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Tech Xplore / Government chiefs and tech leaders gather in Paris for AI summit

Political and tech industry leaders were set to descend on Paris Monday for a two-day summit on artificial intelligence, hoping to find common ground on a technology with the potential to upset global business and society.

Feb 10, 2025 in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / Scientists' conference kicks off global AI summit in Paris

Global experts began debating the threats and promise of artificial intelligence (AI) at a gathering in Paris on Thursday and Friday, ahead of a summit of world leaders on the fast-moving technology.

Feb 6, 2025 in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / Q&A: Researchers develop early detection tool for life-threatening sepsis

It's a copycat killer—often mimicking less severe conditions and delaying much-needed, timely treatments. But sepsis—an infection that can lead to multiple organ failure, shock and even death—is a major global health ...

Tech Xplore / AI regulation around the world

Countries and economic blocs around the world are at different stages of regulating artificial intelligence, from a relative "Wild West" in the United States to highly complex rules in the European Union.

Feb 4, 2025 in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / Samsung operating profit hit by R&D spending, fight to meet chip demand

The operating profit of South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics sank almost a third in the fourth quarter owing to spending on research, the company said Friday, as analysts said it was struggling to meet demand for chips ...

Jan 31, 2025 in Business
Tech Xplore / DeepSeek shock shows Europe not out of AI race: experts

China-based DeepSeek's artificial intelligence model has shaken the sector by offering high performance apparently at a fraction of the cost of those developed by US giants, with many experts saying the release also hints ...

Jan 28, 2025 in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / Seeing eye to eye: Building a cost-effective tool to visualize cancer

Cutting-edge surgical tools are often made with state-of-the-art technology, which can limit their overall accessibility. In an effort to expand surgical options for tumor removal, a team is developing a compact fluorescence-guided ...

Jan 13, 2025 in Surgery
Phys.org / New kit makes classroom CRISPR experiments affordable and accessible

CRISPR, the gene-editing technology, has been one of the major breakthroughs in biology in the last two decades. And while students learn about the capability to cut, paste, and alter genes, it's rare that they get the chance ...

Sep 18, 2024 in Biology
Phys.org / An affordable tracking microscope to democratize microorganism research

Studying the complex motility patterns of cells and microorganisms is key to understanding their behaviors and biomechanics. However, many conventional microscopes are constrained by fixed lenses and the lack of ability to ...

Aug 14, 2024 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Creating and verifying stable AI-controlled robotic systems in a rigorous and flexible way

Neural networks have made a seismic impact on how engineers design controllers for robots, catalyzing more adaptive and efficient machines. Still, these brain-like machine-learning systems are a double-edged sword: Their ...

Jul 17, 2024 in Robotics
Phys.org / Difficulties in exploiting the economic opportunities in the ocean

The green shift has created a strong interest in exploiting the economic opportunities in the ocean, but the ocean is not so easily economized. This is revealed in a comprehensive study, which, among other things, shows how ...

Mar 12, 2024 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Seeing green: Some older car owners show that there's more than one way of being eco-friendly

The ongoing climate emergency requires us to fundamentally rethink how we get around. Transportation accounts for approximately 25% of European greenhouse-gas emissions. Of this, road transportation represents by far the ...

Mar 11, 2024 in Energy & Green Tech