AI/ML News

AI’s new power of persuasion: Study shows LLMs can exploit personal information to change your mind

A new EPFL study has demonstrated the persuasive power of large language models, finding that participants debating GPT-4 with access…

2 years ago

How Israel Is Defending Against Iran’s Drone Attack

The Iron Dome is going to be put to the test—but it's not Israel's only line of defense.

2 years ago

Star Trek’s Holodeck recreated using ChatGPT and video game assets

Star Trek's Holodeck is no longer just science fiction. Using AI, engineers have created a tool that can generate 3D…

2 years ago

House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program

The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the Section 702 spy program. It passed without an amendment…

2 years ago

Taylor Swift’s Music Is Back on TikTok—Right Before Her New Album Drops

Taylor Swift has seemingly reached a deal with TikTok to get her music back on the platform, just in time…

2 years ago

New computer vision tool can count damaged buildings in crisis zones and accurately estimate bird flock sizes

A team of computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst working on two different problems—how to quickly detect damaged…

2 years ago

‘Fallout’ Nails Video Game Adaptations by Making the Apocalypse Fun

Westworld creator Jonathan Nolan’s new show keeps Fallout’s gallows humor. He also packed the first season because “you have to…

2 years ago

A faster, better way to prevent an AI chatbot from giving toxic responses

A new technique can more effectively perform a safety check on an AI chatbot. Researchers enabled their model to prompt…

2 years ago

AI-powered ‘sonar’ on smartglasses tracks gaze, facial expressions

Cornell University researchers have developed two technologies that track a person's gaze and facial expressions through sonar-like sensing. The technology…

2 years ago

Section 702: The Future of the Biggest US Spy Program Hangs in the Balance

The US Congress will this week decide the fate of Section 702, a major surveillance program that will soon expire…

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