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Published By: Samreen PallLast Updated: March 07, 2024, 11:14 ISTHaryana Plans Metro Link to National Cancer Institute, Expanding Connectivity Across State.(File photo)Haryana's Chief Secretary announces plans for a metro link connecting Delhi to National Cancer Institute in Jhajjar district, advancing public transportation.Haryana’s Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Wednesday said a metro rail link connecting Delhi with National Cancer Institute at Badsa in Jhajjar district will be established.Kaushal, who is also…

Researchers at the Tata Institute in Mumbai announced the development of a novel drug aimed at preventing cancer…

Bengaluru-based education nonprofit, Prayoga Institute of Education Research has added five advanced labs to help students pursue research around the theme of sustainability. Online brokerage firm Zerodha has funded the new research block, named after eminent space scientist Prof UR Rao, which includes labs for life sciences, physical sciences, chemical sciences, earth sciences and sophisticated instrumentation for multidisciplinary scientific research.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Anti-Defamation League has tapped journalist and documentary producer Deborah Camiel to lead the Media & Entertainment Institute it launched in September. The Los Angeles-based institute will work with companies and organizations in the media and entertainment industries to combat antisemitism and advocate for more nuanced and authentic portrayals of Jewish people in film, television and the news. “At a time when antisemitism has reached historic levels, I’m honored to be leading this new…

Xiaomi and Leica join forces in building the world's most advanced optical institute for smartphone technologies. It's called Xiaomi x Leica Optical Institute and the two companies will share expertise in building a complete product that involves not only smartphone camera optics but also computational photography and AI. The institute will focus on four major technical factors that make a cameraphone great - ultra-precision optical lenses in a small form factor suitable for smartphones, computational photography,…

The UK’s new artificial intelligence safety body has found that the technology can deceive human users, produce biased outcomes and has inadequate safeguards against giving out harmful information.The AI Safety Institute published initial findings from its research into advanced AI systems known as large language models (LLMs), which underpin tools such as chatbots and image generators, and found a number of concerns.The institute said it was able to bypass safeguards for LLMs, which power chatbots such as ChatGPT, using…

The UK should concentrate on setting global standards for artificial intelligence testing instead of trying to carry out all the vetting itself, according to a company assisting the government’s AI Safety Institute.Marc Warner, the chief executive of Faculty AI, said the newly established institute could end up “on the hook” for scrutinising an array of AI models – the technology that underpins chatbots like ChatGPT – owing to the government’s world-leading work in AI safety.Rishi Sunak announced the formation of the AI…

The Biden administration named a lead for a new institute for artificial intelligence (AI) safety on Wednesday, underlining the White House’s focus on the developing technology. Elizabeth Kelly, an economic adviser to the president, will lead the AI Safety Institute at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), a subset of the Commerce Department. Kelly was an integral part of drafting legislation to found the institute last year, the department said. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said…

The Biden administration on Wednesday named a top White House aide as the director of the newly established safety institute for artificial intelligence.Elizabeth Kelly will lead the AI Safety Institute at the National Institute for Standards and Technology, which is part of the Commerce Department. Currently an economic policy adviser for President Joe Biden, Kelly played an integral role in drafting the executive order signed at the end of October that established the institute, the Commerce Department said in a…

In the early days of the pandemic, as courts across the country shut down and people awaiting trial for criminal charges languished in jail, Iman Freeman got a phone call from a local attorney that stunned her. At the time, Freeman’s nonprofit, the Baltimore Action Legal Team or BALT, was running a bail fund for people in the city who couldn’t afford to post bail on their own. But the attorney didn’t need help bailing his client out of jail. Instead, he told Freeman that, because of COVID, his client had been given the…