Early Investor in Google’s DeepMind Says, Human-like AI Still Distance Away

According to an early investor in Google’s research laboratory, DeepMind, “We are still some way off reaching human-level artificial intelligence despite rapid advances in the technology.” Humayun Sheikh is a founding investor in the AI startup DeepMind. DeepMind is currently owned by Google. Sheikh said, “In terms of artificial general intelligence, OpenAI, ChatGPT stuff: it’s like…

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Scientists Develop AI System Focused on Turning Thoughts of People into Text

Scientists have developed a noninvasive AI system focused on translating the brain activity of a person into a stream of text, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. The semantic decoder system could ultimately benefit patients who have lost their ability to physically communicate after suffering from a stroke, paralysis, or other…

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Top cloud providers face ongoing spending cuts by clients

The cloud-computing market keeps growing as firms move an increasing number of workloads out of their own data centers, but executives from the leading cloud providers said this week that clients are looking for ways and means to trim costs. The result is slowing income growth at the cloud divisions run by Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. It’s…

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AWS Reports About 16% Cloud Revenue Growth in the First Quarter

Amazon said Thursday that its cloud unit Amazon Web Services grew revenue by around 16% in the first quarter of this year, a slightly more rapid growth than analysts had estimated. Revenue from AWS totaled $21.35 billion, representing about 17% of Amazon’s overall earnings, according to Amazon’s earnings statement. Analysts surveyed by StreetAccount had anticipated $21.22…

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