This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio, and others published papers on neural networks and handwriting recognition

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio, and others in November 1998 published a series of papers. They discussed neural networks and handwriting recognition, as well as backpropagation. One of them can be read here. Yoshua...

Where AI will play an important role in governance, risk & compliance programs

Artificial intelligence has an important role to play in corporations’ governance, risk management, and compliance efforts, especially around areas of fraud detection and protection Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a new fascination and...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence was proposed

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence was proposed. The proposal was submitted on September 2, 1955, but written on August 31, 1955. It was the collaboration of John McCarthy,...

Microsoft unveils five-point blueprint for responsible AI governance in India

Microsoft’s Brad Smith authored a report titled “Governing AI: A Blueprint for India” that outlines a roadmap for the ethical development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) in India. The report reflects Microsoft’s commitment to responsible...

Aaj Tak’s AI Campaign Presents India National Anthem by India’s Founding Fathers

AajTak honors the 77th India Independence Day with a remarkable tribute, using AI technology to recreate the voices of our founding fathers singing the National Anthem. This innovative homage pays respect to Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra...

How Well Will You Be Tomorrow?

AI-powered diagnostics is changing the landscape of healthcare in India, with a new emphasis on disease prediction and lifestyle interventions rather than post facto cure. What if someone could tell you sufficiently in advance what disease you are likely...

House of Lords could be replaced by bots with ‘higher productivity’, says peer

Lord Londesborough asked if the prospect of being replaced is ‘exciting’ or ‘alarming’. The House of Lords could be replaced by bots with “deeper knowledge, higher productivity and lower running costs”, a peer has said during a debate on...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – John McCarthy proposed the ‘advice taker’ in 1959

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – John McCarthy proposed the “advice taker” in his paper “Programs with Common Sense.” This hypothetical program was the first to use logic to represent information. The paper was published in 1959. John...

Seven AI companies agree to safeguards after pressure from the White House

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House. President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial...