We've seen AI transforming industries from healthcare to fashion, but did you know it's also aiding in life-saving search missions and revolutionizing real-time population estimates? This week, we explore how AI is not only making everyday tasks smarter but also tackling global challenges—from detecting long-lost hikers to optimizing supply chains.
Dive into the latest breakthroughs in AI that are pushing boundaries across sectors!
- This Homemade AI Drone Software Finds People When Search and Rescue Teams Can’t
- On September 6, 2023, 56-year-old hillwalker Charlie Kelly set out to climb Creise in Scotland’s remote Glen Etive but did not return as planned. Despite regular check-ins and reassurances to his partner, Emer Kennedy, that he would be safe, he went missing. A massive search effort involving sniffer dogs, helicopters, and drones was launched, but it wasn’t until October 24—six weeks later—that Kelly’s body was discovered by volunteers using newly developed drone software created by Mountain Rescue members Dan Roach and David Binks. This technology, designed to automate and enhance the search process by identifying unusual pixel clusters in aerial images, proved crucial in finding Kelly and marked a breakthrough in the use of drones for search and rescue.
- How Vestiaire is improving fashion treasure hunts with AI
- Vestiaire Collective, a Paris-based fashion resale platform, is leveraging AI, including computer vision, to enhance its product search and pricing capabilities, aiming to solve the challenge of navigating its vast inventory of 5 million items across 10,000 brands. The platform's new AI tools improve search accuracy and personalization by connecting keywords with corresponding images, making it easier for customers to find specific items. This initiative is led by CEO Maximilian Bittner, who has brought on tech experts to drive these changes. The company plans to introduce additional features like image search and AI-driven price recommendations later this year.
- Chat GPTs New Canvas Feature
- Canvas is a new interface for ChatGPT, designed to enhance collaboration on writing and coding projects by providing a dedicated space for more complex editing and revision tasks beyond traditional chat. Available in beta to ChatGPT Plus and Team users, with broader access planned, Canvas allows users to directly edit and request specific changes from ChatGPT, like adjusting reading levels, debugging code, or refining content. It leverages a specialized model, GPT-4o, trained to trigger Canvas when suitable and differentiate between making targeted edits or full rewrites. This visual tool aims to improve transparency and control over revisions, making it easier to refine projects with ChatGPT’s contextual assistance.
- How open source AI can improve population estimates, sustainable energy, and the delivery of climate change interventions
- Meta's Data for Good program is open-sourcing the training data used to build their AI-powered population maps, aiming to support climate adaptation, public health, and disaster response. By releasing nearly 10 million labels and code, Meta seeks to empower researchers, governments, and nonprofits globally to improve population estimates, especially in regions with limited census data. The maps use AI to analyze satellite images and estimate population distributions, which have been applied in areas like COVID-19 response, rural electrification, and clean water projects. Meta hopes this will advance sustainability and support global climate interventions.
- Google Lens now lets you search with video
- Google Lens has introduced a new feature that allows users to search using video, enhancing the previous image-only capabilities. Now, users can hold down the shutter button to record a video while asking questions about what they see, with Google’s Gemini AI model analyzing both the video and the query to provide relevant search results. This feature, which also allows voice questions about photos, is rolling out on Android and iOS. While the current video search doesn’t identify sounds, Google is exploring this functionality for future updates.
- Computer Vision teams up with AI for safer mining sector
- Becker Mining Systems is enhancing the safety and efficiency of its mining operations through a partnership with alwaysAI, integrating computer vision and artificial intelligence into its machinery and systems. This collaboration aims to address critical challenges such as monitoring restricted areas, ensuring proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE), and optimizing equipment safety. The advanced computer vision applications will automate complex and hazardous processes, providing real-time monitoring and feedback, which reduces the need for manual supervision and lowers costs. With the mining market projected to grow over 40% in the next decade, this technology integration promises to enhance worker safety, minimize mechanical failures, and improve operational performance across the industry.
- Oracle raises the bar for smart supply chains with enhanced system
- Oracle introduced an updated version of its Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) at CloudWorld 2024, leveraging AI to enhance productivity, visibility, and supply chain processes. The new features include real-time insights for manufacturing, generative AI-powered reporting, and improvements to maintenance and order management systems, aimed at optimizing operations for better performance. Oracle's updated SCM solution also includes RFID technology for healthcare organizations to automate inventory management, reduce human error and increase efficiency in supply availability for clinicians.
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