Gig Workers Are Being Stabbed, Stoned, and Abused in India
An Uber driver was mugged. An Ola driver was beaten and left in a coma. Platform workers say tech companies are doing little to protect them.
New ‘AI scientist’ combines theory and data to discover scientific equations
In 1918, the American chemist Irving Langmuir published a paper examining the behavior of gas molecules sticking to a solid surface. Guided by the results of careful experiments, as well as his theory that solids offer discrete sites for the gas molecules to fill, he worked out a series of equations that describe how much …
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GPT has entered the security threat intelligence chat
Recorded Future announces the release of a GPT-powered threat intelligence tool that can generate real-time reports.Read More
The 10 Best Movies on Hulu This Week
From Triangle of Sadness to Boston Strangler, these are the films you need to watch on the streaming service right now.
Table tennis brain teaser: Playing against robots makes our brains work harder
Brain scans taken during table tennis reveal differences in how we respond to human versus machine opponents.
It’s all in the wrist: Energy-efficient robot hand learns how not to drop the ball
Researchers have designed a low-cost, energy-efficient robotic hand that can grasp a range of objects—and not drop them—using just the movement of its wrist and the feeling in its “skin.”
How businesses can take AI to the next level
Here are three use cases where distributed AI is helping organizations cut costs, meet regulatory needs and achieve technological advances.Read More
Kids judge Alexa smarter than Roomba, but say both deserve kindness
Most kids know it’s wrong to yell or hit someone, but what if that someone is a robot named Alexa? A new study asked kids how smart and sensitive they thought the virtual assistant was compared to a robotic vacuum. Four- to eleven-year-olds rated Alexa as more intelligent than the Roomba but felt neither deserve …
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Don’t bet on ChatGPT to always be rational
It’s a sure bet that Chat GPT will usher in an extraordinary new era of progress. But if you want AI to tackle tasks involving gambling, all bets are off.
Top three computer vision trends to follow in 2023
Why edge computing storage, upskilling and an increased focus on privacy will propel the computer vision market in 2023.Read More