15 Best Mattresses You Can Buy Online (2023)
We’ve spent months and years testing dozens of bed-in-a-box hybrid, foam, innerspring, and certified organic mattresses.
Scientists use A.I.-generated images to map visual functions in the brain
Researchers have demonstrated the use of AI-selected natural images and AI-generated synthetic images as neuroscientific tools for probing the visual processing areas of the brain. The goal is to apply a data-driven approach to understand how vision is organized while potentially removing biases that may arise when looking at responses to a more limited set of …
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Researchers have taught an algorithm to ‘taste’
For non-connoisseurs, picking out a bottle of wine can be challenging when scanning an array of unfamiliar labels on the shop shelf. What does it taste like? What was the last one I bought that tasted so good?
Goodbye, graphic designers? COLE combines multiple AIs to generate editable designs on demand
The researchers tested COLE on 200 different graphic design projects, from advertisements to event promotions and marketing materials.Read More
These Clues Hint at the True Nature of OpenAI’s Shadowy Q* Project
Reports of a mysterious breakthrough called Q* at OpenAI sparked anxious rumors. AI experts say it’s probably just a conventional attempt to make ChatGPT a little smarter.
An AI-based approach to microgrids that can restore power more efficiently and reliably in an outage
It’s a story that’s become all too familiar—high winds knock out a power line, and a community can go without power for hours to days, an inconvenience at best and a dangerous situation at worst. UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Yu Zhang and his lab are leveraging tools to improve …
Sam Altman Officially Returns to OpenAI—With New Board Seat for Microsoft
The CEO’s memo to staff announces a non-voting seat for Microsoft but leaves questions about the future of chief scientist Ilya Sutskever.
How do you make a robot smarter? Program it to know what it doesn’t know
Engineers have come up with a new way to teach robots to know when they don’t know. The technique involves quantifying the fuzziness of human language and using that measurement to tell robots when to ask for further directions. Telling a robot to pick up a bowl from a table with only one bowl is …
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How do you make a robot smarter? Program it to know what it doesn’t know
Modern robots know how to sense their environment and respond to language, but what they don’t know is often more important than what they do know. Teaching robots to ask for help is key to making them safer and more efficient.
Highlights from the AWS re:Invent keynote: Q AI, strong bedrock foundation, and a smarter cloud
In a wide ranging keynote session that was nearly 2.5 hours long, Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon Web Services, detailed the continued progressRead More