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(TNS) — Northeastern University is pioneering the use of a new artificial intelligence tool created for higher education institutions, according to a Wednesday announcement.The tool, called Claude for Education, was created by AI safety and research company Anthropic. It isn’t designed to provide students with answers. Rather, it is created to question and guide students through a reasoning process that helps to develop their critical thinking skills.The AI tool also helps administrative staff and faculty to create rubrics for specific learning outcomes, provide individualized feedback efficiently or convert dense policy documents into accessible FAQ formats.“AI is a tool that will…

Google is reportedly paying some of its AI software engineers working in the DeepMind division to do nothing for an entire year. According to Business Insider citing four former employees, DeepMind staff in the United Kingdom with noncompete agreements are being put on what it calls “extended garden leave”  for 12 months. This means that these employees, who have already left DeepMind are still being paid by the tech giant for the duration of their noncompete agreements. For those unaware, when employees join a company, their contract may include a ‘noncompete agreement’, a clause used by tech giants to prevent…

Aerial view of containers for export sitting stacked at Qingdao Qianwan Container Terminal on April 5, 2025 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesThe United Nations shipping agency is on the cusp of introducing binding regulations to phase out fossil fuel use in global shipping — with the world’s first-ever global emissions levy on the table.The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will this week hold talks at its London headquarters to hammer out measures to reduce the climate impact of international shipping, which accounts for around 3% of global carbon emissions.Some of the measures on…

arXiv:2504.06160v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have been shown to demonstrate imbalanced biases against certain groups. However, the study of unprovoked targeted attacks by LLMs towards at-risk populations remains underexplored. Our paper presents three novel contributions: (1) the explicit evaluation of LLM-generated attacks on highly vulnerable mental health groups; (2) a network-based framework to study the propagation of relative biases; and (3) an assessment of the relative degree of stigmatization that emerges from these attacks. Our analysis of a recently released large-scale bias audit dataset reveals that mental health entities occupy central positions within attack narrative networks,…

Researchers from Stanford University early today published the latest edition of their annual AI Index Report, detailing the growing influence of artificial intelligence technologies on our society and the global economy. The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, known as Stanford HAI, has been publishing its annual reports on the state of the AI industry since 2017. This year’s edition, the eighth, is the “most comprehensive” report to date, spanning more than 430 pages. The authors say it’s arriving at a critical juncture as the influence of AI across society rapidly accelerates with the emergence of increasingly capable and sophisticated…

Stay up to date with everything that is happening in the wonderful world of AM via our LinkedIn community.A research team from MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has developed a new software tool that makes it easier to design and make cable-driven 3D printed objects. The tool, called Xstrings, can be used to produce a variety of products with embedded actuation, from robotic hands with gripping capabilities to interactive sculptures with animal-like movement.Cable-driven mechanisms are frequently used by engineers to create components that can move fluidly like a human or animal. This movement is generated by pulling…

Dating back to the artistic travel posters of the mid-20th century, the inspiration to travel has long relied on visual appeal. While stories and guidebooks also spark the imagination, seeing is believing. And since the launch of digital travel search on the internet, language-based searches have dominated.Inspiration can come from a social media post, be it an image, a reel or a YouTube vlog posted by an influencer. Converting those posts to bookings is more complex, but now, that’s changing. Through the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision, visual search is poised to transform the travel industry. From…

IBM z17 MainframeIBM IBM recently introduced the z17, its latest generation enterprise mainframe system, powered by the new Telum II processor. The z17 offers significant performance gains over previous generations and integrates artificial intelligence with traditional mainframe capabilities. Inside the z17 At the core of the z17 is IBM’s Telum II processor, a second-generation chip that features eight 5.5 GHz cores and 360MB of on-chip cache and an embedded AI accelerator. The new processor enables the system to perform more than 450 billion AI inferencing operations per day, achieving latency as low as one millisecond. According to IBM, the z17…

GE Vernova is celebrating its first birthday this week with a $50 million commitment to its neighbor, MIT.Before the energy spinoff from General Electric emerged as a separate public company one year ago, chief executive Scott Strazik had to pick a headquarters location. Strazik settled on Cambridge — not because its former parent had been based in Boston, but because of all the brainpower that originally attracted GE here in 2016.The company’s new partnership with MIT is a perfect example of why Strazik picked Cambridge. GE Vernova announced on Monday, two days before the spinoff’s anniversary, that it’s committing $50…

Image: AnnaStills/Envato Elements Midjourney unveiled on April 3 the alpha version of its V7 model — the company’s first major model release in more than a year. The update introduces significant upgrades, including new operational modes and personalization features, as Midjourney invites its community to test the model and provide feedback. The independent research lab introduced its latest AI-image generation model, V7, as a substantial step forward from its previous versions offering two operational modes — Turbo and Relax — along with a newly introduced “Draft Mode” for faster, cost-effective image rendering. The update also enables automatic model personalization, allowing…