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🏠️A New Era in Roof Safety: AI vs. Asbestos

🏠️A New Era in Roof Safety: AI vs. Asbestos

Megan Phillips
May 2nd, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Welcome to Today’s Newsletter!

Today:

Can AI Spot Asbestos?
Claude comes to IOS
Stripe takes Crypto payments
GPT - Consensus - Looking for reliable science insights?"

Quote of the day

“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world”

MALALA YOUSAFZAI

AI Matters Top News Pick

Can AI Spot Asbestos?

The Challenge

Asbestos roofs pose a significant health risk due to their carcinogenic properties. Finding these materials can be like finding a needle in a haystack because they often blend in with other types of roofing.

Traditional methods of detection involve labor-intensive inspections and are time-consuming and costly.

The AI Solution

Researchers have developed a new AI tool that leverages machine learning to analyze aerial imagery.

The tool efficiently identifies asbestos-containing roofs with higher accuracy and speed than traditional methods.

By using advanced algorithms, the AI can differentiate between asbestos and non-asbestos roofing materials, providing a much-needed technological boost to public health efforts.

Why It Matters

This technology represents a significant step forward in the fight against asbestos-related health issues.

By streamlining the identification process, it enables quicker interventions and reduces the risk of exposure to harmful fibers.

Governments and organizations can now respond more swiftly to potential hazards, ultimately protecting public health and ensuring safer environments.

AI Matters News Highlights

Atlassian: Atlassian launches its new AI teammate Revo. The most interesting part, may be the new Rovo Agents, which can be used to automate workflows in tools like Jira and Confluence.

Crypto: Stripe to start taking Crypto payments after a 6 year hiatus, starting with USDC stablecoin

Claude: Now coming to IOS. This development makes it easier for users to leverage the chatbot's AI capabilities directly from their iPhones, broadening the range of AI tools available on mobile platforms.

Casino Player Behaviour: AI is enhancing safety in online casinos by improving fraud detection, monitoring player behavior, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Advanced algorithms analyze patterns to detect suspicious activity, while also identifying potential gambling issues among players.

GPT Of The Day

GPT Consensus By consensus.app

Consensus

Your Scientific Research Companion

Consensus will assist with finding and synthesizing scientific research papers to answer specific queries and facilitate academic research, making it easier to find relevant studies and derive insights. Ideal for students, researchers, and academics.

This GPT is perfect for Academics, Researchers and students.

User Case	Prompt
An academic researcher needs to incorporate the latest findings on the impact of climate change on ocean acidification into their journal article.	"Summarize the most recent research on the impact of climate change on ocean acidification."
A college student is writing a thesis on the role of artificial intelligence in diagnosing neurological diseases and needs comprehensive background information.	"Provide an overview of recent studies discussing the use of artificial intelligence in diagnosing neurological diseases."
A policy maker is considering the introduction of a new public health policy aimed at increasing vaccination rates and needs evidence of the effectiveness of similar policies.	"Review the effectiveness of health policies aimed at increasing vaccination rates."

Pros
- It has access to extensive scientific databases
- It can provide a quick synthesis of research findings
- It is user-friendly, helping those that are not experts
Cons
- It is dependant on existing research databases
- It may not be able to interpret complex queries without precise instructions
- It is limited to written content only, it cannot provide experimental data

USER REVIEW

4.3 out of 5 Stars

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AI Matters Bits and Bytes

AI Matters Book Club - May

Dive into the World of AI with Our Monthly Book Club!
This month’s pick is:

Life 3.0 - By Max Tegmark

Each month, we explore a fascinating book that sheds light on the many facets of artificial intelligence, from its ethical dilemmas to groundbreaking innovations.

"Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" by Max Tegmark takes us to the heart of the latest thinking about AI, Max Tegmark, the MIT professor whose work has helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial, separates myths from reality, utopias from dystopias, to explore the next phase of our existence.

Don't miss out — it's time to get reading!

AI Matters Jargon Buster

“Blockchain”
A system of recording information in a way that makes it difficult or impossible to change, hack, or cheat the system. A blockchain is essentially a digital ledger of transactions that is duplicated and distributed across the entire network of computer systems on the blockchain.

This Day in History

2nd May 2000
Public Access to Precise GPS: U.S. President Bill Clinton announced that the government would stop degrading satellite signals for GPS, making highly accurate GPS available to the public. This decision by President Bill Clinton marked a pivotal moment in the history of technology and its accessibility to the general public. Previously, the U.S. government had intentionally degraded the Global Positioning System (GPS) signals available to civilians through a practice known as "Selective Availability" to prevent potential military adversaries from using GPS for precise targeting.