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Shaundra B. Daily of Duke University
Duke Trailblazer: Shaundra Daily
9/9/24 Duke Centennial

Duke Trailblazer: Shaundra Daily

For Shaundra Daily, helping to create a more equitable STEM education system is an important part of her work

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“Model Collapse” Threatens to Kill Progress on Generative AIs
9/4/24 Freethink

“Model Collapse” Threatens to Kill Progress on Generative AIs

Emily Wenger explains that if you feed an AI its own dog images enough times, errors in those images will eventually prevent it from being able to produce images that look like dogs at all.

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AI Learning From Its Own Nonsense Might Just Self-Destruct, Experts Warn
7/26/24 Gizmodo

AI Learning From Its Own Nonsense Might Just Self-Destruct, Experts Warn

Emily Wenger emphasizes the risks associated with recursive self-improvement in AI models. She highlights that without careful oversight, these systems might amplify their own mistakes, leading to unpredictable and potentially harmful outcomes.

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China Is Closing the AI Gap With the United States
7/25/24 The New York Times

China Is Closing the AI Gap With the United States

Yiran Chen discusses China's initiatives to bridge the gap in AI development and the influence of open-source AI models on the US-China competition.

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Revolutionizing the Abilities of Adaptive Radar With AI
7/19/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Revolutionizing the Abilities of Adaptive Radar With AI

AI approaches and an enormous open-source dataset could spark rapid advancements in adaptive radar systems similar to those seen in computer vision over the past two decades

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Lightning Talks
7/17/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Lightning Talks

Take a deep dive into the flashiest secrets of this common but little understood natural phenomenon with leading researcher Steve Cummer.

Pratt Trailblazers: Jimmie Lenz
7/5/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Pratt Trailblazers: Jimmie Lenz

Jimmie Lenz embraced the transformative potential of blockchain technology and digital assets early on—a vision that ultimately reshaped his career trajectory and brought him to Duke University