A woman from Regina, Canada has regained her voice due to groundbreaking new AI technology. A woman from Regina, Canada lost her voice over 18 years ago when she had a stroke, but new artificial intelligence technology worked into a brain implant is helping her to regain her voice. The technology was implemented by a team at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). According to the team, the patient, Ann Johnson, suffered a stroke at the age of 30 years, back in 2005. She has not been able to…
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New energy technology in the form of paint can heat and cool buildings
This can help to reduce electricity use for air conditioning and decrease heating fuel consumption. Stanford University scientists have developed a new form of energy technology in the form of a paint that can both heat and cool homes and other structures, keeping them cool in the summer and warm in the winter. The result is that electricity and heating fuel consumption are reduced, as is the cost of their use. The idea is that through this paint alone, buildings can reduce their operating costs and produce lower carbon emissions.…
Read MoreAI voice transactions more readily available for mobile payments in India
The country’s UPI intends to roll out these services more expansively to rural users. The mobile payments system in India has taken off explosively since it first launched in 2016 and is now receiving an AI voice transactions upgrade to broaden access to these services. The service already has about 350 million active users who made almost 10 billion transactions last month. The AI voice transactions feature makes it possible for a consumer to complete digital payments both offline and through their voices. The purpose is to better reach communities…
Read MoreAI.com now points to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence project
Though it had previously pointed to ChatGPT, it is now directing users to X.ai instead. AI.com website users seeking to use ChatGPT might be surprised to discover that the site now directs to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence project X.ai. It appears that OpenAI no longer has control of the domain, so it doesn’t direct to ChatGPT anymore. OpenAI had control over the AI.com domain starting in February 2023, but it looks as though that has entirely changed now as the site no longer redirects to their artificial intelligence. Instead, it…
Read MoreArtificial intelligence boosts breast cancer detection in new study
The research in Sweden showed that AI can be a helpful tool for doctors detecting cancers efficiently. A substantial study was conducted in Sweden, examining the benefit of using artificial intelligence to help interpret breast cancer screening results. The results showed that AI can help to boost the efficiency of cancer detection by human doctors. That said, the study authors point out that as rigorous and lengthy as this particular research was, it is still important to conduct more studies to help determine precisely where the technology offers value and…
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