Russia's Defense Ministry has launched a department to develop AI technologies for weapons, according to the head of the Russian military's innovative development department. Alexander Osadchu said the department was created to advance work on AI technologies "in the interests of creating models of weapons for military and special equipment." More: - The announcement came during the Army 2022 summit near Moscow.
- Also during the event, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said Russia will launch a National Center for AI in Sept. 2022.
- In 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin said AI is the future for not only Russia but all of humankind. He said, "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world."
Zoom-out: - The programs are viewed as competition against the U.S. Defense Department's AI efforts.
- The Pentagon recently launched a new Chief Data and AI Office (CDAO), which reached "full operating capacity" on June 1. The official leading the office is tasked with "acceleration of the DoD's adoption of data, analytics, and AI."
- Last year, the U.S. National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence released a report stressing that the U.S. is unprepared to compete in the new age of artificial intelligence and risks falling behind China.
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Oracle is now auditing TikTok's algorithms and content moderation models, Axios has learned. The update follows a report that said some TikTok employees in China accessed U.S. user data via servers in the country. As a result, TikTok is now routing its U.S. traffic to Oracle servers. More: - This has allowed Oracle to monitor TikTok's systems amid concerns from U.S. lawmakers that China's government could unduly influence and manipulate TikTok's U.S. app.
- Specifically, Oracle can oversee how TikTok's algorithm delivers content to ensure the recommendation models aren't being "manipulated."
- Oracle will regularly audit TikTok's feed algorithm and automated systems for moderation.
- The update comes after BuzzFeed reported in June that engineers from ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, repeatedly accessed U.S. users' private data.
- According to Axios, all new U.S. user traffic for TikTok is now being routed to Oracle cloud infrastructure.
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Attendees of a woman's funeral in the U.K. were able to speak to her using AI technology from Los Angeles-based StoryFile. The woman, Marina Smith, was a Holocaust educator who died recently at age 87. Her son, Stephen Smith, is co-founder and CEO of StoryFile. More: - StoryFile created a "digital twin" of Marina Smith based on hours of recordings and cameras.
- Smith was filmed answering questions about her life using 3D video technology.
- The footage was processed and tagged to train an AI system to respond to people's questions using natural language.
- During the funeral, attendees could interact with the woman through the AI and "holographic" video technology.
- Stephen Smith said of his mother, "The extraordinary thing was that she answered their questions with new details and honesty."
- Marina Smith co-founded the National Holocaust Center in Nottinghamshire.
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A Louisiana State University assistant professor launched Atlantis Industries, a startup using AI and ML to design and build satellites and other space infrastructure. The company's main solution is PHALANX AI for AI-powered space radiation analysis, anomaly detection, and forecasting. More: - Chancellor is a consultant on radiation effects during human spaceflights.
- Before LSU, he briefed NASA astronauts on the health risks of radiation during missions. He was a senior research engineer at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
- At LSU, Chancellor and his teams worked on advancements to detect space radiation and protect people and hardware systems during space travel.
- They created three technologies that Atlantis Industries will make available for enterprises and governments to use.
- For example, its AI system does radiation modeling to create better designs for aerospace equipment to weather space radiation exposure.
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Drugmaker Sanofi has inked an R&D deal with AI drug discovery firm Atomwise. The companies will use Atomwise's deep learning-based AtomNet platform to find and research as many as five drug targets. More: - Under the terms, Sanofi will pay $20M upfront to Atomwise to identify, synthesize, and advance compounds for the targets.
- If successful, the deal provides R&D and sales milestones that could deliver up to $1B in Atomwise, as well as tiered royalties.
- The company's AtomNet platform utilizes deep learning for drug design, leveraging a library of over 3 trillion synthesizable compounds.
- In January, Sanofi said it had expanded its partnership with another AI drug discovery firm, Exscientia, in a milestone deal worth up to $5.2B. They are seeking to develop as many as 15 drug candidates related to cancer and immunology.
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 |  | Beth is a writer and editor at Inside.com covering artificial intelligence and daily technology news. You can reach her at Beth.Duckett@inside.com. |   | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 and 1972 Fords. | |
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