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Timnit Gebru Is Building a Slow AI Movement

Cars That Think

Your press release about the founding of DAIR mentioned that AI is often presented as inevitable, and that you want to combat that idea. If we want to build technology that has meaningful community input, then we need to really think about what’s best. Gebru: If it’s just too hard to build a safe car, would we have cars out there?

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An Undersea Cable Could Fill In the Gaps on Fiber-Optic Maps

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Take Africa in particular: The continent is less a component of the cable network than an extension of it. Even as Google and Meta set their sights on building entirely new lines that will drastically boost the continent’s capacity, those lines hug well-trodden, predictable routes. That meant ramping up plans.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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The patent success in South Africa was thanks to Thaler’s attorney, Ryan Abbott. He spoke about the decision by South Africa during the Artificial Intelligence and the Law virtual event held in September by the IEEE student branch at the University of South Florida , in Tampa. Charles, Mo.

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This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

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Last year the IEEE Future Networks initiative ran the inaugural IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge to seek out innovative projects and ideas aimed at increasing connectivity. Our team is accelerating this with localized open-source hardware and software and capacity building.”

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GE to expand sodium-halide battery plant with $70M investment

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GE Energy Storage was born in New York’s Capital Region from an idea that we turned into an advanced manufacturing plant and a global business that we expect will generate more than $1 billion in revenue annually in just a few years.

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Global billionaires unite in “Breakthrough energy coalition” to support development of zero-carbon energy

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It is the private sector that knows how to build companies, to evaluate the potential for success, and to take the risks that lead to taking innovative ideas and bringing them to the world. Patrice Motsepe, Founder and Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), South Africa. —Breakthrough energy coalition.

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Charged and umlaut continue partnership on 2021 EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark

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Hakan Ekmen: Yes, Accenture has made a series of acquisitions to build its capabilities across industries. The idea is that engineering and manufacturing of products all around cloud, artificial intelligence, 5G, will be redefined. Charged : First of all, congratulations! I understand umlaut was acquired by Accenture in 2021.