AI in healthcare: Perspectives from medical professionals

Artificial intelligence is transforming the healthcare industry, with potential applications in diagnostics, treatment, communication, and administration. Some doctors are pioneering the use of AI to improve patient outcomes, such as accelerating scan interpretation, personalizing treatment plans, and facilitating doctor-patient interactions. However, the technology is not yet capable of fully replicating doctors’ expertise and still requires … Read more

Writer lets AI assistants influence her daily decisions for a week

In an experiment, journalist Kashmir Hill let AI chatbots and tools make daily decisions for her for one week, as described in The New York Times. The generative AI systems saved time by quickly offering advice on meals, clothing, activities, and more, but their choices seemed to favor blandness and statistical averages over individuality. While … Read more

Hollywood is scared by AI, but also embraces it

Robert Zemeckis’ new film “Here”, starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, uses artificial intelligence to depict the main characters at various ages from 18 to 80. AI-powered visual effects company Metaphysic created digital masks of the actors that could be applied to their faces in real-time during filming, enabling the filmmakers to see the de-aging … Read more

Google’s NotebookLM being used as CRM replacement at VC firm

Sam Lessin, a general partner at Slow Ventures, revealed on social media that his venture capital firm is successfully using Google’s AI application NotebookLM in place of a traditional customer relationship management (CRM) system. According to an article by VentureBeat’s Carl Franzen, Lessin uploaded 10 years worth of internal emails to NotebookLM and can now … Read more

IBM’s AI not good enough for cost-cutting plans

IBM plans to replace thousands of jobs with artificial intelligence. But according to insiders, the company’s AI is not yet up to the task. Instead, it appears that experienced employees will be laid off and jobs will be outsourced to India, reports Thomas Claburn for The Register. Several IBM employees have complained that the company’s … Read more

The biggest opportunity for AI is in the enterprise

Artificial intelligence could revolutionize the world of work in much the same way that the first computers did, writes Ben Thompson in his blog Stratechery. He compares the current situation to the introduction of mainframe computers in the 1960s, which replaced many accountants and clerks. He argues that in the long run, AI systems such … Read more

The business of reanimating dead celebreties with AI

AI is enabling new careers for deceased celebrities and millions in revenue for today’s rights holders. According to a report by Mia Dawkins for Bloomberg, the estates of stars such as James Dean, Judy Garland and others can continue to make money thanks to AI technology. For example, these celebrities are lending their voices to … Read more