Summary

  • Nvidia’s current 3.8trn set in December; much of Nvidia’s success is attributable to the AI hype train, as the firm has been labelled as the leader in AI hardware production.
  • Robotic surgery on human patients could be permitted within the next decade, after a team of US experts schooled a robot using video footage of human medics conducting operations using organs taken from dead pigs; subsequent tests using live pig organs resulted in a 100% success rate.
  • EU regulators are proposing rules for powerful AI systems to improve transparency, limit copyright violations, and protect public safety; these rules are unenforceable until next year, amid intense debate as to how aggressively new technologies should be regulated to pursue future economic success.
  • Waymo’s robotaxis have been made available to teenagers in the Phoenix area to ride alone, marking the company’s latest step towards full autonomy; the service, which will eventually expand to all markets in which Waymo operates its robotaxis, is available to users aged 14 to 17.

By SingularityHub Staff

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