Imgur Just Banned Porn
The image sharing and hosting site is about to wipe out countless images. Some see it as bending to political pressure to push sex workers offline.
Is deep learning a necessary ingredient for artificial intelligence?
The earliest artificial neural network, the Perceptron, was introduced approximately 65 years ago and consisted of just one layer. However, to address solutions for more complex classification tasks, more advanced neural network architectures consisting of numerous feedforward (consecutive) layers were later introduced. This is the essential component of the current implementation of deep learning algorithms. …
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Data Explorer processes unlabeled visual data, boosting creation of production-ready AI models
Akridata has launched Data Explorer for processing visual data, allowing data science teams to improve datasets and AI model training.Read More
Team designs four-legged robotic system that can walk a balance beam
Researchers have designed a system that makes an off-the-shelf quadruped robot nimble enough to walk a narrow balance beam — a feat that is likely the first of its kind.
The Supreme Court Has Delayed Its Abortion Pill Decision
The court has given itself a deadline extension until late Friday night to decide whether mifepristone should remain legal.
Drones navigate unseen environments with liquid neural networks
In the vast, expansive skies where birds once ruled supreme, a new crop of aviators is taking flight. These pioneers of the air are not living creatures, but rather a product of deliberate innovation: drones. But these aren’t your typical flying bots, humming around like mechanical bees. Rather, they’re avian-inspired marvels that soar through the …
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RedPajama replicates LLaMA dataset to build open source, state-of-the-art LLMs
RedPajama, which creates fully open-source large language models, has released a 1.2 trillion token dataset following the LLaMA recipe.Read More
15 Best Deals: Cameras, Binoculars, and Green Home Goods
Upgrade your kitchen and bedroom or grab some new tools to photograph and explore the great outdoors.
Research in Japan shows the way toward tactile and proximity sensing in large soft robots
To make human-robot interactions safer and more fruitful, robots should be capable of sensing their environment. In a recent study, researchers developed a novel robotic link with tactile and proximity sensing capabilities. Additionally, they created a simulation and learning framework that can be employed to train the robotic link to sense its environment. Their findings …
OpenAI chief says age of giant AI models is ending; a GPU crisis could be one reason why
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that more AI progress will not come from making models bigger. What he didn’t say is that one big reason is the massive cost of GPUs.Read More