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ForkLog AI has gathered the most important AI news of the past week.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise has taken a final decision to exit Russia and Belarus.
- Proposed creating a consortium of strategic investors to buy ARM.
- Has banned training deepfake models in Colab.
- Tesla will unveil a humanoid robot at AI Day in September 2022.
- The Cruise robotaxi blocked a fire truck in San Francisco.
- Mayflower has broken down for the third time in the Atlantic Ocean.
- In Australia, researchers proposed recognizing artificial intelligence as an ‘inventor’.
- The most significant AI deals.
HPE to exit business in Russia and Belarus
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has taken a final decision to exit Russia and Belarus.
In February 2022 the company halted the supply and sale of products in Russia and Belarus. Now HPE says that continuing operations in these countries is no longer viable and that it is winding down its business in an orderly fashion.
Qualcomm intends to acquire a stake in ARM
Qualcomm proposed creating a consortium of strategic investors to buy ARM from SoftBank. Partners could include Intel and SK hynix.
According to Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, the company is ready to invest in the British chipmaker. The alliance of chipmakers would allow ARM to maintain independence and establish a balance of interests in the industry, he said.
Earlier, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said the tech giant would join any emerging consortium to become the owner of the British chipmaker.
Google bans training deepfakes in Colab
Google has banned training models to create deepfakes in Colab’s cloud environment.
The company also restricted the use of distributions for generating faces with DeepFaceLab and FaceSwap. When running the models, users receive a warning about running “forbidden code” and the potential account ban.
However, developers are still allowed to run the programs for now.
John Deere launches subscription-based autopilot for agricultural equipment
The machinery maker will begin deploying autopilot and AI algorithms in agricultural equipment via a subscription model. The manufacturer said such a model would help spur revenue growth.
The company will develop unmanned equipment with software for managing harvest and analysing data about it. In the future the manufacturer plans to equip seeding machines with systems that use satellite imagery and soil-condition data.
In autumn 2022 John Deere will unveil the 8R tractor with autonomous piloting capability, which will be sold separately.
Tesla to unveil humanoid robot in September 2022
Elon Musk announced that Tesla AI Day 2022 would be moved to September 30, where he pledged to demonstrate a working prototype of the humanoid robot Optimus.
The android is based on the FSDC processor, the Dojo supercomputer, and neural networks that recognise the world and navigate it. The device stands 173 cm tall, weighs 57 kg, and moves at 8 km/h. The robot can lift objects up to 20 kg and perform “dangerous, repetitive and tedious tasks.”
Tesla plans to start mass production of Optimus in 2023.
The Cruise robotaxi blocked a fire truck in San Francisco
Cruise’s robotaxi blocked a fire truck in San Francisco, USA.
In April 2022 a fire vehicle on a call tried to bypass a truck parked in the oncoming lane. However the ahead autonomous vehicle blocked the way. As a result the fire engine could pass only after the truck left.
Local authorities said the incident slowed responders, resulting in injuries and property damage. Cruise’s robotaxi was said to “too often” stop in traffic lanes, which could have a “negative impact” on fire department response times, they added.
American veterans develop a weapon-detection system on video footage
A group of former U.S. Navy SEALs developed the AI system ZeroEyes for detecting weapons in schools.
The algorithm can recognise semi-automatic and automatic firearms. The military proposed integrating the system with cameras installed in Michigan schools.
The collected data will be transmitted to a hub and checked around the clock by specially selected experts. If weapon presence is confirmed, operators will inform the school principal and security personnel of the potential threat and its location.
According to the military, the need for an AI-based early-warning system arose after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, which left 14 students and three teachers dead.
Mayflower breaks down for the third time in the Atlantic Ocean
The unmanned Mayflower vessel has once again aborted its transatlantic voyage due to a mechanical fault. The trimaran will sail to Nova Scotia, Canada for repairs.
According to the developers, the vessel experienced an issue with the charging circuit of the starter batteries of the generator. The team had to switch to a backup navigation PC. IBM’s autonomous technologies continue to operate as usual, they added.
After repairs, Mayflower will return to sea. No timetable for the fix was disclosed.
AI now splits audio tracks into stems
AI has been integrated into the Koala Sampler app to automatically split audio recordings into stems.
The system splits a track into vocals, drums, bass and others. This allows users to speed up the process of creating their own samples.
The update is available on Android and iOS.
Researchers propose recognizing AI as an inventor
In Australia, researchers proposed recognizing artificial intelligence as an inventor.
Researchers from the University of New South Wales said that countries should legally allow AI algorithms to be listed as authors on patent applications. Refusing to recognise machines as inventors could have long-term consequences for the economy and society, they say.
“Sponsors and enterprises are less inclined to conduct research using AI authors when the return on their investments is limited. Society may miss out on useful and life-saving inventions,”
Researchers backed the founder of Imagination Engines Stephen Thaler, who attempted to patent two inventions on behalf of the neural network DABUS in several countries.
The most significant AI deals of the past week
From May 29 to June 4, 2022, AI startups raised over $150 million. Here are the most notable deals.
- South Korean AI chipmaker Rebellions received $50 million.
- Onramp Funds raised $42 million to support an AI platform for financing small businesses in ecommerce.
- Ordr raised $40 million to expand the team developing a system to protect IoT devices from cyberattacks.
- One AI raised $8 million to curate business-specific NLP models.
- Strong Compute raised $7.8 million to develop tools for accelerating AI model training pipelines.
- Mintlify raised $2.8 million to build software for automatically generating documentation from code.
Also on ForkLog:
- Robots have replaced the labor shortage in Singapore.
- American supercomputer took first place in the Top500 ranking.
- Elon Musk predicted the emergence of artificial general intelligence in 2029.
- Meta reorganizes its AI division.
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