The missing link of the AI safety conversation
To truly promote AI safety, we must democratize it. Only then can we implement the appropriate guardrails and maximize AI’s positive impact. Read More
Fujitsu Bugs That Sent Innocent People to Prison Were Known ‘From the Start’
Software flaws were allegedly hidden from lawyers of wrongly convicted UK postal workers.
Stability AI unveils smaller, more efficient 1.6B language model as part of ongoing innovation
Stability AI introduces Stable LM 2 1.6B, a compact, multilingual language model designed to enhance AI accessibility and performance for developers worldwide.Read More
How the Mighty Heat Pump Is Helping (but Not Solving) EVs’ Cold Weather Problem
“Any electric vehicle that doesn’t have a heat pump is a dinosaur already,” one expert tells WIRED.
DeepMind’s AI system AlphaGeometry able to solve complex geometry problems at a high level
A team of AI researchers at Google’s DeepMind, working with a colleague from New York University, has developed an AI system called AlphaGeometry that has demonstrated an ability to solve complex geometry problems at a high level.
The One Part of Apple Vision Pro That Apple Doesn’t Want You to See
Apple’s latest series of Vision Pro demos carefully obscures one important hardware feature.
Mini-robots modeled on insects may be smallest, lightest, fastest ever developed
Two insect-like robots, a mini-bug and a water strider may be the smallest, lightest and fastest fully functional micro-robots ever known to be created. Such miniature robots could someday be used for work in areas such as artificial pollination, search and rescue, environmental monitoring, micro-fabrication or robotic-assisted surgery. Reporting on their work in the proceedings …
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Machine learning method speeds up discovery of green energy materials
Researchers at Kyushu University, in collaboration with Osaka University and the Fine Ceramics Center, have developed a framework that uses machine learning to speed up the discovery of materials for green energy technology.
DataStax makes it easier to build generative AI RAG apps with new data API
DataStax unveils a new data API to simplify the creation of generative AI RAG applications, enhancing developer accessibility and optimizing performance with native vector database features.Read More
An AI Executive Turns AI Crusader to Stand Up for Artists
Ed Newton-Rex quit his job at startup Stability AI over ethical concerns about its collection of training data. His nonprofit Fairly Trained aims to deter startups from scraping the web.