A New AI Model Predicts Autism in Toddlers

PLUS : A Dog like Robot

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Naveen Krishnan
August 24, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes

Greetings, AI Enthusiasts!

The advancements in AI is rapid so does the resources consumed. AI advancements cannot be built at the cost of our planet. But is there a solution to combat it?

Early diagnosis in Autism will help to early interventions. The new clinical study results are quite promising. Lets get into it..

Today’s Insights:

  • AI warm water cooling

  • AI predicts Autism

  • BestBuy’s AI delivery tracking tool

  • A Dog like Robot

  • Midjourney got its own website.

  • Trump’s Deepfakes

  • Samantha Ruth Prabhu supports AI

  • Free AI Resources

AI AND INFRASTRUCTURE

AI Warm Water Cooling

Image Credit : Lenovo

Lenovo's 6th generation of Neptune Liquid cooling technology will revolutionize in reduction of the the power consumption of AI computing resources.

Why it matters?

  • This liquid cooling technology will address the energy consumption cost by helping to reduce power consumption costs by up to 40% and thermal efficiency by 3.5 times compared to traditional air cooling systems.

  • This technology can help customers achieve Ultra-low Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) in their data center. PUE is the ratio of the total energy used by the data center to the energy used by just the computing equipment.

  • Reducing power consumption will help businesses achieve their carbon footprint reduction goals too. It is a win-win situation right here.

Key Takeaway:

  • Technology like Lenovos Neptune Liquid cooling is crucial in ensuring that technology advancements of AI does not come at the cost of our planet's health.

AI AND HEALTH

AI predicts Autism

Image : Midjourney

About 1 in 36 children (2.8%) in the United States has been identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder, according to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data for the year 2020.

Why it matters ?

  • Early diagnosis of Autism in Children can help implement effective interventions to improve their quality of life. With AutMedAI, the early diagnosis is made possible and provides hope.

  • AutMedAI can predict autism in Children under two years old with 80% accuracy.

  • AutMedAI uses 28 parameters before 24 months like "age of the first smile", "eating difficulties", "early speech milestones" and "first short sentence".

  • The research team uses SPARK, the large US database with information on approximately 30,000 individuals with or without Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

  • This study was developed by researchers at Karolinska Institute in Sweden. The researchers emphasize on further validation before clinical implementation.

Key Takeaway:

  • If this AI model AutMedAI which is the clinical study right now is implemented in a Clinical context, ASD can be diagnosed early, with which the earlier intervention will help make valuable changes to the ASD diagnosed Children's life development.

AI AND CONSUMER

BestBuy’s AI-powered delivery tracking tool

Image : Midjourney

No more waiting for your deliveries on the assigned delivery slot time. BestBuy's new AI-powered delivery tool will give live updates on the delivery.

Why it matters?

  • Anxiously waiting for your new Gadget from BestBuy is always a nerve-wracking process.

  • Best-Buys' new AI delivery tracking tool lets customers access live tracking of product deliveries and in-home installation services. But this tracking feature is only available for large items like Big-Screen TVs or refrigerators. Let's hope it gets rolled out for all the product delivery.

  • This AI app will use real-time traffic data zoom into street-level view and provide up-to-the-minute estimated time of arrival (ETA)

Key Takeaway:

  • BestBuys has finally listened to customers' pain and has put AI in place to improve its delivery process significantly. This AI-powered delivery tool will not only reduce frustration but also let customers plan easily instead of waiting within the broader delivery time.

AI AND ROBOTICS

A Dog Like Robot

Image Credit : Italian Institute of Technology

  • VERO, the new vacuum-cleaning dog-like robot was designed by researchers at Genoa's Italian Institute of Technology.

  • The mission of this Robot is to clean 4.5 trillion cigarette butts approximately littered in the environment.

  • These cigarette buts carry Cancer-linked heavy metals like arsenic which was once used in rat poisons in our environment.

  • The traditional robots which have wheels find it hard to clean litter on narrow spaces, beaches stairs etc, this dog-like robot design makes it easy for them to manoeuvre hard spots for traditional robots.

Unitree G1 Humanoid

Image Credit : Unitree Robotics

China's robotics company Unitree Robotics has unveiled its most recent humanoid robot named Unitree G1.

Let's look into its key features:

  • G1 is 1.27 meters tall and it weighs 35kg.

  • G1 can move up to 2 meters per second which is approximately 4.5 mph.

  • G1 quick-release battery can operate for up to 2 hours.

  • G1 is more compact and cost-effective than its predecessor H1.

  • G1 is priced at approximately $16,000 which is significantly lower than H1's base price of $90,000.

  • G1 is designed for general-purpose use. It is now ready for mass production.

Unitree G1 Humanoid robot is a significant leap towards making advanced humanoid robots.

AI AND MUSIC

“The Weekend” and AI

  • Canadian Singer "Abel Tesfaye" professionally known as "The Weekend" has released a concert teaser entirely made using AI for his upcoming September 7 Brazil concert.

  • While other artists are against using AI, renowned artists like "The Weekend" embracing AI is a positive sign that AI is a tool which will complement your creativity.

  • The official teaser was designed by Spanish visual artist Yza Voku. using Midjourney, Runways Gen-3, Luma's Dream Machine and Google's Veo AI video generator.

AI AND IMAGE/VIDEO GENERATORS

Midjourney got its own website

  • The popular Midjourney image generation tool which was locked inside Discord server has been freed to a standalone website.

  • Midjourney CEO has advised users to login with their Discord credentials to keep their already generated images via Midjourney intact.

  • Although Midjourney was a popular image generation tool, it kept many from trying it due to the Discord hurdle. Free users can generate up to 25 images.

  • As per Midjourney’s update here, the website is open to everyone.

Runway’s Gen-3 Turbo

  • AI video generators are popular nowadays. Runways Gen-3 Turbo image to video generator does not disappoint either.

  • The new Gen-3 turbo generates video from the image in a matter of a few seconds.

  • The results of the generated videos are exceptional. See some examples here.

Trump’s Deepfake

Image : GrokAI

  • AI-generated deepfakes are scary always.

  • Every technology always gets misused there is no surprise there, but the DeepFakes generated by AI will certainly surprise you.

  • Check out some of the images generated by AI. Most of them are hilarious. Deepfakes does not spare Trump or Elon Musk. Technology has no borders :)

AI AND MONEY

Amazon Q saves money and time

  • Amazon CEO Andy Jassy mentioned in a recent LinkedIn post that Amazon's GenAI assistant Amazon Q has helped Amazon to save $260M in annual productivity gains and saved 4,500 developer-years of work for upgrading multiple applications to Java 17.

AI EVENTS

Samantha Ruth Prabhu supports AI

  • Samantha Ruth Prabhu is a well-known South Indian Actress who Supports SAWiT.AI an initiative aimed at empowering 500,000 Indian women to learn about Generative AI.

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