The U.S. Army will lean on artificial intelligence to assist two fundamental abilities aboard the forthcoming Bradley infantry fighting vehicle replacement, officials said. Gen. Geoffrey Norman, the director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team, said both AI-enabled targeting and navigation are "absolutely essential" for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, or OMFV. "What we're seeking initially is well within the realm of the feasible. We've demonstrated those capabilities in the field in really rigorous environments," Norman said Oct. 12 at the Association of the U.S. Army annual conference. "But as we look toward the future, and what we want to see downstream, we want to be able to accept maturing technologies."

In conversations with American executives this spring, top officials in the Biden administration revealed an aggressive plan to counter the Chinese military's rapid technological advances. China was using supercomputing and artificial intelligence to develop stealth and hypersonic weapons systems, and to try to crack the U.S. government's most encrypted messaging, according to intelligence reports. For months, administration officials debated what they could do to hobble the country's progress. They saw a path: The Biden administration would use U.S. influence over global technology and supply chains to try to choke off China's access to advanced chips and chip production tools needed to power those abilities. The goal was to keep Chinese entities that contributed to potential threats far behind their competitors in the United States and in allied nations.

Congress is deciding whether to give $424.2 million to purchase more military-grade HoloLense headsets from Microsoft after more than 80 percent of soldiers testing the device experienced'mission-affecting physical impairments' in less than three hours of use. The US Army has been testing the augmented reality device since 2018, which claims to improve training and missions on the battlefield by projecting digital information on the screen while allowing users to interact with the physical world. The HoloLens, however, is causing headaches, eyestrain and nausea, and acceptance of the technology'remains low' - a finding that could pause the entire project. Microsoft received $480 million in 2018 to develop prototypes, but the technology is still'experiencing issues' that could force officials to pull their order of more than 100,000 unites. Microsoft received $480 million in 2018 to develop prototypes, but the technology is still'experiencing issues' and making soldiers testing it nauseas, along with giving them headaches In all, the contract is set to amount to up to $21.88 billion over the next decade, with a five-year base agreement that can be extended for another five years.

PALO ALTO, Calif., October 13, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SkyHive, the first company to map and sequence the global labor market in real-time, provide workforce intelligence, and guide the rapid reskilling of workers and communities around the world, today announced it has joined the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Institute (RAII), an independent non-profit organization creating governance standards and certifications for AI systems and scalable solutions for practitioners. "We are pleased to welcome SkyHive into RAII as our newest member," said Ashley Casovan, Executive Director of RAII. "SkyHive uses business as a force for good, so it's only natural that the company has implemented ethical AI principles from day one. It has gained recognition from OECD and the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence and has established itself as a clear pioneer of purpose-driven and socially beneficial AI." RAII partners with organizations across public and private sectors, including corporations, NGOs, academic institutions, and government entities, to ensure that adopted and created AI systems are compliant, cost-effective, and built on recognized global best practices. RAII also provides value-add offerings for members, including readiness assessments, policy and governance guidance, regulatory and compliance tracking, and regular convening events and working groups for AI subject matter experts.

Branded "the world's first ultrarealistic humanoid robot artist," Ai-Da is widely known for creating portraits and poems, using a robotic arm, cameras in her eyes and AI algorithms. She told the house -- undoubtedly to her creator's pride -- that the unique features allow her to create "visually appealing images."

The White House unveiled its Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, which identifies five guidelines for the design, use, and deployment of automated and artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools to protect Americans from harm as the use of these technologies continues to grow in multiple industries. The blueprint outlines five core principles: safe and effective systems, algorithmic discrimination protections, data privacy, notice and explanation, and human alternatives, consideration, and fallback. These are intended to serve as practical guidance for the US government, tech companies, researchers, and other stakeholders, but the blueprint is nonbinding and does not constitute regulatory policy. The guidelines apply to AI and automated tools across industries, including healthcare, and are part of a larger conversation around the ethical use of AI. Under the five principles, Americans should be protected from unsafe and ineffective systems; not face discrimination by algorithms, which should be used and designed in an equitable way; and be protected from abusive data practices via built-in safeguards and have agency over how their data is used.

Politicians are often accused of giving robotic answers when facing questions – but politicians in the UK may just have been shown how it's really done. The android Ai-Da, which is claimed to be the world's first ultra-realistic AI robot artist, was questioned by a committee in the British parliament on Tuesday. The politicians from the Communications and Digital Committee in the House of Lords asked the robot – named after the 19th century computer pioneer Ada Lovelace – about the relationship between artificial intelligence, robots, and the arts. "I do not have subjective experiences despite being able to talk about where I am and depend on computer programmes and algorithms who are very not alive. I can still create art," said the robot.

Two extremely rare "unreleased, one-of-a-kind, never-digitized" Nintendo NES games have appeared on eBay, according to a tweet from the Video Game History Foundation's Frank Cifaldi, seen by Kotaku. One of those, called Battlefields of Napoleon, was only ever released in Japan. The other is a cartridge from Rare, and appears to be the demo of one of the few games ever developed for the Nintendo Power Glove. According to the eBay listing for Battlefields of Napoleon, the game was "rescued from a dumpster after The Learning Company acquired Brøderbund in 1998 and subsequently discarded most of the historical assets." The items in the lot include a WATA certified prototype on a development board and two additional CHR ROMs.

Torch.AI today announced the company has joined Insurtech Vanguards, an initiative led by Guidewire, a leading Property & Casualty (P&C) cloud platform provider. With this, Torch.AI will bring data and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to insurance organizations across the insurance value chain. Guidewire's Insurtech Vanguards program is an initiative to help insurers learn about solutions from leading insurtechs and how to best work with them. As part of the program, Torch.AI joins one of the most reputable software providers in the insurance industry today to bring unique enterprise-level data infrastructure technology to a large and growing network of Guidewire customers and partners. "The large majority of insurance organizations today have not been able to optimize data usage across the business, still relying on error-prone, manual processes and complex point solutions," said Jason Eidam, Torch.AI's VP of Commercial Markets.

Laguna Hills, Calif. – DATE, 2022 – BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), the world's first commercial producer of ultra-low power neuromorphic AI IP, has extended the breadth and depth of its neuromorphic IP with two new patents granted by the US Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO), and the acquisition of previously licensed technology from Toulouse Tech Transfer (TTT). These latest additions of technical assets reinforce BrainChip's event-based processor differentiation for high performance, ultra-low power AI inference and on-chip learning. BrainChip also acquired full ownership of the IP rights related to JAST learning rule and algorithms from French technology transfer-based company TTT, including issued patent EP3324344 and pending patents US2019/0286944 and EP3324343. The invention related to the acquired IP rights include pattern detection algorithms that provide BrainChip with significant competitive advantages. The company held an exclusive license for the IP prior to their acquisition.