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More for families. If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love LAist’s early childhood newsletter. Every two weeks, you’ll receive top reads and resources on issues affecting families with kids ages 0–5. At first glance, Zrinka Stahuljak’s comparative literature class appears to be like any other in the humanities — a hundred UCLA undergraduates in a lecture hall talking about “The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha.”Yet it’s actually the first in the division to use a digital textbook created using artificial intelligence. The homework assignments? Also created using AI. And same for the discussion guides.While some colleges have moved…
Artificial intelligence (AI) will be used to help detect breast cancer in 30 sites across the country as part of a new trial to test how AI tools can be used to help early diagnosis, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced on World Cancer Day. The technology will screen patients to identify changes in breast tissue that show signs of cancer. Currently two specialists are needed per mammogram screening, but AI would enable just one to complete the process, according to the DHSC. Nearly 700,000 women will take part in the trial, which is called EDITH,…
Artificial intelligence is reshaping online shopping, making it more efficient and personalised. From recommending products to negotiating deals and managing customer service, AI-powered assistants streamline e-commerce operations. Retailers and small businesses leverage AI to enhance search capabilities, optimise supply chains, and simplify checkout processes. If AI companies and their investors succeed, online shopping may soon revolve around conversational assistants, with automation handling everything behind the scenes. Dubai-based startup Qeen.ai is leading this transformation in the Middle East and beyond. The company has raised US$10 million in seed funding to scale its platform, which provides autonomous AI agents for e-commerce businesses.…
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a powerful change agent in the tourism ecosystem, GCC countries should join the AI revolution to realise their ambitious tourism goals, write Authors Vivek Madan (partner) and Nabil Katicha (principal) from Strategy&. Imagine a family planning a vacation. They tell an online travel booker’s chatbot when and where they would like to go, along with their preferred transportation, lodging, activities, and budget. Instantly, they receive a complete itinerary, cost, booking links, and videos of the destination. New AI tools – and generative AI (GenAI) – are turning such a vision into reality. AI is transforming…
Content creation can feel like an endless cycle, brainstorming ideas, drafting, editing, and trying to stay consistent. I’ve tested my fair share of AI tools that promise to make this process easier, but most either overcomplicate things or fall flat. Then, I came across Blaze AI. It claims to handle everything from content planning to execution, all while adapting to a brand’s unique voice. That sounded great, but I wasn’t convinced. Could an AI streamline content creation without making everything feel robotic? I decided to test it. Here’s what happened when I used Blaze AI to create and manage my…
Dubai-based qeen.ai, which provides agentic AI solutions for e-commerce, has secured a $10 million seed investment in one of the largest in the MENA region. Led by Prosus Ventures, with backing from Wamda Capital, 10x Founders, and Dara Holdings, this funding brings the company’s total funding raised to date to $12 million. The seed funding will support the company’s growth strategy by expanding the reach and capabilities of its agentic AI platform, scaling the team, and attracting a wider customer base. It plans to expand on its existing fully autonomous content and marketing agents to solve a broader range of…
The Crime and Policing Bill will introduce strict penalties for AI-generated child exploitation material. The United Kingdom is set to become the first country to criminalise the use of AI to create child sexual abuse images. New offences will target AI-generated explicit content, including tools that “nudeify” real-life images of children. The move follows a sharp rise in AI-generated abuse material, with reports increasing nearly five-fold in 2024, according to the Internet Watch Foundation. The government warns that predators are using AI to disguise their identities and blackmail children into further exploitation. New laws will criminalise the possession, creation, or…
In the two years since the release of ChatGPT, generative AI has upended higher education. From chat bots that converse with students to apps that can write student papers or purport to detect academic integrity violations, generative AI has rapidly become a go-to tool for college students, faculty and staff members. Students have quickly embraced generative AI’s power. A recent survey conducted by the Digital Education Council found that 86 percent of college students worldwide are using AI on their assignments, with nearly one in four turning to this technology daily to help them with their studies. Another survey found that…
qeen.ai a Dubai-based AI startup secured $10M in a seed round led by Prosus Ventures. The company plans to improve global e-commerce operations through agent-based AI solutions. The recent funding supports the platform’s growth, expansion, and customer outreach. Supporting Innovation in E-commerce qeen.ai has recently raised $10 million in seed funding to develop its platform of autonomous AI agents for e-commerce. Prosus Ventures led this round, with participation from Wamda Capital, 10x Founders, and Dara Holdings. This milestone brings qeen.ai’s total funding to $12 million. Wamda Capital previously led a funding round for qeen.ai last year, during which the company…
The use of AI has become fully integrated into many areas of our lives in the last 12 months, with people now using it for everything from planning holidays and writing letters to crafting wedding speeches. However, the widest use we’ve seen for it has been in the workplace. Whatever the sector, employees are finding ways of using generative AI software, such as ChatGPT or Microsoft 360 CoPilot for writing tasks, ideation or research, helping to make their jobs easier and to make workers more productive. In the last year, as employers and organisations have begun understanding how AI technology…