Top AI News Today: Innovations in Healthcare, Beauty, and Space Technology; Ethical Dilemmas and Fraud Risks; Google’s AI Reshuffle, and More

3 min readAug 2, 2023

Here are the top AI-related news headlines today:

How A.I. is attracting new beauty industry customers: Companies are introducing A.I. robots to provide quicker and cheaper beauty services, raising concerns about potential job displacement in the beauty industry. (CBS)
Some U.S. government agencies are testing out A.I. to help fulfill public records requests: Agencies like the DOS, DOJ, and CDC are trialing A.I. tools to fulfill public records requests. (CNBC)
MIT Researchers Introduce PhotoGuard: A New AI Tool that Prevents Unauthorized Image Manipulation: MIT has introduced a tool to prevent unauthorized image manipulation in a world where AI-powered technologies can craft hyper-realistic images. (MarkTechPost)
Google reshuffles Assistant unit, lays off some staffers, to ‘supercharge’ products with A.I.: Google is prioritizing new advancements in artificial intelligence within its Assistant group. (CNBC)
AI use in breast cancer screening as good as two radiologists, study finds: A major trial has found that AI in breast cancer screening is safe and can almost halve the workload of radiologists. (The Guardian)
As Social Security official warns of A.I. fraud risks, one expert says criminal activity is ‘here right now’: Concerns are being raised about sophisticated fraud schemes involving A.I. tools targeting Social Security benefits. (CNBC)
AI-Generated Data Could Be a Boon for Healthcare — -If Only It Seemed More Real: AI-generated ‘synthetic data’ is being questioned for its ability to capture medical variables useful in research. (The Wall Street Journal)
This AI Paper Deploys a Light-Weight Foundational Model in Outer Space for the First Time: A new AI paper discusses the deployment of a light-weight foundational model in outer space, influencing space research. (MarkTechPost)
‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI models: Kenyan content moderators for Open AI’s ChatGPT describe the psychological trauma of reviewing content, low pay, and abrupt dismissals. (The Guardian)
Artificial Intelligence Is Creating Ethical Dilemmas. How Would You Solve Them?: The Wall Street Journal is inviting readers to share their thoughts on the ethical dilemmas that AI like ChatGPT raises. (The Wall Street Journal)

These stories highlight the diverse applications and challenges of AI across various industries, from healthcare to space technology, and raise important questions about ethics, job displacement, and technological advancement.