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MIT has recently announced that its engineers have developed a new way to make sharper, defect-free displays, with the invention of vertical, full-color microscopic LEDs.
LEDs are reaching a limit as to how small they can be while still performing effectively. This limit is especially noticeable in close-range displays such as augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) devices, where limited pixel density results in a “screen door effect” such that users perceive stripes in the space between pixels.
To solve this issue of size, instead of placing red, green, and blue LEDs (light-emitting diodes) side by side in a horizontal patchwork, a team at MIT has invented a way to stack the diodes to create vertical, multicolored pixels.
According to MIT, each stacked pixel can generate the full commercial range of colors and measures about 4 microns wide (for context, a human hair ranges anywhere from 17-181 microns). The microscopic pixels, or “micro-LEDs,” can be packed to a density of 5,000 pixels per inch. ...
This year, Avocados From Mexico (AFM), one of the leading avocado brands in the US, recently dropped a teaser for the company’s 9th Super Bowl Digital Activation. According to an official release, the “Always Good” experience will include a TV spot featuring actress Anna Faris that will air during the big game as well as a series of interactive activities that make use of technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI).
For example, you can connect your Spotify account to create AFM musical pieces based on your personal listening habits. Another experience allows you to remix Avocados From Mexico branded music using a combination of AR and AI technology. Instead of an instrument or controller, you trigger various sounds of the brand by performing different facial expressions. ...
... A new study from the University of Kansas found that an augmented reality lesson scored highly among users, who reported that they felt more engaged with the content than from a video lesson. However, objective data showed that those who interacted with the AR model learned less than those who watched the video. The results suggest that educators must carefully consider when and how to use augmented reality as part of the learning environment.
Mugur Geana, associate professor of health communication and director of KU's Center for Excellence in Health Communications to Underserved Populations, led the study in which 44 students completed an educational module about the SARS-CoV-2 virus (the infectious agent responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic). Half watched a video that shared information on the virus, its protein spikes, the virus capsule and its genome. The other half interacted with an AR model of the virus in which they used a tablet that imagined a 3D virus model in the experimental room, where they could move around the virtual model and click on the 3D graphic. While doing so, they received audio instructions with the same information about the viral components as in the video. ...
CULVER CITY, Calif.—TikTok is trying to win Washington’s trust with a playbook recalling the unsuccessful strategy that another Chinese-owned company, Huawei Technologies Co., took in the U.S. and swaths of Europe.
As part of its push to demonstrate openness to U.S. authorities, TikTok this week gave journalists a tour of what it calls its Transparency and Accountability Center. In an office park in this city next to Los Angeles, screens explained how TikTok moderates and recommends the short-form videos on its app.
Microsoft is working to incorporate a faster version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, known as GPT-4, into Bing in the coming weeks in a move that would make the search engine more competitive with Google, according to a new report from Semafor. The integration would see Bing using GPT-4 to answer search queries.
People familiar with the matter told Semafor that the main difference between ChatGPT and GPT-4 is speed. Although ChatGPT sometimes takes a up to a few minutes to form a response, GPT-4 is said to be a lot quicker in responding to queries. The latest software’s responses are also said to be more detailed and more humanlike.
The planned incorporation of ChatGPT into Microsoft products is expected to trigger new competition in internet search, which has largely been dominated by Google. By using GPT-4, Bing would be able to provide users with humanlike answers, as opposed to just simply displaying a list of links. ...
The U.S. Air Force is interested in installing always-on surveillance systems fueled by artificial intelligence and other advanced computing technology at sites overseen by U.S. Central Command.
In documents published last week, the service sought industry feedback on a potential high-tech “monitoring system” at Al Udeid Air Base, in Qatar, and other undisclosed “forward locations.”
Such a system could dramatically slash the manpower and man-hours needed to keep tabs on foreign workers, an around-the-clock assignment, the Air Force said. Al Udeid is the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East and served as a crucial evacuation hub amid the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.
... While the ability to remove watermarks or other unwanted objects from a photo has long existed using tools like Adobe Photoshop or Google’s Magic Eraser, Watermark.io takes it to another level, with the AI reconstructing the image that would have been under watermark. Some photographic enterprises have embraced AI.
“Stock image giant Shutterstock recently introduced its own text-to-image generator based on OpenAI’s DALL-E 2, and Adobe Stock has also welcomed the technology by accepting AI-generated content for sale on its platform,” The Verge writes, explaining “this is despite criticism from creatives that their content is often scraped from the web without compensation or consent to train these same systems.”
The situation is rife with moral and ethical concerns. “AI technology is calling out for strong, clear regulation,” writes Creative Bloq, adding that “right now, no-one is really sure what’s allowed and what isn’t, as was proven recently when a user got suspended on Reddit for posting their own AI artwork.” A blockchain record of ownership, such as is used for NFTs, could be a helpful step, the outlet concludes.
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Some of the milestones we had in the project were first getting the students doing in-depth research, often for the first time. We then broadened the scope of the research into multiple countries and analysed the data to discover the outcomes. The final milestone was presenting the findings to Inside Reality. The students were nervous, but they had solid data and the team was impressed. I was able to look at new tech from the perspective of both a developer and an end user. ...
Les Roches ranks among the world’s top 5 higher education institutions for hospitality and leisure management and for Employer Reputation (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2022).
Looking ahead, AI tools such as ChatGPT will soon have a deeper impact throughout the business world. Far from replacing human judgment, combinations of executives and purpose-built AI systems will work together to enhance strategy formulation. The AI systems will provide executives with real-time data, analysis, and insights that they can use to make better decisions, while the leaders will provide context, creativity, and emotional intelligence to put that insight into practice.
