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Let’s together make 2025 a year to remember.
. 2025 will be a year of expectations. Will new leaders be able to deliver? It seems appropriate that 2025 has been designated the year of quantum science and technology by the United Nations. Because like Schrödinger’s cat, which (in a quantum thought-experiment) was both alive and dead at the same time inside a closed box, 2025 has hovered in…
Will AI be the spreadsheet of the 21st century? Large language models have changed how big corporations function, and the arrival of AI ‘agents’ – essentially automated Moneypennys – could prove irresistible. . If 2024 was the year of large language models (LLMs), then 2025 looks like the year of AI “agents”. These are quasi-intelligent systems that harness LLMs to…
Linguistic content emerges in the speaker’s brain before word articulation and rapidly re-emerges in the listener’s brain after word articulation. The contextual embeddings better capture word-by-word neural alignment between speaker and listener than syntactic and articulatory models. Summary: Researchers have discovered that brain-to-brain coupling during conversation is significantly influenced by the context in which words are used, not just by linguistic…
The European Parliament has approved the world’s first comprehensive framework for constraining the risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The sector has seen explosive growth – driving huge profits but also stoking fears about bias, privacy and even the future of humanity. The AI Act works by classifying products according to risk and adjusting scrutiny accordingly. The law’s creators said it would make…
The word “risk” is often seen in the same sentence as “Artificial Intelligence” (“AI”) these days. While it is encouraging to see world leaders consider the potential problems of AI, along with its industrial and strategic benefits, we should remember that not all risks are equal. On Wednesday, June 14, the European Parliament voted to approve its own draft proposal for…
Technology has a remarkable ability to revolutionise our way of life. In the past, cars replaced horse-drawn carriages, washing machines and vacuums saved us hours of housework, and mobile phones became much more than mere communication devices. Nowadays, the topic that dominates discussions at work, school, and even in our homes is Artificial Intelligence (AI). This conversation is largely driven…
Our esteemed client has the German edition of his bestseller book ‘Gap Selling’ just seen published on the market in Germany. The team at our specialist division AVALON | Books | takes pride in having been entrusted with the translation project, working from the English original. The preface to the German book also makes reference to our professional involvement. …