NASA Delays Launch of Artemis II Lunar Mission Once Again
A failure in the helium flow of the SLS rocket has prompted NASA to delay the Artemis II moon mission. Rather than March 6, the launch is now targeted for April.
Jailbreaking the matrix: How researchers are bypassing AI guardrails to make them safer
A paper written by University of Florida Computer & Information Science & Engineering, or CISE, Professor Sumit Kumar Jha, Ph.D., contains so many science fiction terms, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a Hollywood script: Nullspace steering. Red teaming. Jailbreaking the matrix. But Jha’s work is decidedly focused on real life, most notably strengthening the …
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Sony’s WH-CH720N headphones offer excellent value at full price, but right now they’re a steal.
Sony’s WH-CH720N headphones offer excellent value at full price, but right now they’re a steal.
AI model edits can leak sensitive data via update ‘fingerprints’
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are now widely used by millions of people worldwide, as tools to source information or tackle specific tasks more rapidly and efficiently. Today, some of the most used are large language models (LLMs), computational models trained on large collections of texts that can process and generate written content in various languages.
The Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Won’t Bring Car Prices Back to Earth
Despite Friday’s SCOTUS ruling, many tariffs affecting the auto industry will remain. So will the other dynamics that have led to today’s historically high car prices.
Quantum computer breakthrough tracks qubit fluctuations in real time
Qubits, the heart of quantum computers, can change performance in fractions of a second — but until now, scientists couldn’t see it happening. Researchers at NBI have built a real-time monitoring system that tracks these rapid fluctuations about 100 times faster than previous methods. Using fast FPGA-based control hardware, they can instantly identify when a …
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AI chatbots provide less-accurate information to vulnerable users, study shows
Large language models (LLMs) have been championed as tools that could democratize access to information worldwide, offering knowledge in a user-friendly interface regardless of a person’s background or location. However, new research from MIT’s Center for Constructive Communication (CCC) suggests these artificial intelligence systems may actually perform worse for the very users who could most …
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A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon
The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep Ring cameras from sending data to Amazon—without breaking the hardware.
Most AI bots lack basic safety disclosures, study finds
Many people use AI chatbots to plan meals and write emails, AI-enhanced web browsers to book travel and buy tickets, and workplace AI to generate invoices and performance reports. However, a new study of the “AI agent ecosystem” suggests that as these AI bots rapidly become part of everyday life, basic safety disclosure is “dangerously …
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The Bose QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2 Headphones Are at Their Lowest Price in Months
Bose’s fabulous QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2 noise-canceling headphones are the best travel headphones and are $50 off.