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Lawyering in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

AI assistance can significantly improve productivity and satisfaction…Because AI tools have an equalizing effect on performance, they may also promote equality in a famously unequal profession….law schools, lawyers, judges, and clients should affirmatively embrace AI tools and plan for a future in which they will become widespread.

November 9, 2024
Lawyering in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million

The portrait depicts the British mathematician Alan Turing as the god of artificial intelligence. Its creator is a robot named Ai-Da that resembles a woman with a bob haircut.

November 8, 2024
Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million
Artificial intelligence 'spotted' my breast cancer

The 68-year-old's cancerous cells were almost undetectable and had not been spotted before they were found by AI.

November 7, 2024
Artificial intelligence 'spotted' my breast cancer
Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch

Rapid advances in applying artificial intelligence to simulations in physics and chemistry have some people questioning whether we will even need quantum computers at all.

November 7, 2024
Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch
AI-driven mobile robots team up to tackle chemical synthesis

…researchers show how mobile robots that use AI logic to make decisions were able to perform exploratory chemistry research tasks to the same level as humans, but much faster.

November 7, 2024
AI-driven mobile robots team up to tackle chemical synthesis
Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation

AI-assisted researchers discover 44% more materials, resulting in a 39% increase in patent filings and a 17% rise in downstream product innovation

November 6, 2024
Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation
ChatGPT Can Now Control a Robot Arm

It's a clever demonstration of how AI language models…can be harnessed to do tasks that on the surface have little to do with language…It took the pair of roboticists only four days to teach the robot arms, which were given access only to a regular sponge, to identify a nearby spill.

November 6, 2024
ChatGPT Can Now Control a Robot Arm
Anti-obesity drug has life-changing benefits for arthritis

Clinical-trial participants saw their knee pain abate and could engage better with activities that got them up and going.

October 30, 2024
Anti-obesity drug has life-changing benefits for arthritis
Atlas is autonomously moving engine covers between supplier containers and a mobile sequencing dolly.

The robot is able to detect and react to changes in the environment (e.g., moving fixtures) and action failures (e.g., failure to insert the cover, tripping, environment collisions [1:24]) using a combination of vision, force, and proprioceptive sensors.

October 30, 2024
Atlas is autonomously moving engine covers between supplier containers and a mobile sequencing dolly.
Osmo Leads Fragrance Innovation with AI-Powered Molecular Discovery

Osmo… announced the launch of three new scent molecules developed through its proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) technology. These new ingredients are now available for purchase…

October 28, 2024
Osmo Leads Fragrance Innovation with AI-Powered Molecular Discovery