5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI microscope, generative AI in gaming and more
AI Roundup: An AI-powered microscope, developed by IIT Bombay, has been introduced at a district hospital in Malkangiri, Odisha, for malaria diagnosis; a study by Bain & Company predicts that generative AI will play a significant role in over 50 percent of video game development in 5-10 years. In a separate development, Guide to Europe unveiled its generative AI-powered travel planner. All this, and more in today's AI roundup.
PTI reported on Thursday that a first-ever AI-powered microscope has been installed at the district headquarters hospital in Malkangiri, Odisha. The microscope, developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, has been installed on a pilot basis and was inaugurated by Malkangiri chief district medical and public health officer Prafulla Kumar Nanda. It can help diagnose malaria easily with clinical accuracy and can differentiate between P falciparum and P vivax - two parasites of the disease.
American enterprise software company Databricks raised $500 million in funding including investment by chip maker Nvidia, taking its total valuation to $43 billion, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The company recently unveiled its AI LLM that can be used to create ChatGPT-like applications. Databricks Chief Executive Officer Ali Ghodsi said, “We're very excited about this strategic partnership with Nvidia to build custom large language models. This investment lets us double down on our generative AI strategy.”
According to research conducted by Bain & Company, generative AI will contribute to over 50 percent of video game development within the next 5 to 10 years. The study, titled “How will Generative AI Change the Video Game Industry”, involved surveying 25 gaming executives. According to the
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