MidJourney adds Pinterest-like ‘moodboards’ and support for multiple custom AI image models
Moodboards enable users to upload curated collections of images that act as inspiration for generating new art.Read More
Luigi Mangione Conspiracy Theories Are Going Strong
The man who allegedly shot United Healthcare’s CEO has inspired a seemingly never-ending flood of conspiracy theories about everything from his eyebrows to the number 286.
Breaking barriers: Study uses AI to interpret American Sign Language in real-time
A study is the first-of-its-kind to recognize American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet gestures using computer vision. Researchers developed a custom dataset of 29,820 static images of ASL hand gestures. Each image was annotated with 21 key landmarks on the hand, providing detailed spatial information about its structure and position. Combining MediaPipe and YOLOv8, a deep …
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Zero-shot strategy enables robots to traverse complex environments without extra sensors or rough terrain training
Two roboticists from the University of Leeds and University College London have developed a framework that enables robots to traverse complex terrain without extra sensors or prior rough terrain training. Joseph Humphreys and Chengxu Zhou outlined the details of their framework in a paper posted to the arXiv preprint server.
Synthetic data has its limits — why human-sourced data can help prevent AI model collapse
With model degradation, AI development could stall, leaving AI systems unable to ingest new data and essentially becoming “stuck in time.”Read More
Ekster’s Stylish Wallet is Pocket-Sized Perfection
This trackable wallet is compact and has a trigger for quickly finding the right card.
Cohere’s smallest, fastest R-series model excels at RAG, reasoning in 23 languages
Cohere’s Command R7B uses RAG, features a context length of 128K, supports 23 languages and outperforms Gemma, Llama and Ministral.Read More
Tips for ChatGPT’s Voice Mode? Best AI Uses for Retirees? Our Expert Answers Your Questions
If you missed our second live, subscriber-only Q&A with WIRED’s AI columnist Reece Rogers, you can watch the replay here.
Teaching a robot its limits to complete open-ended tasks safely
If someone advises you to “know your limits,” they’re likely suggesting you do things like exercise in moderation. To a robot, though, the motto represents learning constraints, or limitations of a specific task within the machine’s environment, to do chores safely and correctly.
‘AI-at-scale’ method accelerates atomistic simulations for scientists
Quantum calculations of molecular systems often require extraordinary amounts of computing power; these calculations are typically performed on the world’s largest supercomputers to better understand real-world products such as batteries and semiconductors.