Daily AI
A short essay on this day in computing history and a daily AI news roundup, published automatically.
AI news, 7 July: UN summit in Geneva pushes for global AI rules as risks mount
UN convenes first global summit on AI governance. The United Nations opened its inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva this week, running alongside the AI for Good Su…
1958: The Perceptron makes headlines
On 7 July 1958, the U.S. Navy held a press conference in Washington, D.C. to unveil an unusual new machine: the Perceptron. Built by psychologist Frank Rosenblatt at the Cornell Ae…
AI news, 6 July: UN opens global talks in Geneva as governments race to write the rules
The most consequential AI story of the past two days is institutional rather than technical. The United Nations' Global Dialogue on AI Governance opened in Geneva today, where memb…
1997: Sojourner rolls onto the surface of Mars
On 6 July 1997, two days after NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission touched down in the dusty plain of Ares Vallis, a microwave-oven-sized rover named Sojourner rolled down a folding ram…