A Bloody Pig Mask Is Just Part of a Wild New Criminal Charge Against eBay
Plus: Chinese officials tracked people using AirDrop, Stuxnet mole’s identity revealed, AI chatbot hacking, and more.
The Surprising Things That Helped Make 2023 the Hottest Year Ever
The numbers are in: 2023’s global temperatures not only soared, but smashed the previous record set in 2016. This year could be even hotter.
Investigating dataset bias in machine-learned theories of economic decisions
Researchers at the Center for Cognitive Science at TU Darmstadt and hessian.AI have investigated the properties of behavioral economic theories automatically learned by AI.
Microsoft and SAP unveil new AI solutions for retail ahead of NRF 2024
Microsoft and SAP unveil AI advancements for retail ahead of NRF 2024, focusing on supply chain optimization and customer experience.Read More
The Real Problem With the Boeing 737 Max
Two tragic crashes over the past six years, then a third plane with loose bodywork—the aircraft designed to send Boeing’s reputation soaring has sent it into a tailspin.
Novel AI framework generates images from nothing
A new, potentially revolutionary artificial intelligence framework called “Blackout Diffusion” generates images from a completely empty picture, meaning that, unlike other generative diffusion models, the machine-learning algorithm does not require initiating a “random seed” to get started.
GPT-4 Turbo now powers Microsoft Copilot. Here’s how to check if you have access
Microsoft Copilot is quietly integrating GPT-4 Turbo, the latest and most powerful AI model from OpenAI, into its productivity tool that helps you work more efficiently and creatively. Here’s how to check if you have access.Read More
Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data
At a Senate hearing on AI’s impact on journalism, lawmakers backed media industry calls to make OpenAI and other tech companies pay to license news articles and other data used to train algorithms.
Researchers developing AI to make the internet more accessible
In an effort to make the internet more accessible for people with disabilities, researchers have begun developing an artificial intelligence agent that could complete complex tasks on any website using simple language commands.
AI helps whittle down candidates for hydrogen carriers in liquid form from billions to about 40
In a computational study leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have assessed 160 billion molecules, a number exceeding the people born in the entire span of human history. Their goal was to screen the molecules for suitability as liquid carriers of hydrogen.