Brazil is working on an official strategy to deal with AI
The Brazilian government has launched a public consultation program to identify the key areas for use and development for Artificial intelligence. This their first step in fully developing a national strategy to deal with emerging field. The government intends for this strategy to make the country more productive and competitive.
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Content moderation startup Unitary raises £1.3 million
Founded by Sasha Haco, who previously worked with Stephen Hawking on black holes, Unitary is an artificial intelligence content moderation startup that aims to detect dangerous or malicious content automatically from the hundreds of hours of video uploaded to the internet every minute. Unitary just raised 1.3 million GBP in seed funding from Rocket Internet's GFC, Jane VC, SGH Capital, and several anonymous angel investors.
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Alibaba creates new AI that can diagnose the coronavirus in just 20 seconds
Alibaba has developed a new Artificial Intelligence that it claims can diagnose the coronavirus with 96% accuracy in just 20 seconds. It takes the average doctor 15 minutes to make one coronavirus diagnosis, so this could be very helpful in speeding up the testing process for the virus. Other healthcare companies are working on similar systems.
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Elon Musk says all artificial intelligence should be better regulated
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has recently warned that all AI development should be better regulated and closely monitored, saying the technology could potentially be a danger to humanity. Musk has previously said that AI could be more dangerous than nukes and that the government should form a special committee to monitor its development.
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