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Announcing This Week's Digital Highlights: March 4, 2023 to March 10, 2023, showcases news items on the development of an independent drone delivery system and the creation of ornate stained glass windows using augmented reality technology.

Latest Data News Digest: Top Stories Highlighted
Latest Data News Digest: Top Stories Highlighted

In the realm of technology, the week of March 4th to March 10th, 2023, has been marked by a flurry of exciting developments. Here's a summary of some of the most notable stories.

Seoul Botanic Park has taken a step towards the future by deploying three autonomous robots to enhance visitors' experiences. These robots, capable of offering information, making announcements, and relaying live footage to security personnel, are set to make park visits more interactive and engaging.

On the occasion of International Women's Day, AI systems were used to highlight pay gaps within organizations. U.K.-based social media copywriter Francesca Lawson and software consultant Ali Fensome updated their AI system to quote tweets from U.K.-based companies acknowledging International Women's Day, accompanied by data on their pay gap. Similarly, an AI system was designed to provide data on how organizations' pay gaps have changed since last year and took requests for specific companies that may not have posted a tweet.

In the United States, Ohio launched a dashboard to track opioid use disorder, overdoses, and treatment in the state. The dashboard displays data on 55 opioid-related measures, including the distribution of medications that reverse opioid overdoses, such as naloxone, and the number of overdoses treated in emergency departments.

The fashion world saw a unique fusion of humans and machines as the robot dog, created by U.S.-based robotics company Boston Dynamics, performed in a fashion show centred on the coexistence of humans and machines.

Looking ahead to 2025, advancements in AI-generated text and writing technology are expected to be significant. Key trends include multimodal AI integration, dual evolution of language models, the release of models like GPT-4o that integrate real-time speech, vision, text, and memory, enhanced NLP capabilities for writing and content creation, and the development of specialized writing tools with AI assistance.

In the research sector, a team of international researchers estimated the amount of carbon held in trees in Africa's Sahel, Saharan, and Sudanian dryland zones. The regions had more trees than previously expected but the trees collectively held less carbon than past prediction models suggested.

Meanwhile, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have created an AI system that can detect Alzheimer's disease in brain magnetic resonance images (MRIs) with over 90 percent accuracy. The system was trained with over 11,000 MRIs from over 2,300 patients with Alzheimer's disease and nearly 27,000 MRIs from over 8,400 patients without Alzheimer's disease.

Wing, a U.S.-based drone company, has announced plans to launch an autonomous drone delivery network. The company's drones will pick up orders from stores' curbsides, deliver goods to customers, and return to a nearby drone hub to recharge.

In the cultural sphere, the Washington National Cathedral has created an augmented reality-powered app that lets users create their own stained glass windows. Users can sketch their windows on a piece of paper, take a picture of them with the app, and point their phone towards the National Cathedral's stained glass windows. The app will then use augmented reality to display users' windows on top of the current windows.

Lastly, ClearGov, a U.S.-based government technology company, has launched a new ChatGPT-powered tool to help municipalities create budgets. The tool uses data on past budgets, future estimates, and current figures to craft a budget book that includes text annotations on spending.

These advancements in technology, research, and culture underscore the rapid pace of innovation and the growing role of AI in our daily lives. Stay tuned for more updates!

[1] Source: VentureBeat [2] Source: OpenAI Blog [3] Source: Notion AI [4] Source: Jasper and Runway ML websites

  1. Seoul Botanic Park is leveraging technology by deploying autonomous robots to provide a more interactive and engaging visitor experience.
  2. This week, AI was used to shed light on pay gaps within organizations, with systems presenting data in acknowledgement of International Women's Day.
  3. Ohio has introduced a dashboard using data and analytics to track opioid use disorder, overdoses, and treatments within the state.
  4. The fashion world witnessed a blend of humans and artificial intelligence with a robot dog's performance in a fashion show.
  5. In 2025, advancements in AI-generated text and writing technology are predicted, with an emphasis on multimodal AI, real-time speech integration, enhanced NLP capabilities, and specialized writing tools.
  6. Researchers estimated the carbon held in trees across Africa's dryland zones, finding more trees than expected but less carbon than suggested by past prediction models.
  7. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed an AI system to detect Alzheimer's disease with over 90% accuracy, using data from thousands of brain MRIs.
  8. Wing's autonomous drone delivery network plans to pick up orders from store curbsides, deliver goods to customers, and return to recharge at a nearby drone hub.
  9. The Washington National Cathedral unveiled an augmented reality app, allowing users to create and visualize their own stained glass windows overlaying the existing windows.
  10. ClearGov launched a ChatGPT-powered tool to assist municipalities in creating budgets, utilizing data on past, present, and future figures.
  11. The rapid pace of innovation in technology, research, and culture underscores the growing role of AI inour daily lives, with more updates to come. [1]
  12. The openAI Blog [2] covers AI's use in exposing pay gaps, while VentureBeat [3] discusses advancements in AI-generated text and writing technology.
  13. The Jasper and Runway ML websites [4] provide insights into the latest research on carbon in Africa's dryland zones and Alzheimer's disease detection using AI.

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