Author: IBL News

  • The alarming rise of AI apps creating explicit images of real people

    The alarming rise of AI apps creating explicit images of real people


    As AI evolves, it’s brought with it an alarming rise in “nudify” tools – hundreds of apps and sites that can now easily make fake explicit imagery from photos of anyone, including children.

    Source: Youtube

  • NeuroAI- Bridging brain science and artificial intelligence

    NeuroAI- Bridging brain science and artificial intelligence


    NeuroAI- Bridging brain science and artificial intelligence.

    Source: Youtube

  • Manor ISD enhances school safety with AI weapon detection systems on campuses

    Manor ISD enhances school safety with AI weapon detection systems on campuses


    A new school year is underway, but along with the excitement of returning to class comes renewed concerns about safety.

    Source: Youtube

  • How AI can be used to track air pollution in your area

    How AI can be used to track air pollution in your area


    Climate Trace is using AI to track air pollution around the globe.

    Source: Youtube

  • AI-generated models begin to appear in fashion industry

    AI-generated models begin to appear in fashion industry


    AI-generated models have begun to appear in fashion magazines.

    Source: Youtube

  • Using AI responsibly: Parents should be asking these questions

    Using AI responsibly: Parents should be asking these questions


    Amid the increasing number of teenagers using artificial intelligence and AI chatbots, the phrase “digital literacy” has been used a lot more.

    Source: Youtube

  • Texas Tech Universities Ban Teaching About Transgender and Other Gender Topics

    Texas Tech Universities Ban Teaching About Transgender and Other Gender Topics

    IBL News | New York

    The five universities of the Texas Tech system directed their faculty to comply with an executive order from President Trump, which recognizes only male and female genders.

    The move, the first among large institutions of higher education, bans teaching about transgender and other gender topics. Currently, in K-12 classrooms, this is explicitly prohibited by Texas law.

    Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell addressed the requirement in a letter dated last Thursday, citing President Trump’s order from January, a letter from Governor Greg Abbott that directed state agencies to follow Mr. Trump’s order, and a state law that requires government agencies to collect data on only two biological sexes, male and female.

    “While recognizing the First Amendment rights of employees in their personal capacity, faculty must comply with these laws in the instruction of students, within the course and scope of their employment,” Mitchell wrote.

    The letter followed the firing this month of a professor at Texas A&M who objected to a discussion of gender identity and then shared a video of the encounter with a Republican lawmaker. The university’s president, Mark Welsh, resigned soon after.

    Other public universities and community colleges have been exploring similar changes regarding the teaching of gender, according to the Texas conference of the American Association of University Professors. The New York Times reported on it.

    However, outside of Texas Tech, no institution appears to have put its guidance into writing yet.

    Earlier this year, the Mississippi Legislature passed a law banning diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as “promoting transgender ideology,” in the state’s schools and universities, but a federal judge put it on hold.

  • Maintaining the human element of artificial intelligence

    Maintaining the human element of artificial intelligence


    We’re learning how to use AI to improve humanity and the beauty we create. When used as a tool to refine, not replace, our creativity, it brightens, deepens, sharpens, enhances.

    Source: Youtube

  • Oakland baseball team allows AI manager to step in

    Oakland baseball team allows AI manager to step in


    The Oakland Ballers, an independent baseball team in the Pioneer League, allowed an AI manager to call their recent game. While the use of artificial intelligence is controversial in professional sports, Major League Baseball announced last week that it would begin using AI umpires next season.

    Source: Youtube

  • Around 40% of Employees Use AI At Work, Up From 20% in 2023

    Around 40% of Employees Use AI At Work, Up From 20% in 2023

    IBL News | New York

    Showing an unprecedented adoption speed, in the U.S., 40% of employees report using AI at work, up from 20% two years ago, as the recently released Anthropic Economic Index stated. This advancement reflects the ease of use of AI, by just typing or speaking without specialized training.

    The study found that the shares of education and science usage are on the rise. While the use of Anthropic’s Claude.ai chatbot for coding continues to dominate at 36%, educational tasks have surged from 9.3% to 12.4%, and scientific tasks have increased from 6.3% to 7.2%.

    Geographically, Singapore and Canada are among the countries with the highest usage per capita, while emerging economies, including Indonesia and India, use Claude less.

    Lower-adoption countries tend to see more coding usage, while high-adoption regions show diverse applications across education, science, and business. For example, coding tasks are over half of all usage in India versus roughly a third of all usage globally.

    “Rapidly advancing AI capabilities only reinforce the conclusion that immense change is on the horizon. And yet early AI adoption is strikingly uneven,” explains the Anthropic report.

    “We are still in the early stages of this AI-driven economic transformation. The actions that policymakers, business leaders, and the public take now will shape the years to come.”