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5 Things about AI you may have missed today: GenAI to transform healthcare in India, UN backs safe AI use, more

22Mar

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5 Things about AI you may have missed today: GenAI to transform healthcare in India, UN backs safe AI use, more

[ad_1] AI roundup: While multiple sectors have been integrating AI into their products, a new study highlights that generative AI has the potential to revamp the healthcare sector in India. It is predicted to improve efficiency in how doctors provide treatment. In other news, the UN General Assembly encourages the safe use of AI which will also benefit sustainable development. Know about more such AI news today. UN backs the safe development and use of AI UN General Assembly today adopted a resolution backed by India to promote the “safe, secure and trustworthy" use of AI tools. An ANI report quoted US Vice President Kamala Harris as saying, “Historic step toward establishing clear international norms for AI and for fostering safe, secure, and trustworthy AI systems. This resolution es...

AI threat alert: Artificial intelligence risks need to be better understood and managed

28Dec

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AI threat alert: Artificial intelligence risks need to be better understood and managed

[ad_1] While artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of transforming societies in positive ways, it also presents risks that need to be better understood and managed, new research has warned. Joe Burton, a professor at Lancaster University, UK, contends that AI and algorithms are more than mere tools used by national security agencies to thwart malicious online activities. In a research paper recently published in the Technology in Society Journal, Burton suggests that AI and algorithms can also fuel polarisation, radicalism, and political violence, thereby becoming a threat to national security themselves. “AI is often framed as a tool to be used to counter violent extremism. Here is the other side of the debate,” said Burton. The paper looks at how AI has been securitised throughout...

Shocking space! SpaceX Starlink satellites face huge threat up in the sky

11Jul

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Shocking space! SpaceX Starlink satellites face huge threat up in the sky

[ad_1] The low Earth orbit is becoming a dangerous playing field. At present, there are 4,411 SpaceX Starlink satellites that roam there and CEO Elon Musk plans to launch many more of them in the near future. As a result, these lower orbits are beginning to get very crowded. A new report has found that Starlink satellites had to make more than 25,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in just a six-month period to avoid hitting another object in space. That is around 137 maneuvers a day, on average.As per a report filed by SpaceX with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), it was revealed that between the period of December 1, 2022 and May 31, 2023, over 25,000 moves were performed by Starlink satellites to avoid potentially dangerous approaches to another spacecraft, defunct sate...

5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI robots in UN, Sun’s secret to be revealed by AI, more

8Jul

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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI robots in UN, Sun’s secret to be revealed by AI, more

[ad_1] India was at the forefront of AI developments today as Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar spoke to journalists and assured that AI will not take away jobs and the fears were all “bakwas”. In a separate event, researchers are now looking at AI to find one of the most perplexing questions around the Sun — why the outer atmosphere of the Sun is so hot? This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look. Rajeev Chandrasekhar says AI will not take jobs awayUnion Minister Chandrasekhar spoke with journalists after unveiling the fully automatic electromagnetic interference laboratories at the Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER) in Chennai. During the conversation, he addressed the concern of AI taking away jobs. “I am sorry to be sou...

Online manipulation, hate ‘must stop’: UN conference

23Feb

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Online manipulation, hate ‘must stop’: UN conference

[ad_1] Digital platforms have changed how we interact, and urgent action is needed to stop the manipulation of users and hate speech, a UN conference in Paris heard Wednesday. Hundreds of officials, tech firm representatives, academics and members of civil society were invited to the two-day meeting hosted by the UN's cultural fund to brainstorm how to best vet content while upholding human rights. "Digital platforms have changed the way we connect and face the world, the way we face each other," UNESCO director general Audrey Azoulay said in opening remarks. But "only by fully evaluating this technological revolution can we ensure it is a revolution that does not compromise human rights, freedom of expression and democracy." Despite their bene...

UN Appoints Indo-Canadian Afshan Khan In Key Post For Drive To End Malnutrition

21Feb

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UN Appoints Indo-Canadian Afshan Khan In Key Post For Drive To End Malnutrition

[ad_1] Afshan Khan will succeed Gerda Verburg of the Netherlands.Washington: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Indo-Canadian Afshan Khan as the coordinator of the 'Scaling Up Nutrition Movement'.The Scaling Up Nutrition or SUN Movement is a country-driven initiative led by 65 nations and four Indian states united in their mission to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the secretary-general told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York."Afshan Khan will succeed Gerda Verburg of the Netherlands, to whom the secretary-general expresses his gratitude for her efforts and dedication in leading the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement," he said.Born in India, Ms Khan will lead the SUN Movement Secretariat, as w...

UN satellite analysis tracks Ukraine cultural damage

27Oct

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UN satellite analysis tracks Ukraine cultural damage

[ad_1] The United Nations is using before-and-after satellite imagery to monitor the cultural destruction inflicted by Russia's war in Ukraine, announcing Wednesday it will launch its tracking platform publicly within weeks. The United Nations is using before-and-after satellite imagery to monitor the cultural destruction inflicted by Russia's war in Ukraine, announcing Wednesday it will launch its tracking platform publicly within weeks. The UN's culture agency UNESCO said it had verified damage to 207 cultural sites in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on February 24. They include 88 religious sites, 15 museums, 76 buildings of historical and or artistic interest, 18 monuments and 10 libraries. The worst-affected regions are in eastern Ukraine and around the capital, w...

UN Inspection Team Heads To Ukraine Nuclear Plant Despite Shelling

1Sep

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UN Inspection Team Heads To Ukraine Nuclear Plant Despite Shelling

[ad_1] The area around the plant -- Europe's largest nuclear facility -- has suffered repeated shelling.(File)Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine: UN inspectors pressed on towards a Russian-held nuclear plant in southern Ukraine Thursday despite an early shelling attack, as the ICRC warned the consequences of a strike on the facility could be "catastrophic".Just before the 14-strong team from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) left for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukraine said Russian troops had shelled the town next door.The area around the plant -- Europe's largest nuclear facility -- has suffered repeated shelling, with both sides accusing the other of responsibility, sparking global concern over the risk of an accident."It is high time to stop playing with fire and instead take concrete ...

UN Chief Antonio Guterres To Travel To Flood-Hit Pakistan On Solidarity Visit

31Aug

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UN Chief Antonio Guterres To Travel To Flood-Hit Pakistan On Solidarity Visit

[ad_1] Antonio Guterres will meet with displaced families and will also witness how the UN is working.Islamabad: United Nations (UN) chief Antonio Guterres will travel to flood-hit Pakistan next week for a solidarity visit and also to see how the UN is working to support the government's efforts to provide assistance to millions of people impacted by the unprecedented floods. The visit was announced after the cash-strapped Pakistan government on Tuesday teamed up with the United Nations and issued a flash appeal for USD 160 million to deal with the disaster that has displaced over 33 million people in the country that has become the "ground zero" of global warming. Country-wide casualties touched 1,162 on Wednesday, with 3,554 injured and over 33 million displaced, according to the data ...

Russia Blocks Adoption Of Nuclear Disarmament Declaration At UN

27Aug

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Russia Blocks Adoption Of Nuclear Disarmament Declaration At UN

[ad_1] Russia said the draft final text on nuclear disarmament lacked "balance." (File)United Nations: Russia on Friday prevented the adoption of a joint declaration following a four-week UN conference on a nuclear disarmament treaty, with Moscow denouncing what it said were "political" aspects of the text.The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which 191 signatories review every five years, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, promote complete disarmament and promote cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.The nations have been gathered at UN headquarters in New York since August 1 participating in a month of negotiations, including a final session that was postponed for several hours on Friday.In the end, the conference's president, Gustavo Zlauvinen of Argentin...