AI/ML News

Waymo Finds a Way Around US Restrictions Targeting Chinese Cars

Waymo confirms to WIRED that its planned partnership with Chinese-owned automaker Zeekr remains “on track.”

1 year ago

Transforming how AI systems perceive human hands

Making Artificial Intelligence systems robustly perceive humans remains one of the most intricate challenges in computer vision. Among the most…

1 year ago

Microsoft just built an AI that designs materials for the future: Here’s how it works

Microsoft researchers unveil MatterGen, which accelerates scientific discovery 15X and doubles success rates for stable compounds.Read More

1 year ago

They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They’re Suing Pump.Fun

The same lawyers handling a lawsuit over the infamous Hawk Tuah crypto coin are bringing a new class action against…

1 year ago

This fast and agile robotic insect could someday aid in mechanical pollination

New insect-scale microrobots can fly more than 100 times longer than previous versions. The new bots, also significantly faster and…

1 year ago

Skin-inspired optical sensor reads Braille at the speed of touch

Researchers have developed a fast and accurate flexible optical skin that can be used to read Braille. The advance could…

1 year ago

Luma AI releases Ray2 generative video model with ‘fast, natural’ motion and better physics

Impressively, all the motions in the example videos appear lifelike and fluid — with subjects moving much faster and more…

1 year ago

The FTC Suing John Deere Is a Tipping Point for Right-to-Repair

After years of complaints about “unlawful” repairability policies, the FTC is suing tractor manufacturer Deere & Company. Repairability advocates are…

1 year ago

Smart cameras provide advanced adaptive traffic monitoring

Effective urban traffic management remains a cornerstone of smart city development. With the rise of autonomous vehicles and connected transportation…

1 year ago

MiniMax unveils its own open source LLM with industry-leading 4M token context

LLM MiniMax-Text-o1 is of particular note for enabling up to 4 million tokens in its context window — equivalent to…

1 year ago