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2 January 2024
Famous AI image bank offline after discovery of child abuse images >
A large and widely used AI database has been temporarily taken offline after researchers discovered that it contains more than a thousand child abuse images. Painful because AI companies use the image database to train their models.
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29 December 2023
The New York Times sues tech companies over copyright infringement >
The New York Times is filing a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement.
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29 December 2023
Supervisor concerns about AI risks, little visibility into incidents >
The risks of using artificial intelligence (AI) have increased sharply this year, warns the Personal Data Authority in its first annual report on AI.
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28 December 2023
Results of pilot programme Learning Communities around AI >
As a system technology, AI has a major impact on a wide field of sectors and the people working in them. Developments follow each other in rapid succession and the market requires new knowledge and proper trained people all the time.
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27 December 2023
Political call: AI remains human work, right now multidisciplinary collaboration >
The elected political parties face important tasks in the Netherlands. Besides forming a cabinet, there are also several social issues that require urgent solutions or a breakthrough.
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19 December 2023
TNO and Kieskompas research: AI language models are inconsistent and tend towards the left >
Generative AI language models ('large language models') that fill out Kieskompas' voting aid come out on the left side of the political spectrum. In addition, the models do not consistently answer subjective questions and quickly exhibit very different behaviour due to small changes in the question.
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19 December 2023
Podcast series AI in the Public Sector >
AI is now having a major impact on our daily lives. The technology influences everything from how medical diagnoses are made to what we watch and buy. It is clear: the role of AI is growing. But how is it being applied within the public sector?
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18 December 2023
Amsterdam UMC to use AI to increase the accessibility of medical imaging technology >
The demand for acquiring and interpreting medical images is increasing faster than number of medical experts required to operate the medical imaging device and interpret their output. This is leading to an increase in the expert workload and extending waiting lists.
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15 December 2023
EU tentative political agreement on proposed AI regulation (AI Act) >
In April 2021, the European Commission published a proposal for an AI regulation. This was the world's first proposal for comprehensive horizontal regulation of AI. On 8 December 2023, the EU (European Parliament, Member States and European Commission) agreed on the content of the European AI Act.
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April 3 2024
Gravitation grant for challenges in cyber security >
On March 26, 2024, it was announced that UvA scientists Christian Schaffner, Zoltan Mann, Francesco Regezzoni, Kostas Papagiannopoulos, and Karst Koymans from the Informatics Institute (IvI) are involved in an ambitious project aimed at tackling challenges in cyber security. This project is one of three consortia that have received a Gravitation Grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science.
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April 3 2024
Gravitation grant for AI-Assisted design of blindness therapy >
On March 26, 2024, it was announced that UvA scientist Clarisa Sanchez from the Informatics Institute (IvI) is involved in a groundbreaking project aimed at designing therapies for blindness with the help of artificial intelligence. This project is one of three consortia that have received a Gravitation Grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science.
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March 28 2024
EIT Digital & AiNed report: Netherlands to capitalize on generative AI promise >
The Netherlands has the potential to play a leading role in the world of generative artificial intelligence (AI), according to a recent report by EIT Digital and the AiNed program of the National Growth Fund. The report, titled 'Generative AI: Europe's Quest for Regulation and Industry Leadership', emphasizes that with the right investments in AI startups, collaboration within Europe, and access to high-performance computing, the Netherlands can strengthen its position.
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March 27 2024
AI4Students gets placed second as Research of the Year >
The AI4Students initiative by HvA, aimed at preparing all students for an AI-driven future, has proudly secured the second prize in the Research of the Year awards, highlighting the project's significant impact on educational innovation.
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March 27 2024
AI Act: Europe leads with trustworthy AI regulations >
Europe takes a significant leap forward in AI regulation with the new Artificial Intelligence Act, aimed at ensuring safety, respecting fundamental rights, and supporting businesses in the digital age.
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