Image taken from the front cover of the Future of AI Research report. The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), has published a report on the Future of AI Research. The report, which was announced by outgoing AAAI President Francesca Rossi during the AAAI 2025 conference, covers 17 different AI topics and aims to clearly identify the trajectory … Read More
Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton win 2024 Turing Award
Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton. Image credit: Association for Computing Machinery. The Association for Computing Machinery, has named Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton as the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award. The pair have received the honour for “developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning”. In a series of papers beginning in the 1980s, Barto and … Read More
#AAAI2025 social media round-up: part two
The 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2025), which took place in Philadelphia, drew to a close on Tuesday 4 March. We take a look at what attendees got up to during the second half of the event, which featured invited talks, technical sessions, demos, posters, and the workshops. Outgoing AAAI President Francesca Rossi also announced the released … Read More
Bitwise CIO: Trump’s crypto reserve is good news for the market
Crypto market prices have dipped following US President Donald Trump’s proposed crypto strategic reserve because it holds more than Bitcoin Trump announced on Sunday, the reserve would hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano Matt Hougan, Bitwise’s CIO, lists three factors the market isn’t considering following the news Bitwise’s CIO has said that US President Donald Trump’s news about a … Read More
Visualizing nanoparticle dynamics using AI-based method
Static image taken from video (shown below). Left: a platinum nanoparticle imaged via electron microscopy. Right: using AI-based method to remove the noise. By Patricia Waldron A team of scientists has developed a method to illuminate the dynamic behavior of nanoparticles. The work, reported in Visualizing Nanoparticle Surface Dynamics and Instabilities Enabled by Deep Denoising, in the journal Science, combines … Read More
SEC to drop lawsuit against Kraken, ending a “wasteful, politically motivated campaign”
The SEC filed a lawsuit against Kraken in 2023 The agency argued that the platform was operating without conducting the proper registration Kraken said the SEC’s decision was a “turning point for the future of crypto in the US” The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has agreed to drop its lawsuit against Kraken, according to an announcement from the … Read More
Coinbase asks SEC for breakdown of cost of Gensler’s war on crypto
Coinbase goes after SEC for details on cost of war on crypto. The exchange has filed a FOIA request asking for SEC’s documents during the leadership of former SEC chair Gary Gensler. Coinbase has filed for a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that seeks a detailed breakdown of what the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spend on its … Read More
Forthcoming machine learning and AI seminars: March 2025 edition
This post contains a list of the AI-related seminars that are scheduled to take place between 3 March and 30 April 2025. All events detailed here are free and open for anyone to attend virtually. 3 March 2025 Pareto sensitivity, most-changing sub-fronts, and optimal knee solutions Speaker: Luis Nunes Vicente (Lehigh University) Organised by: Association of European Operational Research Societies … Read More
Congratulations to the #AAAI2025 outstanding paper award winners
The AAAI 2025 outstanding paper awards were announced during the opening ceremony of the 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence on Thursday 27 February. These awards honour papers that “exemplify the highest standards in technical contribution and exposition”. Papers are recommended for consideration during the review process by members of the Program Committee. This year, three papers have been … Read More
#AAAI2025 social media round-up: part one
The 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2025) is currently in full swing in Philadelphia. So far, delegates have been treated to tutorials, the first few of the invited talks, and an exciting variety of oral and poster presentations. We take a look at what attendees have been getting up to during the opening days of the event. … Read More
