Jan 31, 2024

Last year, a number of large businesses and individuals went to the media and governments and pushed the message that AI is scary, impossible to control, and might even lead to human extinction. Unfortunately they succeeded: Now many people think AI is scary.

This week's top AI news and research stories featured a project to support your AI research, how generative AI is working at the service of Indian chili farmers, an analysis of U.S. job listings that shows AI jobs' growth outside traditional...

The Batch AI News and Insights: Last year, a number of large businesses and individuals went to the media and governments and pushed the message that AI is scary, impossible to control, and might even lead to human extinction.

Text-to-video has struggled to produce consistent motions like walking and rotation. A new approach achieves more realistic motion.

An analysis of United States job listings shows AI jobs are growing rapidly outside traditional tech hubs. Researchers at University of Maryland analyzed the distribution of AI jobs among U.S. job postings. California hosts the largest concentration...

Indian farmers used chatbots and computer vision to produce higher yields at lower costs. The state government of Telangana in South India partnered with agricultural aid organization Digital Green to provide AI tools to chili farmers. 

The United States government wants to connect U.S. AI researchers with resources that can help them develop their projects.