, for good, too.

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Nuclear Fusion Could be Possible

Artificial intelligence is helping scientists one step closer to nuclear fusion, reports LiveScience. 

The green energy revolution promised by nuclear fusion is now a step closer, thanks to the first successful use of a cutting-edge artificial intelligence system to shape the superheated hydrogen plasmas inside a fusion reactor.

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Could AI Achieve Singularity

According to Discover Magazine, experts aren’t sure if artificial intelligence will ever achieve “singularity”.

It may sound like nothing more than a thrilling science fiction trope, but scientists who study artificial intelligence warn that AI singularity — a point when the technology irreversibly surpasses the capabilities of the human mind — is a real possibility, and some say it will happen within a few decades. 

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AI Can Hear Healthy Machines

According to Tech Explore, AI can listen for “healthy” machinery.

Sounds provide important information about how well a machine is running. ETH researchers have now developed a new machine learning method that automatically detects whether a machine is "healthy" or requires maintenance. 

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Using AI to Help Farmers in Cloudy Regions

New AI can help farmers monitor their crops even under cloudy skies, reports BBC.

A Cornish start-up has developed a technique using artificial intelligence to predict what the surface of the UK looks like under gloomy skies.

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AI Keeps Power Grid Running

AI can be used to find malfunctions on the USA’s power grid, reports MIT.

Identifying a malfunction in the nation’s power grid can be like trying to find a needle in an enormous haystack. 

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New Hidden Neural Network Chip

There is a new accelerator chip based on hidden neural networks that has been developed by Tokyo researchers, reports SciTechDaily.

A new accelerator chip called “Hiddenite” that can achieve state-of-the-art accuracy in the calculation of sparse “hidden neural networks” with lower computational burdens has now been developed by Tokyo Tech researchers. 

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AI Is Being Trained to Run Reactors

The DeepMind project is training artificial intelligence software to run nuclear reactors, reports CNBC.

Scientists at DeepMind have found another real-world application for their artificial intelligence software.

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AI Isn't Ready to Take Over World

According to the New York Post, artificial intelligence isn’t even close to becoming a threat to humankind. 

Many fear that artificial intelligence will be the end of humankind – here’s the truth according to experts.

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