AI News Weekly - Issue #422: Google reportedly worked directly with Israel’s military on AI tools - Jan 24th 2025
In the News Google reportedly worked directly with Israel’s military on AI tools Google worked with the Israeli military in the immediate aftermath of its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, racing to beat out Amazon to provide AI services, according to company documents obtained by the Washington Post. theverge.com Sponsor Discover what the most trusted industry experts are reading Use the Power of AI to access a forward-thinking audience of professional decision makers ! essentials.news In The News Symbotic set to take over Walmart’s robotics business Walmart and Symbotic announced a deal Tuesday that would find the Massachusetts robotics firm taking control of the mega-retailer’s automation business. techcrunch.com Hugging Face claims its new AI models are the smallest of their kind A team at AI dev platform Hugging Face has released what they’re claiming are the smallest AI models that can analyze images, short videos, and text. techcrunch.com What are AI agents that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says are a multitrillion-dollar opportunity? Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, in his recent keynote speech at CES 2025 stressed upon the significance of agentic AI, that could eventually revolutionize the workforce and provide a major boom for those companies who are deeply invested into agentic AI research and development. indiatimes.com Applied use cases How Azerbaijan is leveraging AI for sustainable energy transformation Azerbaijan is actively integrating artificial intelligence into its energy sector to drive efficiency, sustainability and decarbonization. weforum.org A ChatGPT Moment Is Coming for Robotics. AI World Models Could Help Make It Happen. If you’re not familiar with the concept of “world models” just yet, a storm of activity at the start of 2025 gives every indication it may soon become a well-known term. singularityhub.com AI models show numerous applications and benefits for radiology Using artificial intelligence in radiology for the first time can be daunting, says one AI and imaging expert in a preview of his HIMSS25 session, but the advantages are substantial. healthcareitnews.com Ethics Potential Changes in the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in 2025 On January 20, 2025, within hours of taking the oath of office for the second time, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that revoked an executive order from the prior administration regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI). natlawreview.com Pope warns Davos summit that AI could worsen ‘crisis of truth’ Francis calls for close oversight of technology that raises ‘critical concerns’ about humanity’s future theguardian.com When ChatGPT Misses The Mark: A Lesson In Ethical AI Leadership ChatGPT is like the smartest colleague you’ll ever have, but it’s prone to hallucinations and giving unreliable answers, as though it’s on acid from time to time. This presents an enormous challenge to ethical AI leadership. forbes.com Robotics Nvidia launches new AI development tools for autonomous robots and vehicles Nvidia Corp. today announced the launch of new tools that will advance the development of physical artificial intelligence models, such as models that power self-driving cars, warehouse and humanoid robots. siliconangle.com MIT Unveils New Robot Insect, Paving the Way Toward the Rise of Robotic Pollinators Move over bees, MIT researchers have developed a robot insect designed for artificial pollination, laying the groundwork for entirely indoor farms of the future. thedebrief.org Robotic sea turtle could soon be swimming in an ocean near you If you're setting out to build an underwater robot that's speedy, maneuverable and versatile, why not just copy what already works in the natural world? That's exactly what Beatbot has done, with its bio-inspired Amphibious RoboTurtle. newatlas.com Research Generative AI design for building structures This review reveals the significant progress generative AI has made in building structural design, while also highlighting the key challenges and prospects. sciencedirect.com A Beginner’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence for Linux Users Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a term that’s been buzzing around for a while now, from self-driving cars to voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, AI is becoming a part of our everyday lives. tecmint.com NVIDIA's Frame Generation Technology Could Come to GeForce RTX 30 Series NVI
In the News
Google reportedly worked directly with Israel’s military on AI tools
Google worked with the Israeli military in the immediate aftermath of its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, racing to beat out Amazon to provide AI services, according to company documents obtained by the Washington Post.
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In The News
Symbotic set to take over Walmart’s robotics business
Walmart and Symbotic announced a deal Tuesday that would find the Massachusetts robotics firm taking control of the mega-retailer’s automation business.
Hugging Face claims its new AI models are the smallest of their kind
A team at AI dev platform Hugging Face has released what they’re claiming are the smallest AI models that can analyze images, short videos, and text.
What are AI agents that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says are a multitrillion-dollar opportunity?
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, in his recent keynote speech at CES 2025 stressed upon the significance of agentic AI, that could eventually revolutionize the workforce and provide a major boom for those companies who are deeply invested into agentic AI research and development.
Applied use cases
How Azerbaijan is leveraging AI for sustainable energy transformation
Azerbaijan is actively integrating artificial intelligence into its energy sector to drive efficiency, sustainability and decarbonization.
A ChatGPT Moment Is Coming for Robotics. AI World Models Could Help Make It Happen.
If you’re not familiar with the concept of “world models” just yet, a storm of activity at the start of 2025 gives every indication it may soon become a well-known term.
AI models show numerous applications and benefits for radiology
Using artificial intelligence in radiology for the first time can be daunting, says one AI and imaging expert in a preview of his HIMSS25 session, but the advantages are substantial.
Ethics
Potential Changes in the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in 2025
On January 20, 2025, within hours of taking the oath of office for the second time, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that revoked an executive order from the prior administration regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
Pope warns Davos summit that AI could worsen ‘crisis of truth’
Francis calls for close oversight of technology that raises ‘critical concerns’ about humanity’s future
When ChatGPT Misses The Mark: A Lesson In Ethical AI Leadership
ChatGPT is like the smartest colleague you’ll ever have, but it’s prone to hallucinations and giving unreliable answers, as though it’s on acid from time to time. This presents an enormous challenge to ethical AI leadership.
Robotics
Nvidia launches new AI development tools for autonomous robots and vehicles
Nvidia Corp. today announced the launch of new tools that will advance the development of physical artificial intelligence models, such as models that power self-driving cars, warehouse and humanoid robots.
MIT Unveils New Robot Insect, Paving the Way Toward the Rise of Robotic Pollinators
Move over bees, MIT researchers have developed a robot insect designed for artificial pollination, laying the groundwork for entirely indoor farms of the future.
Robotic sea turtle could soon be swimming in an ocean near you
If you're setting out to build an underwater robot that's speedy, maneuverable and versatile, why not just copy what already works in the natural world? That's exactly what Beatbot has done, with its bio-inspired Amphibious RoboTurtle.
Research
Generative AI design for building structures
This review reveals the significant progress generative AI has made in building structural design, while also highlighting the key challenges and prospects.
A Beginner’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence for Linux Users
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a term that’s been buzzing around for a while now, from self-driving cars to voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, AI is becoming a part of our everyday lives.
NVIDIA's Frame Generation Technology Could Come to GeForce RTX 30 Series
NVIDIA's deep learning super sampling (DLSS) has undergone many iterations to the current version 4 with the transformer model, delivering new technologies such as DLSS Multi Frame Generation, predicting multiple frames in advance to generate the upcoming frame, and increasing the frame output per second.
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