Japan’s copyright rules draw AI groups — and alarm from creators

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Library 2.0 School Library Summit - School Libraries and AI

EXCITING NEWS JOIN US! Join us for an exciting and transformative mini virtual conference, "School Libraries and AI," designed specifically for school librarians and educators passionate about the future of library services.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://elissamalespina.substack.com/p/library-20-school-library-summit

Confronting Impossible Futures

I speak to a lot of people in industry, academia, and government, and I have noticed a strange blind spot. Despite planning horizons that often stretch a decade or more, very few organizations are seriously accounting for the possibility of continued AI improvement in their strategic planning.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/confronting-impossible-futures

AI Sparks a Creative Revolution in Business, With an Unexpected Twist

In the race to harness artificial intelligence (AI), businesses are discovering an unexpected wrinkle: AI that sparks individual brilliance may be flattening the creative landscape.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/ai-sparks-a-creative-revolution-in-business-with-an-unexpected-twist/

AI Lets People Chat With 'Clones' of Departed Loved Ones

An artificial intelligence (AI) that lets you communicate with a digital version of a deceased loved one. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction. (In fact, it’s the basis for an episode of “Black Mirror.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/ai-lets-people-chat-with-clones-of-departed-loved-ones/

Google's AI visionary says we'll 'expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045' thanks to nanobots, the tech will resurrect the dead, and we're all going to live forever

AI is undoubtedly the biggest technology topic of the last decade, with mind-bogglingly vast resources from companies including Google, OpenAI and Microsoft being poured into the field. Despite that the results so far are somewhat mixed.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/googles-ai-visionary-says-well-expand-intelligence-a-millionfold-by-2045-thanks-to-nanobots-the-tech-will-resurrect-the-dead-and-were-all-going-to-live-forever/

Researchers develop framework to merge AI and human intelligence for process safety

Artificial intelligence (AI) has grown rapidly in the last few years, and with that increase, industries have been able to automate and improve their efficiency in operations. Contributors to this work are Dr.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-framework-merge-ai-human-intelligence.html