5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google Cloud announces Vertex AI Search, UK’s AI hackathon and more
AI Roundup: Google Cloud has introduced Vertex AI Search, offering early access to healthcare professionals. Meanwhile, the UK announced an AI hackathon that is set to take place at the end of this month, exploring AI's potential in education-related tasks. In a separate development, China aims to increase computing power by nearly 50 percent by 2025.
All this, and more in today's AI roundup.
Expanding its already vast portfolio of AI services and products, Google Cloud in a blog post on Monday announced that early access to Vertex AI Search is now available. Healthcare professionals and companies can take advantage of Google's AI-powered search to find accurate clinical information much more efficiently, and to search a broad spectrum of data from clinical sources, such as FHIR data, clinical notes, and medical data in electronic health records (EHRs).
UK's Department for Education, in collaboration with Faculty AI, the National Institute of Teaching, and the AI in Schools Initiative, announced that it is set to organize a hackathon between October 30-31. According to the release, participants will be asked to experiment with AI to test its potential in several scenarios such as marking exam sheets or creating lesson plans for teaching. Gillian Keegan, Education Secretary, said, “To reap the benefits in education, we need to improve our understanding of how AI works and safely. Participants of the hackathons will be supported by Faculty AI and the National Institute of Teaching to experiment and put forward solutions, paving the way for the future.”
In a bid to keep up in the AI race, China's ministries announced a plan on Monday to boost computing power by almost 50 percent by 2025. According to a CNBC report, China
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