Microsoft announces Azure AI Foundry

Microsoft announces Azure AI Foundry

At the 2024 Microsoft Ignite conference, the tech giant introduced its latest innovation—Azure AI Foundry SDK—a comprehensive toolkit designed to streamline the creation and management of AI-powered applications. This new software development kit, now available in Python and C#, with a forthcoming JavaScript version, aims to empower developers with simplified access to some of the … Read more

AI Could Cause ‘Social Ruptures’ Between People Who Disagree On Its Sentience

AI Could Cause ‘Social Ruptures’ Between People Who Disagree On Its Sentience

Philosopher Warns of “Social Ruptures” Over AI Consciousness Debate As governments gather to address AI risks, experts predict a looming divide over the potential sentience of artificial intelligence. As the technology behind artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates, the debate over whether AI systems could eventually possess consciousness is intensifying. A leading philosopher, Jonathan Birch, professor at … Read more

A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness

A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness

A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness– The promise of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has long been tantalizing—imagine a world where AI could help doctors diagnose diseases faster, more accurately, and with fewer errors. Dr. Adam Rodman, an internal medicine expert at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, was among those who anticipated … Read more

A Million-Dollar Painting by a Robot

A Million-Dollar Painting by a Robot

A Million-Dollar Painting by a Robot: The art world has always thrived on spectacle, but this week, it reached an electrifying new height—or a bewildering low, depending on whom you ask. A humanoid robot named Ai-Da sold her painting, A.I. God. Portrait of Alan Turing, for a staggering $1.1 million at Sotheby’s, catapulting her into … Read more