Introducing the monthly round-up of our ESG Monthly Newsletter: ESG Perspectives by Mediapoint. In November, we delved into a diverse array of topics, uncovering insights and perspectives that shed light on the ever-evolving landscape of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) matters. From exploring the critical discussions at Cop28 to examining the role of Chief Diversity Officers in today’s workplaces, our aim is to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the most engaging stories from this month. Join us as we recap the highlights and gain fresh perspectives on the dynamic world of ESG.
The Government has pledged to spend £500 million over the next two years on the computing power for AI models to help make the UK a world leader in technology.
In his autumn statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the funding would help create new “innovation centres to help make us an AI powerhouse”.
The Government said the key to the UK creating a world-leading AI ecosystem was access to compute, which helps develop new artificial intelligence foundation models used to power programmes such as AI-powered chatbots and powerful problem-solving and analysis tools used by scientists and researchers.
The additional funding will bring the total planned investment in compute to over £1.5 billion, the Government said, which could allow researchers and start-ups to develop new AI models.
Artificial intelligence can generate Caucasian faces that seem more realistic than actual human faces, according to a new study.
As per the research, published in Psychological Science and led by experts at the Australian National University (ANU), more people thought the AI-generated white faces were human than the faces of real people.
The study found, however, that the same did not apply to faces generated of people of colour.
According to senior author of the paper, Dr Amy Dawel, the reason for the notable difference between generated Caucasian faces and people of colour comes down to the fact that AI algorithms are trained disproportionately on white faces.