Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.”
Chinese Hackers Target Trump Campaign via Verizon Breach
Plus: Apple offers $1 million to hack its AI cloud infrastructure, Iranian hackers successfully peddle stolen Trump campaign docs, Russia hacks the nation of Georgia, and a “cyberattack” that wasn’t.
AI mimics neocortex computations with ‘winner-take-all’ approach
Over the past decade or so, computer scientists have developed increasingly advanced computational techniques that can tackle real-world tasks with human-comparable accuracy. While many of these artificial intelligence (AI) models have achieved remarkable results, they often do not precisely replicate the computations performed by the human brain.
Cohere launches new AI models to bridge global language divide
Cohere released two new open weight AI models from its Aya initiative that looks to expand LLM performance for languages other than English.Read More
11 Best Sexy Gifts for Lovers (2024)
Curl up by the fire—or start your own—with our favorite vibrators, suction toys, lubes, and condoms this holiday season.
From accessibility upgrades to a custom cat-food bowl, this mobile 3D printer can autonomously add features to a room
Researchers created MobiPrint, a mobile 3D printer that can automatically measure a room and print objects onto the floor. The team’s graphic interface lets users design objects in a space that the robot has mapped out. The prototype, which the team built on a modified consumer vacuum robot, can add a range of objects to …
OpenAI unveils sCM, a new model that generates video media 50 times faster than current diffusion models
Two experts with the OpenAI team have developed a new kind of continuous-time consistency model (sCM) that they claim can generate video media 50 times faster than models currently in use. Cheng Lu and Yang Song have published a paper describing their new model on the arXiv preprint server. They have also posted an introductory …
Liquid AI Is Redesigning the Neural Network
Inspired by microscopic worms, Liquid AI’s founders developed a more adaptive, less energy-hungry kind of neural network. Now the MIT spin-off is revealing several new ultraefficient models.
Listening skills bring human-like touch to robots
Researchers give robots a sense of touch by ‘listening’ to vibrations, allowing them to identify materials, understand shapes and recognize objects just like human hands. The ability to interpret the world through acoustic vibrations emanating from an object — like shaking a cup to see how much soda is left or tapping on a desk …
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New tool makes songs unlearnable to generative AI
Nearly 200 years after Beethoven’s death, a team of musicians and computer scientists created a generative artificial intelligence (AI) that completed his Tenth Symphony so convincingly that music scholars could not differentiate the music originating from the AI or from the composer’s handwritten notes.