According to a report by LinkedIn, Singapore has emerged as the fastest country to adopt AI skills. Since 2016, the number of people in Singapore who have added AI skills to their profiles has increased by a factor of eight, with an average of 20 individuals per year. Other early adopters of AI skills include Finland, Ireland, India, and Canada.
In the realm of AI startups, former Google employees David Ha and Leon Jones have founded Sahara, a startup focused on AI. Sahara plans to create multiple smaller AI systems that work together, similar to a school of fish. This approach aims to develop more cost-effective AI systems.
Saudi Arabia is exploring the use of AI to address one of its biggest challenges: vegetation study and forest creation. As part of the Green Saudi initiative, the country aims to plant over 10 billion trees. This ambitious project utilizes remote sensing technologies and AI to study vegetation patterns and optimize forest creation.
In the field of healthcare, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital have developed an AI program called Civil that can predict lung cancer development with 94% accuracy. This outperforms even the most skilled radiologists, highlighting the potential of AI in healthcare.
The Reserve Bank of India has unveiled plans to enable voice-activated mobile payments. This initiative aims to provide users with a convenient and secure method of making payments by issuing voice instructions. An AI speech recognition program interprets these instructions and executes the required transactions.
On a lighter note, Polydor offers a solution for cat owners who want to discourage their pets from bringing them unusual gifts. Polydor is a cat flap equipped with an AI camera that analyzes whether the cat has a gift in its mouth. If a gift is detected, the flap remains closed, preventing the cat from entering the house.
Lastly, there have been reports that the politeness and kindness of users towards AI models, such as ChatGPT, can influence the quality of responses. Users who provide more context and use polite language tend to receive better outputs. This highlights the importance of kindness and politeness in human-AI interactions.
In conclusion, Singapore’s rapid adoption of AI skills, global AI developments in various sectors, and the evolving dynamics of human-AI interactions demonstrate the growing influence of AI in our society.
