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Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Science
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AI Weekly: Sandwiches and 2,000-year-old scrolls
STORY: :: University of Kentucky Research Communications :: Diamond Light Source From the humanoid robots learning to make you a sandwich, to how AI could reveal the contents of a 2,000-year-old scroll, this is AI Weekly. In a warehouse on the outskirts of Shanghai a humanoid robot is learning how to steam clothes while another is mastering the art of sandwich-making. Yao Maoqing is president of AgiBot's embodied intelligence business unit. He hopes the bots will one day be able to help in countries with aging populations, like China and Japan. 'People definitely expect the robots, in five or 10 years, can do those works to, for example, organize the room for the senior people.' Intel is welcoming new CEO Lip-Bu Tan. :: Intel And gearing up for a change of tack. Tan is reportedly considering significant changes to its chip manufacturing methods and artificial intelligence strategies. That's according to two people familiar with the matter. The new trajectory includes restructuring the company's approach after it missed surging demand for AI processors. :: University of the West of England Bristol Is this pig stressed? An AI-integrated feeder is trying to find out. The IntelliPig, developed by University of the West of England Bristol and Scotland's Rural College, utilizes a camera installed within a feeder. The camera image is processed by an AI algorithm that can recognize the individual animal, assess its condition and see if it is showing signs of stress. The technology could potentially lead to significant advances in animal welfare. :: University of Kentucky Research Communications And could AI help reveal the contents of this ancient scroll that was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago? Scientists say it could reveal brand new philosophical writings - but here's the challenge: 'So these scrolls can't be opened physically. It would damage them.' AI is changing that by unscrolling them virtually. Stephen Parsons is The Vesuvius Challenge project lead. 'So we put the charred scrolls in a particle accelerator to scan the inside. And then we are developing the software that can extract the text contents of the scroll from that scan. So we're trying to look inside the scrolls and reveal the text.' AI has been trained to spot the ink on the scroll, but not to understand the words. This helps make sure it doesn't guess - or change the meaning of the text.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
University that put over 200 trigger warnings on Shakespeare writings says request came from students
A university located in the UK that put more than 200 trigger warnings on the writings of William Shakespeare, told students to be aware of "blood," "psychological trauma" and "extreme weather," says the request came from students who had experienced trauma. "Content warnings were requested by students with sensory processing issues and experiences of trauma," a University of the West of England Bristol spokesperson told Fox News Digital. The university flagged a sum of 220 trigger warnings for students. "We agreed to include content warnings in this case to enable our students to engage with the materials with advance knowledge of the content," the spokesperson said. Bill Maher Rails Against Trigger Warnings In Colleges, Entertainment: 'How Weak My Country Has Become' Trigger warnings such as "treatment of women" and "mourning" were added to "Much Ado About Nothing," a comedy about two couples that form when a group of soldiers arrive in the town of Messina, in Sicily, Italy. Murder, suicide, violence, knives and family trauma were flagged in the story of "Macbeth." The play was first performed in the 1600s and was about a Scottish general who had aspirations of becoming king who successfully killed the sitting king of Scotland so he could take the throne. Read On The Fox News App Warnings for "popping of balloons" were added to a theater performance of "The Tempest," a work by Shakespeare about a ship that was seized in a violent storm with Alonso, the king of Naples, on the vessel. Trump Preparing To Majorly Revamp Department Of Education As Math, Readings Scores Show Stunning Lows "Romeo and Juliet," an allegory about two lovers who kill themselves because they both believe the other to be dead, and do not want to live in a world without the other, includes warnings about death, suicide, violence, knives and blood. In a statement to Fox News Digital, Toby Young, director of the Free Speech Union, said "Attaching trigger warnings to the works of the greatest writer in the English language feels like something a bad comedy writer would come up with to satirise the fact that all English institutions are now being controlled by a bunch of woke clowns."Original article source: University that put over 200 trigger warnings on Shakespeare writings says request came from students
Fox News
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
University that put over 200 trigger warnings on Shakespeare writings says request came from students
A university located in the UK that put more than 200 trigger warnings on the writings of William Shakespeare, told students to be aware of "blood," "psychological trauma" and "extreme weather," says the request came from students who had experienced trauma. "Content warnings were requested by students with sensory processing issues and experiences of trauma," a University of the West of England Bristol spokesperson told Fox News Digital. The university flagged a sum of 220 trigger warnings for students. "We agreed to include content warnings in this case to enable our students to engage with the materials with advance knowledge of the content," the spokesperson said. Trigger warnings such as "treatment of women" and "mourning" were added to "Much Ado About Nothing," a comedy about two couples that form when a group of soldiers arrive in the town of Messina, in Sicily, Italy. Murder, suicide, violence, knives and family trauma were flagged in the story of "Macbeth." The play was first performed in the 1600s and was about a Scottish general who had aspirations of becoming king who successfully killed the sitting king of Scotland so he could take the throne. Warnings for "popping of balloons" were added to a theater performance of "The Tempest," a work by Shakespeare about a ship that was seized in a violent storm with Alonso, the king of Naples, on the vessel. "Romeo and Juliet," an allegory about two lovers who kill themselves because they both believe the other to be dead, and do not want to live in a world without the other, includes warnings about death, suicide, violence, knives and blood.
