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What would happen if you let an AI security camera equipped with a paintball gun protect your family? A Startup introduces a home security camera equipped with a paintball gun, even equipped with an advanced version that shoots tear gas. Slovenia-based company OZ-IT recently announced PaintCam Eve , a line of automated surveillance cameras that will use motion detection and facial recognition to protect against suspected intruders. considered illegal. In the company's fun promotional video , a voiceover promises that Eve will protect owners from thieves, unwanted animal visitors, and any unlucky passersby who aren't paying attention. “non-compliance or tolerance” warning. The consequence of ignoring Eve's threats is that the subject will be shot with paintballs, or possibly even tear gas. PaintCam's website claims with the tagline: “Experience Maximum Security,” as Eve will offer owners “the perfect combination of video security and physical presence” thanks t...

Medivis, a medical technology company headquartered in New York City, has announced a successful  $20 million Series A  funding round , with a mission to set a new standard in the surgical field. based on augmented reality (AR) technology and artificial intelligence (AI).   The funding round was led by Thrive Capital, with participation from Initialized Capital and Mayo Clinic. Other investors include Bob Iger, Kevin Durant, Dr. Robert Spetzler, Hugo Barra and Coalition Operators. Medivis  has partnered with the nation's leading medical centers including  MD Anderson Cancer Center, Providence Health, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Northwell Health  and  Cincinnati Children's Hospital  . The company also announced an expanded partnership with  Veterans Health Administration  , the nation's largest integrated health system. Funds raised will be used to scale up the technology, seek regulatory approval and global com...

Large corporations and academic organizations are engaged in a fierce competition to develop commercially available autonomous vehicles. They have the power to drastically change our perception of and behavior around transportation. But how did we arrive at this cutting-edge invention that appeared unthinkable only a short while ago? The year 1500s We understand your thought process: driverless vehicles in the 1500s? Yes, exactly! Surprisingly, though, the original concept for an autonomous vehicle was conceived decades before the first automobile. Leonardo da Vinci invented a cart that could move on its own without needing to be pushed or dragged in the 1500s. Power was given by highly tensioned springs, and the steering was pre-assigned to allow the cart to travel along a predefined course. This apparatus is occasionally denoted as the initial robot in history. The year 1900s Francis Houdina, an inventor, drove a radio-controlled automobile around Manhattan streets in 1925 witho...

It is reported that Microsoft is developing its own large language model (LLM) called MAI-1, competing with AI products from OpenAI, Google and Meta. Microsoft 's latest large language model ,   MAI-1 , has 500 billion parameters, according to  The Information  . This value is higher than all the LLMs that Microsoft has ever created, far exceeding the 70 billion USD of Meta Llama 3, but less than a trillion USD of OpenAI GPT-4. In addition, after many years of using OpenAI products for more than 10 billion USD, Microsoft announced the first LLM developed by itself. Previously, Microsoft announced the Phi-3 mini small-scale model with 3.8 billion parameters for Ollama, Azure and Hugging Face services. The new LLM requires a lot of computing power and training data. Microsoft is said to have provided many servers equipped with Nvidia chips for the project. Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind and former CEO of startup AI Inflection , is the head of MAI-1. In March, Mi...

A number of Japanese telecom companies have created a high-capacity 6G wireless device that can transmit data at up to 20 times the 5G speed. Up to 330 feet (100 meters) can be covered by the device's 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) data transmission capability. In preparation for the launch of 6G, the companies have been working together since 2021 to develop sub-terahertz technology.  For the project, a collaboration consisting of DOCOMO, NTT Corporation, NEC Corporation, and Fujitsu was created. These businesses have been working together on sub-terahertz device research and development since 2021, anticipating the arrival of the 6G era. "Ultra-high-speed 100 Gbps transmissions in the 100 GHz and 300 GHz bands at distances of up to 100 meters" have been achieved in tests, the businesses said in a statement. Challenges of the frequency frontier The main differences between 5G and 6G are the electromagnetic spectrum frequency bands in which they operate. Operatin...

The tight-knit business of high-end semiconductor fabrication provides the foundational technologies for the creation of AI. US IT giants like Nvidia and Intel dominate the creation and design of cutting-edge computer chips. The massive Taiwanese company TSMC produces 92% of the cutting-edge chips in the world at its plants, giving it a stranglehold on the actual manufacture of chips created in the United States. This $362 billion "beyond well-positioned" Dutch corporation is subtly leading the race for the world's best AI chip Afterwards, there is ASML. The less well-known company was established in the Netherlands in 1984, and it has become a market leader in a particular sector by manufacturing and supplying the sophisticated, highly specialized equipment that TSMC and other foundries use to produce and package semiconductors. Though ASML may not receive as much attention as other chip makers, the $362 billion company is nonetheless a key player in the semiconducto...