Researcher designs robot to help children cross streets safely
It looks a bit like a small lawnmower, but instead of dual handles, a single black pole with a tablet-sized screen attached rises from the machine.
Google Researchers Found Nearly a Dozen Flaws in Popular Qualcomm Software for Mobile GPUs
The vulnerabilities, which have been patched, may have novel appeal to attackers as an avenue to compromising phones.
DeepMind develops a robot that can play amateur level ping-pong
A team of engineers at Google’s DeepMind Project has demonstrated a robot capable of playing amateur-level table tennis (ping-pong). The team has published a paper on the arXiv preprint server describing how they developed the robot, how well it performed at different ability levels and how human players responded to playing with the robot.
Computer Crash Reports Are an Untapped Hacker Gold Mine
One hacker solved the CrowdStrike outage mystery with simple crash reports, illustrating the wealth of detail about potential bugs and vulnerabilities those key documents hold.
When AI aids decisions, when should humans override?
The $184 billion market for artificial intelligence shows no signs of slowing. A big slice of that market is organizations, from businesses to government agencies, that rely on AI to help make decisions. A 2023 study by IBM found 43% of CEOs are using AI to make strategic decisions.
OpenAI quietly releases GPT-4o update amid leadership turmoil
OpenAI quietly releases a cheaper, more powerful GPT-4o update as the company faces leadership exodus and fierce competition in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.Read More
Inside the Dark World of Doxing for Profit
From tricking companies into handing over victims’ personal data to offering violence as a service, the online doxing ecosystem is not just still a problem—it’s getting more extreme.
Humans change their own behavior when training AI
A new cross-disciplinary study by Washington University in St. Louis researchers has uncovered an unexpected psychological phenomenon at the intersection of human behavior and artificial intelligence: When told they were training AI to play a bargaining game, participants actively adjusted their own behavior to appear more fair and just, an impulse with potentially important implications …
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A US Judge Ruled That Google Is an Illegal Monopolist. Here’s What Might Come Next
Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling has triggered a potentially yearslong process to decide how to punish the company. For users, it could mean a future in which Google isn’t front and center everywhere.
AI for mental health screening may carry biases based on gender, race
A growing body of AI tools screen how people talk, searching for subtle changes that could indicate mental health concerns like depression or anxiety. A study finds that these tools don’t perform consistently across people from different genders and races.