Tag: ai
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Google launches Operation Blue Skies contrail avoidance trial
601BGoogle, working with UK partners including NATS, Imperial College London, and the Met Office, announced Operation Blue Skies, the world's first state-backed trial to reduce contrails at scale. The 30-month program will operate in the Shanwick airspace of the eastern North Atlantic corridor, which accounts for approximately 5% of global contrail warming. AI-powered forecasts will enable slight flight deviations to avoid contrail-sensitive regions, with around 10,000 flights per year passing through the trial area. The program is co-funded by industry partners and the UK Department for Transport.
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Google partners with five major football clubs for Gemini and Pixel
497BGoogle announced partnerships with Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona, FC Bayern München, Liverpool FC, and Paris Saint-Germain as Official Consumer AI and Official Smartphone Partner. Gemini will serve as a personal assistant to help fans access match insights and club information, while Pixel will capture behind-the-scenes content through the "Shot on Pixel" series. The partnerships include a commitment to increase visibility of women's football through equal coverage across men's and women's teams.
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Indonesia Opens First University AI Technology Center in Yogyakarta
785BUniversitas Gadjah Mada, Indosat, NVIDIA, and Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs launched the UGM Indosat NVIDIA AI Technology Center in Yogyakarta, the country's first university-based AI technology center, to develop local AI talent and address national priorities. The center provides researchers and students access to NVIDIA's AI platform and GPU Merdeka, Indosat's sovereign GPU-as-a-service offering, along with enterprise-grade computing resources and mentorship. Three initial projects focus on healthcare (eNose-TB breath screening for tuberculosis detection in rural areas), agriculture (SmartAgri for precision farming using satellite imagery and sensor data), and disaster preparedness (Tech4Disaster for geospatial AI processing of satellite data).
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Google introduces Sheets canvas for custom spreadsheet visualizations
601BGoogle has introduced Sheets canvas, a feature built with Gemini that converts spreadsheet data into interactive custom layouts without requiring coding. Sheets canvas creates a read-write layer on top of spreadsheet data that syncs changes in real time between the canvas and original sheet, and can be edited by prompting Gemini to adjust layout, design, and functionality. The feature is available globally in English to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, rolling out to Google Workspace customers on Business or Enterprise Standard and Plus plans, and to Google AI Pro for Education subscribers.
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AMD acquires Taalas to enhance AI inference capabilities
446BAMD announced a definitive agreement to acquire Taalas, an AI inference silicon specialist founded in 2023 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Taalas' technology optimizes inference dataflows and reduces compute and memory bottlenecks in general-purpose architectures. AMD plans to integrate Taalas' technology into its accelerator roadmap and develop system-level solutions alongside AMD Instinct GPUs to complement its full-stack AI platform.