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• Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #108 05/02/2024 00:00 Ballotpedia Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find:  On the issues: The debate over AI in school Share candidate endorsements with us!  School …
• Prime Minister Philip Davis’s Contribution to the Debate on the Electricity Bill, 2024 and the Natural Gas Bill, 2024 05/01/2024 23:48 Bahamas Press Prime Minister Hon. Philip Brave Davis K.C. Madam Speaker: Today, as I rise on behalf of the hard-working and magnificent Bahamians who call Cat Island, Rum Cay, and San Salvador home, I do so with great enthusiasm, as we begin debate on the Electricity …
• Milrem Robotics’ Advanced Combat Support UGV Showcased at Defense Services Asia 05/01/2024 23:47 The AI Journal KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#airtransport–Milrem Robotics, Europe’s leading robotics and autonomous systems developer, is to introduce its most advanced autonomous combat support unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), THeMIS, at the Defense Services …
• Fact checking WSAZ Gubernatorial Forum candidate Moore Capito 05/01/2024 23:47 WSAZ - West Virginia CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - WSAZ hosted the West Virginia Republican Gubernatorial Forum in Charleston on Tuesday night. Moore Capito said he’s spent a lot of time campaigning across the state of West Virginia. “I have driven over 90,000 miles across this …
• Powering India’s developed nation goal 05/01/2024 23:42 Financial Express By Suvojoy Sengupta & Satya Komaragiri An efficient power sector is a crucial enabler in India’s journey to sustained economic growth and development. While the country’s distribution companies (discoms) have significantly raised operational and …
• 2024 Technology Roundtable: Tools to manage the new complexity 05/01/2024 23:40 Logistics Management It might be considered a monstrous understatement to say that the freight transportation landscape has become pretty complex over the last few of years. Fluctuating rates, capacity constraints, the persistent labor shortage, Yellow’s bankruptcy and about a …
• How AI, data revolutionizing restaurants in 2024 05/01/2024 23:36 Fastcasual From front-of-house innovations that enrich the customer experience to back-of-house efficiencies that streamline operations, technological advancements are offering a blueprint for success in a highly competitive landscape. The restaurant industry stands …
• 2024 Parcel Express Roundtable: Lower volumes, pricing shifts, and network changes define the market 05/01/2024 23:18 Logistics Management To say that parcel delivery and last-mile markets have seen their share of shifts over the past few years is clearly an understatement. The previous “boom times” we saw coming out of the pandemic in the form of increased consumer spending on physical goods …
• Should AI stay or should AI go: The promises and perils of AI for productivity and growth 05/01/2024 23:16 VoxEU Income and wellbeing gains in advanced economies have been held back by weak productivity performance. The growth rate of labour productivity declined in OECD economies from about 2% annual growth rate between the 1970s and 1990s, to 1% in the 2000s ( …
• Australian workers who use AI are more positive about it 05/01/2024 23:07 iTWire Google launches new course to help put Australians on fast track to AI skills and jobs Nine out of ten Australians believe AI will change some or most jobs or industries in the next five years, according to research by Ipsos for Google Australia. …
• EdTech Connect Adds AI Functions to Database of Ed-Tech Tools 05/01/2024 22:57 Government Technology EdTech Connect, a search engine for technology tools used in higher education, recently introduced new artificial intelligence-powered functions to help technology decision-makers make smarter purchases. According to a news release last month, the platform …
• Update on digital twins and more for digital manufacturing 05/01/2024 22:57 Design World New digital approaches leveraging cloud simulations and other advanced analytics are helping manufacturers optimize production lines and end products. By Lisa Eitel | Executive editor At the forefront of digital transformation (DX) initiatives is digital …
• Tesla’s Shift in Supercharger Strategy Rattles EV Industry 05/01/2024 22:55 OtakuKart Tesla‘s unexpected decision to dismiss employees overseeing its electric vehicle (EV) charging business has unsettled the automotive industry. The abrupt layoffs, involving approximately 50 workers, caught automakers off guard, particularly those in the …
• Cultivating a passion for medical research 05/01/2024 22:49 University of Miami When Ethan Tieu was in the seventh grade, his fascination with research began. He had just learned about mitochondria as the body’s source of energy when he was assigned a science fair project. Tieu decided to put what he had learned to use. He would …
• Atlassian Rovo Enterprise Knowledge Tool Smartens Human-AI Collaboration 05/01/2024 22:49 Forbes Atlassian co-founders & co-CEOs Mike Cannon-Brookes & Scott Farquhar.Amy Tolbert for Black Cat Photos Data is enormous. Enterprise organizations today are faced with a big decision in terms of how much data they decide to capture. Ingest, manage, …
• Code-Free Models Effective at Classifying Retinal Pathologies 05/01/2024 22:45 The American Journal of Managed Care A study published in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous1 found that models created by clinicians who did not have coding experience were able to classify retinal pathologies at a similar rate to bespoke models creased by experts. This could …
• House Passes Testing Requirement For Drug Overdoses As DPH Attempts To Build Data On Opioid Crisis 05/01/2024 22:41 CT News Junkie Rep. John-Michael Parker, D-Madison, left, responds to questions during a media availability before the House session on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at the state Capitol in Hartford. House Speaker Matt Ritter is at right, and Rep. Domonique Johnson, D-Norwalk, …
• Corelight Gets $150M to Expand Detection, Improve Workflows 05/01/2024 22:33 Bank Information Security - New Jersey Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Network Detection & Response , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Series E Funding Round to Cover Future Operations, Enhance Product Innovation Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • May …
• OPM’s new HR Marketplace aims to be ‘community center’ for federal services 05/01/2024 22:11 FedScoop - Washington D.C. The Office of Personnel Management’s recent launch of an online marketplace for human resources solutions is just the beginning of what the agency hopes will be a one-stop shop for HR best practices, market intelligence, and a catalog of available services …
• CA Sri Lanka launches Chartered Accountant Prabash Galagedara’s transformative book on AI 05/01/2024 22:06 Daily FT Prabash Galagedara (right) presenting a copy of the book to CA Sri Lanka President Heshana Kuruppu The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) recently teamed up with  Chartered Accountant Prabash Galagedara to launch his …
• ABBOTT: Mastering business paradox for success 05/01/2024 22:03 Nation Africa Kenya “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function,” wrote the novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. On the surface, business should be easy. So much great learning …
• Why Nvidia, Arm Holdings, and Other Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Slumped on Wednesday 05/01/2024 22:02 myMotherLode Results by one of the standard-bearers for the AI movement set the stage for a broader pullback in the space. There's no denying that recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have been a secular tailwind driving the market higher since early …
• Researchers offer US roadmap to close the carbon cycle 05/01/2024 21:56 Bioengineer.org Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and six other Department of Energy national laboratories have developed a United States-based perspective for achieving net-zero carbon emissions. The roadmap was recently published in the journal Nature Reviews …
• How artificial intelligence is impacting elections and VERIFIED ways to spot it 05/01/2024 21:51 WTSP - Florida As the 2024 election ramps up, there has been growing concern about AI’s use in political and election material. At first glance, they are images and videos that may look or sound real. But they’re not, and they’re becoming increasingly easy to create. …
• DIA building ‘data-literate’ workforce to harness OSINT 05/01/2024 21:47 Federal News Network - Washington D.C. The DIA deputy director for global integration says middle management is preventing the intelligence community from harnessing more advanced data analysis. Justin Doubleday@jdoubledayWFED May 1, 2024 5:41 pm 3 min read The Defense Intelligence Agency is …
• AI Increases Diagnostic Accuracy for Asthma 05/01/2024 21:47 Physician's Weekly Photo Credit: Toowongsa Anurak In a recent study, a team of investigators aimed to use machine learning models to enhance the diagnostic accuracy of the methacholine challenge test (MCT) for asthma. Noeul Kang and colleagues analyzed data from 1,501 …
• Sabre announces strategic leadership appointments in EMEA 05/01/2024 21:46 Travel & Tourism News Middle East Sabre Corporation, a leading technology provider to the global travel industry, recently unveiled two pivotal leadership appointments. Abdul-Razzaq Iyer has stepped into the new role of Vice President of Operations and Strategy in EMEA. In his new role, …
• Sheryl Crow on AI in Music: “Congress Needs to Act Now” (Guest Column) 05/01/2024 21:43 The Hollywood Reporter - California I am not a scientist. I am an artist. I cannot begin to spout scientific data on what we will become once artificial intelligence outsmarts us. I can read the predictions of how our workforce will be replaced by AI. I can read the warnings from Stephen …
• Mazzella Wins Award, Plans for #GLAD2024 05/01/2024 21:43 Industry Today Mazzella Companies has been presented with an award for its contribution to last year’s Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD). Mazzella was unanimously voted by a judging panel to have provided the best contribution from a company or individual to #GLAD2023, …
• How 10 AI-impacted jobs are projected to grow 05/01/2024 21:43 Digital Journal Revelo used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to identify projected growth in 10 jobs that are expected to be affected by AI. - Gorodenkoff // Shutterstock Andrew Jose The rise of artificial intelligence has inspired widespread fears that intelligent …
• Honeywell & Hawks Announce Arena of the Future Winners 05/01/2024 21:41 Industry Today Inaugural challenge offers opportunity for students to imagine and design an automated and sustainable sports arena. ATLANTA – Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) and the Atlanta Hawks today celebrated students participating in their inaugural Arena of the Future …
• Vaccine Developers Leverage mRNA and Other Powerful Technologies 05/01/2024 21:30 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News -New York Years from now, when we look back on today’s vaccine development scene, we might say it was almost as consequential as the transition from variolation to vaccination. Variolation, an ancient method, involved the use of infectious material from a person …
• Teaching and Writing in the World of AI – To Be, Or Not to Be? 05/01/2024 21:29 Blogcritics Teachers and writers in the world of AI – a world where the people are seemingly becoming bit players – are asking themselves this question: to be, or not to be? I know that I am not happy with the way things are or the way they are going. Students think …
• NagaEd to represent Northeast at TiEcon 2024 05/01/2024 21:24 The Morung Express California, May 1 (MExN): The founder of NagaEd, Kevisato Sanyu, is set to represent the Northeast at the prestigious TiEcon 2024 in Silicon Valley, California. Hosted by TiE Silicon Valley, this event is renowned as the largest and most prestigious …
• Microsoft's fear of Google's AI dominance likely led to its OpenAI partnership, email shows 05/01/2024 21:18 Quartz Microsoft’s multi-year, multi-billion dollar partnership with OpenAI likely came out of a fear of Google dominating the AI race, an email shows. The heavily redacted email, released Tuesday as part of the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against …
• 3 Approaches to Implement AI Cameras, Sensors in Convenience Stores 05/01/2024 21:18 Convenience Store News & Petroleum CSP Staff Artificial intelligence (AI), when paired with cameras, can provide valuable data to retailers by acting as constant eyes on the store and analyzing what it detects. What are some use-cases for AI cameras or sensors, and how can retailers take …
• Contracting for AI: Finding balance 05/01/2024 21:05 IAPP The EU Artificial Intelligence Act was carefully crafted with a risk-based approach to regulating AI — heavily regulating high-risk AI models, lightly regulating generative AI models with systemic risk and leaving low-risk models alone. Not all purchasers …
• Nvidia Unveils ChatRTX Chatbot For RTX GPU Users 05/01/2024 21:03 Cryptopolitan Nvidia has made another significant step in AI (artificial intelligence) integration by introducing ChatRTX, a cutting-edge chatbot application custom-made for those who use their RTX GPUs. The newly revamped version of Chat with RTX is based on the …
• What Do AI, Employee Ownership, and the Future of Work Have in Common 05/01/2024 21:01 Rutgers University - New Jersey By: Christos Makridis An increasing proportion of Americans are worried that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies will displace their jobs, up to 22% in 2023 from 13% in 2017, according to Gallup. While upskilling is …
• Microsoft taps Sanctuary AI for general-purpose robot research 05/01/2024 20:48 TechCrunch Microsoft, it seems, is hedging its bets when it comes to general-purpose robotics AI. At the end of February, the Windows maker spearheaded a massive $675 million Series B in Bay Area-based Figure. Today, the tech giant announced a collaboration with …
• Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) Issues Annual Report Highlighting Innovative Solutions for Islamic Finance and Development 05/01/2024 20:43 Africa.com The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) (https://IsDBInstitute.org) has issued its Annual Report for the year 2023, showcasing its activities and accomplishments in Islamic finance transformation and creative solutions for sustainable …
• Every Tech Company Wants to Be Like Boston Dynamics 05/01/2024 20:32 The Atlantic The robot is shaped like a human, but it sure doesn’t move like one. It starts supine on the floor, pancake-flat. Then, in a display of superhuman joint mobility, its legs curl upward from the knees, sort of like a scorpion tail, until its feet settle …
• The Rural Revolution in Hyperscale Data Centers Driven by Generative AI 05/01/2024 20:24 EIN Presswire Denver, May 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The proliferation of generative artificial intelligence applications is fueling unprecedented growth in the data center market. Rapid development, deployment and adoption of generative AI programs has left data …
• Bulgaria to Host First AI International Student Olympiad in August 05/01/2024 20:20 Bulgarian News Agency This year, Bulgaria organized the first international student Olympiad in AI, Alexander Velinov, Alexander Velinov, secretary of the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad organizing committee, told journalists. He specified that the competition will take place from …
• Asia Pacific to emerge as top hub for next-gen data centre sites 05/01/2024 20:20 TechChannel News The rise of edge-to-cloud data management orchestration solutions increases the benefits of running workloads through a robust and well-equipped data centre. ABI Research sees an increasing demand for mega and large data centre sites that can support AI…
• AI firm with ties to U.S. government exposes of billions of documents in breach 05/01/2024 20:19 Biometric Update New research from data security firm UpGuard shows that a U.S. government AI contractor’s massive database of sensitive documents was exposed on the Internet until the end of last month. In a post on its blog, UpGuard breaks down how Veritone AI exposed …
• Natural language boosts LLM performance in coding, planning, and robotics 05/01/2024 20:17 MIT Large language models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly useful for programming and robotics tasks, but for more complicated reasoning problems, the gap between these systems and humans looms large. Without the ability to learn new concepts like humans do, …
• Appliance of science breeds healthy conference pipeline for Brisbane 05/01/2024 20:04 Conference & Meetings World Brisbane, Australia, is set to host a catalogue of key global health and science conferences over the remaining months of 2024, as part of a packed business events calendar for the Queensland capital. The high-profile conferences are projected to inject …
• Upwork Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results 05/01/2024 20:03 EIN Presswire First-quarter GAAP Net Income of $18.4 million First-quarter GAAP Diluted EPS of $0.13 First-quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $33.3 million Raises revenue and Adjusted EBITDA outlook for 2024 Establishes five-year Adjusted EBITDA margin target of 35% SAN …
• ‘That was money I was saving,’ cries Chase customer who watched $15k drain from accounts – bank told her it was too late 05/01/2024 20:01 The U.S. Sun A PREGNANT Ohio woman was conned out of thousands of dollars in a text message scam — and she's not alone. Kelli Hinton believed she had gotten a fraud alert from her bank early last year to confirm if she had made a wire transfer, she said. 3 Kelli …