Star Trek’s Holodeck recreated using ChatGPT and video game assets
Star Trek’s Holodeck is no longer just science fiction. Using AI, engineers have created a tool that can generate 3D environments, prompted by everyday language.
House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program
The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the Section 702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the FBI to obtain a warrant to access Americans’ information.
Taylor Swift’s Music Is Back on TikTok—Right Before Her New Album Drops
Taylor Swift has seemingly reached a deal with TikTok to get her music back on the platform, just in time for the release of The Tortured Poets Department.
New computer vision tool can count damaged buildings in crisis zones and accurately estimate bird flock sizes
A team of computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst working on two different problems—how to quickly detect damaged buildings in crisis zones and how to accurately estimate the size of bird flocks—recently announced an AI framework that can do both. The framework, called DISCount, blends the speed and massive data-crunching power of artificial …
‘Fallout’ Nails Video Game Adaptations by Making the Apocalypse Fun
Westworld creator Jonathan Nolan’s new show keeps Fallout’s gallows humor. He also packed the first season because “you have to be careful not to leave too much down the road.”
A faster, better way to prevent an AI chatbot from giving toxic responses
A new technique can more effectively perform a safety check on an AI chatbot. Researchers enabled their model to prompt a chatbot to generate toxic responses, which are used to prevent the chatbot from giving hateful or harmful answers when deployed.
AI-powered ‘sonar’ on smartglasses tracks gaze, facial expressions
Cornell University researchers have developed two technologies that track a person’s gaze and facial expressions through sonar-like sensing. The technology is small enough to fit on commercial smartglasses or virtual reality or augmented reality headsets yet consumes significantly less power than similar tools using cameras.
Section 702: The Future of the Biggest US Spy Program Hangs in the Balance
The US Congress will this week decide the fate of Section 702, a major surveillance program that will soon expire if lawmakers do not act. WIRED is tracking the major developments as they unfold.
New code mines microscopy images in scientific articles
Deep learning is a form of artificial intelligence transforming society by teaching computers to process information using artificial neural networks that mimic the human brain. It is now used in facial recognition, self-driving cars and even in the playing of complex games like Go. In general, the success of deep learning has depended on using …
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14 Best Deals From the Target Circle Week Deals Event (2024)
The sun and the moon aren’t the only circles worth talking about this week. Target’s Circle Week deals event has a bunch of discounts on our favorite gear.