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Artificial intelligence has become increasingly central, which is the reason why we have made it a priority on the agenda of the Italian G7 Presidency and in Europe. Its impact affects not only our lives, our societies, our economies, but also international relations and security strategies themselves. Artificial intelligence confronts us with impo...

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The annual event of ISSNAF (Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation), which brings together thousands of Italian scientists, academics, and technologists working in laboratories, universities, and research and innovation centers across North America, began today at the Embassy of Italy in Washington. In opening the event, Italy’...

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The Vatican launched on Monday new Artificial Intelligence-enabled services for St Peter's Basilica, allowing virtual access to its Renaissance-era architectural treasures for all and enhanced tours for visitors. The new experiences were unveiled in time for the Catholic Church's Holy Year or Jubilee celebrations in 2025, which come around every qu...

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Lara, the world's most powerful automatic translator, developed by the Italian company Translated and powered by artificial intelligence, became available online on Monday, November 4. Translated combines human creativity with new technologies to produce reliable translations quickly. The artificial intelligence model was trained in partnership wit...

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Microsoft has unveiled Julia, a new Artificial Intelligence-based virtual assistant designed to help the 35 million visitors expected in Rome for the Vatican's Jubilee Year 2025. The virtual guide, which was developed in collaboration with OpenAI and the city of Rome, will be accessible via digital channels such as WhatsApp and all main messaging c...

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In the spring of 2023, as he drove to his SpaceX internship in Starbase, Texas, a college student named Luke Farritor found himself riveted by a podcast. The hosts were describing a competition with an audacious goal: to read a 2,000-year-old scroll without physically unrolling it. The manuscript was part of a cache of papyrus rolls buried and carb...

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Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab plans to invest 4.3 billion euros ($4.8 billion) over the next two years to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure in northern Italy, it said on Wednesday. Microsoft said in a statement the investment would be the U.S. company's largest in Italy to date. It will make the cloud region I...

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Thursday October 10 2024, from 18:30 to 20:30 (Local time). IIC San Francisco, 710 Sansome St, San Francisco CA. Register here. AI and Contemporary Art: Discovering Catherine Gipton. The First AI-Powered Virtual Art Curator, created by artist Alessandro Scali. A presentation with Alessandro Scali in conversation with Patricia Buffa dedicated to the...

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Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the business world and has established itself as a stable presence in the business of enterprises. More than three-quarters (77 %) of Italian respondents to our research say they have direct experience with the new technology. Most of them use AI predominantly in their private lives (43 %), or in the work...

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Researchers are using cutting-edge AI models to “read” ancient scrolls superheated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79, which covered much of the Bay of Naples in ash—including the now-famous towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Though the work to decode the scrolls began centuries before the artificial intelligence revolution emerged, myriad new...

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