A consortium of healthcare leaders unveiled the Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network (TRAIN) during the HIMSS 2024 Global Health Conference in Orlando, Florida, yesterday. The network aims to apply responsible AI practices to enhance the quality, safety, and reliability of AI in healthcare.
Beyond mere task automation, AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare and medical industries, reshaping patient care by contributing significantly to disease diagnosis, crafting persona
It’s the scandal that keeps on giving—and has dominated social media discourse in a way few other stories have for years: What the hell is going on with Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, and wife to the next King-in-waiting?
Princess Catherine, to use her official royal name, has been rarely seen in public since the new year. While Kensington Palace released a statement earlier this year saying she had undergone an operation and would be missing until Easter, her
AI appears incapable of generating a dad joke my family will tolerate. In fact, AI-generated content only seems to exacerbate a joke’s groaning reception. I sit, pleading with ChatGPT to deliver a better knock-knock joke to please my teenage kids, but it fails to live up to their adolescent standards.
Neither has AI delivered the next great piece of art, hit movie, breakout TV show, nor the advertising campaigns that bring them to market. It begs the question: Has AI ever gen
Natural disasters are happening with increased frequency and severity in the U.S. and around the world. The 2023 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that “every region in the world is projected to face further increases in climate hazards.” This paints a daunting picture of humanity’s future. Let’s take a look at an innovative set of new tools that can help us to prepare, respond, and recover.
Preparedness
Google is restricting AI chatbot Gemini from answering questions about the global elections set to happen this year, the Alphabet-owned firm said on Tuesday, as it looks to avoid potential missteps in the deployment of the technology.
The update comes at a time when advancements in generative AI, including image and video generation, have fanned concerns of misinformation and fake news among the public, prompting governments to regulate the technology.
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Before the Enlightenment spread across Europe, inspiring the likes of Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson in colonial America, most people were subjects. Their claim on life was quite literally subject to the discretion of a king or queen, and their livelihoods were determined by an accident of birth that left them obligated to serve the lord or baron on whose land they toiled.
Under American democracy, people became citizens, a concept that not only recognized their rights to liberty
Airbnb has announced sweeping changes to its policy on security cameras inside a rental unit. The changes are likely to give guests more peace of mind while at the same time leaving some hosts frustrated that they cannot monitor their property as closely as before.
The new rules go into effect worldwide on April 30, 2024.
What does the policy say?
Under Airbnb’s new security cameras policy, hosts will no longer be allowed to have indoor security cameras
Most electronic systems that take on some driving tasks for humans don’t adequately make sure drivers are paying attention, and they don’t issue strong enough warnings or take other actions to make drivers behave, according to an insurance industry study published Tuesday.Only one of 14 partially automated systems tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety performed well enough to get an overall “acceptable” rating. Two others were rated “marginal,
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their phones with them, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.In a survey published Monday, Pew also found that despite the positive associations with going phone-free, most teens have not limited their phone or social media use.The survey comes as policymakers and children’s advocates are growing increasingly concerned with teens’ relationships with their phones and
To get the basics out of the way first: Apple’s new MacBook Airs, which began shipping on March 7, are what computer nerds call a speed bump update. Available in 13-inch and 15-inch versions, they’re nearly the same laptops as their immediate predecessors, with Apple’s faster M3 chip swapped in for the previous generation’s M2. They also support the new Wi-Fi 6E wireless networking standard and, when closed, can drive two external displays.
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