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This year the MIT Alumni Association (MITAA) marks 150 years of working to “further the well-being of the Institute and its graduates by increasing the interest of members in the school and in each other.” Read on to learn about key moments in MITAA history. 1875 Robert Hallowell Richards, Class of 1868, becomes the first president of the MIT Alumni Association—in the same year that he marries the Institute’s first alumna, Ellen Henrietta Swallow, Class of 1873. He will be followed by 129 more presidents over the next century and a half. 1904 MIT’s first Tech Reunions take place on…
Between 2013 and 2024, global private sector investment in artificial intelligence (AI) has surged, with a few countries leading the charge. Recent data reveals that 12 nations accounted for the bulk of global AI funding during this period, underscoring a growing international race for technological leadership. The United States leads by a wide margin, raising $471 billion—more than the rest of the world combined. China follows with $119 billion, while the United Kingdom, Canada, and Israel round out the top five with $28 billion and $15 billion each, respectively. Read also: Top countries leading in artificial intelligence patents This concentrated…
Artificial intelligence startups captured the majority of global venture capital funding in the first quarter of 2025.According to a new report from Pitchbook, AI and machine learning companies received 57.9% of all VC funding worldwide in Q1, more than double the 28% share seen in the same period last year.The momentum was even more concentrated in North America, where 70% of all venture capital flowed into AI-focused startups.Global AI Funding Hits $73B in Q1In total, the global AI sector raised $73 billion in the first quarter—already more than half of the total deal value AI startups secured in all of…
Cancer ranks as one of the top causes of death worldwide. The National Cancer Institute reported nearly 20 million new cancer cases and 9.7 million cancer-related deaths globally in 2022, with projections showing a rise to 29.9 million new cases by 2040. Craif, spun off from Nagoya University in Japan in 2018, is using microRNA(miRNA) to develop an AI-powered early cancer detection software, and it has raised $22 million in Series C funding to expand further into the U.S. market and bolster its R&D. Ryuichi Onose, co-founder and CEO of Craif, told TechCrunch in an interview that the company completed…
#plagiarism #surveillance #schmidhuber Your Mondaily updates of what’s going in the world of Machine Learning. OUTLINE: 0:00 – Intro 0:20 – New plagiarism case has plot twist 7:25 – CLIP for video surveillance 9:40 – DARPA SubTerranean Challenge 11:00 – Schmidhuber criticizing Turing Lecture 15:00 – OpenAI summarizes books 17:55 – UnBiasIt monitors employees’ communications for bias 20:00 – iOS plans to detect depression 21:30 – UK 10 year plan to become AI superpower 23:30 – Helpful Libraries 29:00 – WIT: Wikipedia Image-Text dataset References: New plagiarism case with plot twist CLIP used for video surveillance DARPA SubTerranean Challenge Schmidhuber…
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Watch world champion Go player Ke Jie and DeepMind’s Go Ambassador Fan Hui review the three AlphaGo vs Ke Jie games played in the Future of Go summit in Wuzhen in May 2017. Their review is aided by real-time analysis from the same version of AlphaGo that played in Wuzhen (2 of 3). source
Subdivisions.com Subdivisions.com Sets New Standards in AI-Driven Real Estate Miami, FL, April 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Subdivisions.com, a leader in AI-enhanced real estate intelligence, has announced a significant expansion of its mission. Following its successful launch as South Florida’s premier subdivision search platform, the company is now evolving into the essential intelligence layer that will power its AI real estate copilot, redefining how homebuyers and investors discover properties. Since its debut in late 2023, Subdivisions.com has curated and structured thousands of South Florida’s residential subdivisions. This effort delivers hyperlocal insights into pricing trends, inventory dynamics, community lifestyles, and comparable…