"Data2Action exists to make emerging technology work harder for humanity, enabling us to co-create a healthier, fairer and more sustainable world for all. [...]

We’re recruiting *13 funded doctoral fellows from Europe and beyond* to work collaboratively across a range of interconnected cutting-edge research and development projects."

#HorizonEurope #UKResearchAndInnovation #UKRI #MarieCurie #MSCA #DoctoralNetwork #PhD #DataScience #Data2Action #SocialInnovation #SocialImpact #LivingLabs #CoCreation #Collaboration #Transdisciplinary #Dissemination #Communication #NetworkBuilding #CommonGood #AI #CuttingEdge
#Technology #Humanity #Health #Fairness #Sustainability #SustainableWorld #PublicGood #SocialPioneers #ArtificalIntelligence
#SectoralExperts #Society #RealWorldSolutions #ClimateChange #SocialJustice #Democracy #Aging #People #Planet

http://www.data2action.eu

the virtual #openscience and #artificalIntelligence session at the #ACSSpring2025 has started. Dr. Ola Enqkist is the first speaker talking about their drug discovery work at AstraZeneca

In the spirit of the classic #Nintendo seal of quality, there is now a 'No Gen AI' seal for indie game developers to use.

https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal

AI Uncovers 5,000-Year-Old Ancient Civilizations Hidden Beneath The World’s Largest Deserts
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https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/01/ai-uncovers-5000-year-old-ancient-civilizations-hidden-beneath-the-worlds-largest-deserts/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/13/6/179 <-- shared paper
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[older paper, but still fascinating…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #desert #archaeology #MiddleEast #ancienthistory #AI #RubAlKhali #EmptyQuarter #SyntheticApertureRadar #SAR #remotesensing #machinelearning #artificalintelligence #deeplearning #settlements #pathways #humanmade #spatialanalysis #PALSAR2 #Worldview3 #SaruqAlHadid #Dubai #UEA #UnitedArabEmirates

What's interesting to me about the Internet is how points people make, or things they reblog, are taken as ABSOLUTES. Like, for me... they're not. I change all the time.

**Question: a good idea?**

#Question #Idea #Trump #Data #AI #ArtificalIntelligence #Energy #USA #US #UnitedStates #America @ai

John Tures, a political science professor at LaGrange College, examines how AI performs compared to human writers in part one of this two-part column #AI #ArtificalIntelligence #writing

https://cobbcountycourier.com/2025/01/how-ai-could-replace-writers-and-when-it-wont-part-1/

A.I. Isn’t Genius. We Are.

The root of this AI worry is not an overestimation of technology but a radical underestimation of humanity.

https://archive.ph/OnDVu #AI #artificalintelligence #Machinelearning #technology

Simply put:

If artificial intelligence is the answer, we may very well be asking the wrong question!

Photobucket Sued for Licensing Billions of Users’ Images to Train AI https://petapixel.com/2024/12/13/photobucket-sued-for-licensing-billions-of-users-images-to-train-ai/ #artificalintelligence #classactionlawsuit #biometricdata #photobucket #Technology #News #Law

This AI Gives Users ‘Digital Mask’ to Protect Photos From Facial Recognition https://petapixel.com/2024/12/05/this-ai-gives-users-digital-mask-to-protect-photos-from-facial-recognition/ #facialrecognitiontechnology #artificalintelligence #aifacialrecognition #Technology #privacy #News

Is this a good idea?

#AI #ArtificalIntelligence @ai

Good. OpenAI and other AI companies shouldn't expect a free lunch off the work others have put in #media #journalism #ChatGPT #artificalintelligence
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/openai-canadian-lawsuit-1.7396940

Company Develops AI Tech That Spots a Fake Designer Product From Single Photo https://petapixel.com/2024/11/29/company-develops-ai-tech-that-spots-a-fake-designer-product-from-single-photo/ #artificalintelligence #fashionphotography #counterfeit #Technology #lacoste #News

Letting AI systems argue with each other may help expose when a large language model has made mistakes.

#AI #ArtificalIntelligence

https://www.quantamagazine.org/debate-may-help-ai-models-converge-on-truth-20241108/

#PSA: if you want to turn off the so-called #AI overviews when you use Google search, the instructions (very simple for desktop, less so for mobile) are in this piece over at Android Authority:

https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-turn-off-ai-overviews-google-3445771/

If you don't want to wade through the musings of someone who actually uses ChatGP or Gemini for "philosophical or theoretical questions", you can just skip to the instructions in the image.