Researchers use artificial intelligence to help ALS patient speak again – CBS News

Updated on: September 16, 2024 / 10:33 PM EDT
/ CBS Boston

BOSTON – Using artificial intelligence, doctors have found a way to give people who lost their voice to ALS the ability to speak again. This new technology is actually translating brain activity into speech.
“Not being able to communicate is so frustrating and demoralizing,” said Casey Harrell, a study participant. “It is like you are trapped.” 
In a breakthrough clinical trial called “BrainGate 2”, […]
Researchers use artificial intelligence to help ALS patient speak again – CBS News

Tom Morello Pokes Fun at Elon Musk After Rage Against the Machine Comment – Billboard

Tom Morello is raging against Elon Musk.

The Rage Against the Machine rocker took to social media on Sunday (Sept. 15) to poke fun at Elon Musk after the Tesla CEO tweeted, “Why are so many people raging FOR the machine?”

While it’s not clear that the post was a direct hit at RAGT, Morello responded to the sentiment, writing, “Funny cuz Elon was the kid on the cover of Evil Empire.” He also shared the cover art for the band’s 1996 sophomore album, Evil […]
Tom Morello Pokes Fun at Elon Musk After Rage Against the Machine Comment – Billboard

Petrie Dish: Using artificial intelligence to solve medical mysteries – Texas Public Radio

Millions of Americans know they’re sick, but no doctor has been able to diagnose them. Many spend years — sometimes decades — seeing specialists and having invasive tests, only to be told that their results are “within the normal range.” Some are referred to psychotherapists and psychiatrists. Others just give up.
Will artificial intelligence be a game-changer for these patients?
It’s possible, according to UTSA biomedical engineer Amina Qutub, PhD. Qutub is an associate professor, leads a […]
Petrie Dish: Using artificial intelligence to solve medical mysteries – Texas Public Radio

Elon Musk Insists “Joke” Noting No One Has Tried to Assassinate Biden or Harris … – Vanity Fair

Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and the world’s biggest internet troll, posted and then deleted a comment over the weekend in which he seemingly wondered about the lack of assassination attempts on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, following what authorities said was a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Then he claimed he was merely joking, and insisted that the joke would have been extremely funny in context.
Musk was responding to a user on X who wrote, “Why they want to […]
Elon Musk Insists “Joke” Noting No One Has Tried to Assassinate Biden or Harris … – Vanity Fair

Conference on artificial intelligence inspires and challenges churches' use of emerging technologies

The annual gathering of the European Christian Internet Conference (ECIC) focusing on the use of artificial intelligence and other new technologies took place on 9-11 September in Bossey and Geneva, Switzerland.
The annual gathering of the European Christian Internet Conference takes place on 9-11 September 2024 in Bossey and Geneva, Switzerland, focusing on the topic “What is truth? – Ethical and practical issues in the use of Artificial Intelligence.”
Exploring the theme “What is truth? […]
Conference on artificial intelligence inspires and challenges churches' use of emerging technologies

Elon Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump while he was playing golf.

Musk, who has nearly 200 million followers on the social media site he bought for US$44 billion in 2022, has increasingly embraced conservative ideologies in recent years and endorsed Trump for […]
Elon Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism

Artificial intelligence giving local scientists an edge in flood mitigation | 13newsnow.com

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NORFOLK, Va. — Flood mitigation in Norfolk has been a decades-long effort for researchers across Hampton Roads. The city is one of only a few at ground zero for sea-level rise across the country, making the work more critical, and more urgent locally.
But a potential breakthrough in flood prediction technology could launch that research forward.
Scientists from Jefferson Lab, Old Dominion […]
Artificial intelligence giving local scientists an edge in flood mitigation | 13newsnow.com

White House Responds to Elon Musk Biden/Kamala Assassination Post

The White House has responded to an inflammatory post on X (formerly Twitter) by its owner Elon Musk, who in the wake of an apparent second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump this weekend, suggested that it doesn’t make sense that there haven’t also been publicly known attempts made on the lives of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. 

Responding to a post by another user on the social media platform, which he has owned since 2022, to […]
White House Responds to Elon Musk Biden/Kamala Assassination Post

What is Cloud Computing and Edge AI and how are they reshaping the way data is processed

Cloud computing and Edge AI are two transformative technologies reshaping the way data is processed, stored, and analyzed in today’s digital landscape. Cloud computing enables organizations to store and access vast amounts of data over the internet, eliminating the need for local servers and providing on-demand computational resources. Edge AI, on the other hand, brings artificial intelligence closer to the source of data by processing it locally, reducing latency, and improving real-time […]
What is Cloud Computing and Edge AI and how are they reshaping the way data is processed

Elon Musk Is a National Security Risk – WIRED

Shortly following reports of an apparent second assassination attempt against former US president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Elon Musk decided to speak up.
“And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala 🤔,” Musk, X’s owner, wrote in a now deleted post, in response to another person asking, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?”
After deleting the post—which could be interpreted as a call to murder President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala […]
Elon Musk Is a National Security Risk – WIRED