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Fighting Impersonation by AI
Finding ways to determine whether a voice message is real or generated by an artificial intelligence.
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Measuring AI Creativity
Quantifying artificial intelligence's capacity for creativity requires an understanding of what creativity is.
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AI Luggage for People with Visual Impairments Nets Rave Reviews
The AI Suitcase offers features that surpass those of traditional smartphone guidance systems, providing enhanced safety and environmental awareness.
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Why Meta is Giving Away its Extremely Powerful AI Model
The AI debate splitting the tech world, explained.
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The Robots We Were Afraid of Are Already Here
The long-anticipated automation revolution has begun. Robots are ready to operate forklifts and do laundry. It's not as scary as it sounds.
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U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations
American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations, including during...
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OpenAI Discontinues Its AI Writing Detector Due to 'Low Rate of Accuracy'
Research shows that any AI writing detector can be defeated—and false positives abound.
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Aided by A.I. Language Models, Google's Robots Are Getting Smart
Our sneak peek into Google's new robotics model, RT-2, which melds artificial intelligence technology with robots.
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How Researchers Broke ChatGPT and What It Could Mean for Future AI Development
Researchers bypassed the safety guardrails for ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude with a series of adversarial attacks.
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AI Helps Scientists Eavesdrop on Endangered Pink Dolphin
Acoustic tracking technology could feed into conservation projects in the Amazon and beyond.
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Small Business Owners Embrace the Future – Majority Say They Will Adopt Generative AI
Survey shows two out of three business owners will try the technology in the next 12 months; 44% expect to hire fewer people due to AI.
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Using Cameras on Transit Buses to Monitor Traffic
Ohio State University researchers monitored traffic using cameras already installed on the Campus Area Bus Service's transit buses.
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Breakthrough in Monte Carlo Computer Simulations
A new algorithm uses Monte Carlo computer simulations more efficiently to explore nonequilibrium systems with long-range interactions.
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Laser Mapping Reveals Forgotten Maya City
Laser-mapping technology uncovered a long-lost Mayan city in the jungles of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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Researchers Poke Holes in Safety Controls of ChatGPT and Other Chatbots
A new report indicates that the guardrails for widely used chatbots can be thwarted, leading to an increasingly unpredictable environment for the technology.
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The SEC is Giving Companies Four Days to Report Cyberattacks
Critics question whether the new rules might do more harm than good.
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This Tool could Protect Your Pictures from AI Manipulation
PhotoGuard, created by researchers at MIT, alters photos in ways that are imperceptible to us but stops AI systems from tinkering with them.
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That's Funny—but AI Models Don't Get the Joke
A multi-institutional team of scientists tested artificial intelligence models' ability to understand humor.
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Robot Boosts Solar Energy Research
Scientists developed a new robot for advancing semiconductor materials discovery.
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At Wagner's Festival, New Technology Reveals a Leadership Rift
The use of augmented reality in a production of the opera "Parsifal" opening Germany's Bayreuth Festival has incited a financial and philosophical dispute.
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