AI/ML News

Elon Musk Threatens FBI Agents and Air Traffic Controllers With Forced Resignation If They Don’t Respond to an Email

Employees throughout the federal government have until 11:59pm ET Monday to detail five things they accomplished in the last week.

1 year ago

How to get a robot collective to act like a smart material

Researchers are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by…

1 year ago

Supergiant Games battles back accusations it is working around SAG-AFTRA strike

After a public callout, the developers of Hades took to social media to clarify that they are not intending to…

1 year ago

DOGE Put Him in the Treasury Department. His Company Has Federal Contracts Worth Millions

Experts say the conflicts posed by Tom Krause’s dual roles are unprecedented in the modern era.

1 year ago

AI unlocks the emotional language of animals

Groundbreaking study shows machine learning can decode emotions in seven ungulate species. A game-changer for animal welfare? Can artificial intelligence…

1 year ago

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors, are expected to lose their jobs at the standards agency…

1 year ago

Like human brains, large language models reason about diverse data in a general way

Researchers find large language models process diverse types of data, like different languages, audio inputs, images, etc., similarly to how…

1 year ago

‘Indiana Jones’ jailbreak approach highlights the vulnerabilities of existing LLMs

Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of the conversational agent ChatGPT, are becoming increasingly widespread…

1 year ago

DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency

DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity…

1 year ago

Machine learning accelerates discovery of membranes to filter PFAS from water

Someday, your drinking water could be completely free of toxic "forever chemicals." These chemicals, called PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances),…

1 year ago