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Nimiipuu Health’s optometry, information technology, telephone operators and community health staff received the 2023 Indian Health Services Director’s Award for outstanding contributions and commitment to excellence.Nimiipu Health executive director Roberta Jose Bisbee said the recipients were determined through a process that included patient and employee satisfaction surveys and accolades initiatives.”I chose the top departments that have had success with quality improvement projects, teamwork and public outreach within their departments,” she said.The phone service is a new initiative for the hospital, she said, and having someone to talk to is especially helpful for older patients.”Our tribal members actually suggested they wanted…
Aelf and ChainGPT have partnered to add chatbots, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), smart contract generators, and other artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to aelf’s blockchain network. The partnership aims to accelerate aelf's transformation into an AI-enhanced blockchain and expand ChainGPT's AI-powered infrastructure for the blockchain industry into new markets, the companies said in a press release on Wednesday. “This partnership will enable existing and new developers to leverage advanced tools to create more dynamic and responsive applications and provide smarter, more intuitive interaction capabilities for their communities,” Brian Liang, chief operating officer at aelf, said in the release. “Together, we will provide…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) – Millions of dollars will be spent to address what South Carolina's prison warden is calling the biggest threat to public safety: the smuggling of cellphones into prisons.Law enforcement has linked these cellphones to drug trafficking, assassination orders to prison guards and even the deadliest prison riot in South Carolina history.”This is a matter of life and death. It impacts prison safety, it impacts prison stability and it impacts public safety,” said South Carolina Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Sterling.About $11 million in the new state budget will introduce no-cellphone programs to several state prisons.This will enable…
It all depends on this moment. The bronze and gold medal games are here! The Paris 2024 men's basketball tournament will conclude with a medal doubleheader. At 5am ET, Germany, led by Dennis Schroeder, will face Serbia, led by Nikola Jokic, who just pushed the US team to the limit in a close semifinal.And of course, at 3:30pm ET, the Rising Stars will take to the stage as Kevin Durant, LeBron James and the rest of Team USA take on France, led by young star Victor Wembanyama, and compete for the gold medal. It'll be a big ask for the…
The new search bot highlights a common problem with the technology.Illustration: The Atlantic. Source: Getty.August 9, 2024 6:26 PM This is Atlantic Intelligence, a newsletter where our writers help you make better sense of artificial intelligence and the new machine age. Sign up here.Tech companies believe that generative AI can change how we find information online, replacing traditional search engines with bots that synthesize knowledge into a more interactive format. Instead of clicking through a series of links, reading different sources, and deciding on the answer yourself, you might instead converse with a search bot that, in effect, reads it…
Whitney Uzoma, associate director of international student services at Kirkwood Community College, looks at a panel from the “Impact of Exchange” art exhibit on the steps of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in southwest Cedar Rapids on Friday. Global Tides Iowa hosted a roundtable discussion on the importance of international exchange programs and how to promote them. The outdoor photo exhibit, which runs through Sept. 10, features stories of life abroad from 38 U.S. Citizen Exchange Program graduates. (Jim Slosiak/The Gazette) CEDAR RAPIDS — From home-cooked meals to music and dance festivals to mesmerizing sunsets and sunrises,…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes physical AI will be the next big trend: New robots will take many forms, but they will all be powered by AI. Lately, Nvidia has been celebrating a future where robots are everywhere: intelligent machines taking over increasingly repetitive tasks in kitchens, factories, doctor's offices, highways, etc. And, of course, Jensen's company will provide all the AI software and hardware needed to train and run the AI we need. What is Physics AI? Jensen describes the current stage of AI as pioneering AI, creating the foundational models and tools needed to refine it for specific…
In 2020, I wrote about the SunCable project, excited by its ambitious vision. And now, in 2024, that excitement is building again as this groundbreaking project reaches a key milestone. In July, the Northern Territory Government gave its approval for Sun Cable to proceed with the Australia-Asia Power Link, billed as the world's largest renewable energy and electricity transmission project.The Australia-Asia Power Link is a groundbreaking initiative aimed at supplying large amounts of green energy both domestically and internationally. The project will deliver up to 4GW of continuous green power to industrial customers in Darwin and 1.75GW to customers in…
To receive industry-leading AI updates and exclusive content, sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters. Learn more Researchers from Meta and the University of Oxford have developed a powerful AI model that can generate high-quality 3D objects from a single image and text description. The system, called VFusion3D, is a big step toward scalable 3D AI that has the potential to transform fields such as virtual reality, gaming and digital design. A research team led by Junlin Han, Filippos Kokkinos, and Philip Toll is tackling a long-standing AI challenge: the scarcity of 3D training data compared to the vast…
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) – Wisconsin Agriculture Technology Days will be held next week in Chippewa County. Preparations continue today at the Chippewa Valley Music Festival site near Cadott. Since planning began in February, Wisconsin Farm Technology Days has had more than 500 volunteers help prepare the site. “We need an army. It's like a farm. Farm families are big families,” said Cheryl Scheidler, volunteer coordinator.We will be showcasing the latest agricultural machinery and preparing to network with farmers of all ages and genders. “Farm Technology Day is all about supporting youth and agriculture. The remaining volunteers are selected from…