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New York City Takes Aim at AI
The Big Apple fields an action plan for artificial intelligence.
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Underwater Robots Could Usher in High-Tech Future for Deep Sea Mining
Renee Grogan at mining solutions developer Impossible Metals envisions underwater robots as key to harvesting precious metals from the seafloor without harming...
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U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt Military Operations
U.S. security officials say the White House is hunting for malware purportedly concealed by China within infrastructure critical to U.S. military bases.
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Fighting Fake 'Facts' with Two Little Words
Researchers have developed a method to decrease hallucinations by large language models (LLMs) by including "according to" in LLM queries.
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What Does a 'Twinkling' Star Sound Like?
A team of researchers three-dimensionally simulated the rippling waves of gas that contribute to stars' apparent twinkle, and rendered them as sound waves.
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Pills from the 3D Printer
Scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Informatics and the University of California, Davis, three-dimensionally-printed liquid-soluble tablets.
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Discovery of Smartphone Vulnerability Reveals Hackers Could Track Your Location
Researchers discovered a flaw in text messaging that could allow attackers to track smartphone owners' whereabouts.
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NASA Detects Signal from Voyager 2 After Losing Contact Due to Wrong Command
The U.S. National Aeronautical and Space Administration detected a signal from the Voyager 2 probe more than a week after transmission ceased.
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How MIT's Liquid Neural Networks Can Solve AI Problems from Robotics to Self-Driving Cars
Liquid neural networks represent a significant departure from traditional deep learning models.
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Giving Users More than They Can Handle
Are Microsoft's artificial intelligence files creating security issues for customers?
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Superconductor Claims Could Lead to Progress, Even If They're Wrong
Experts are right to be wary of claims that a room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor has been found, but the flurry of new research to confirm the finding...
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Machine Learning, Blockchain Technology Could Help Counter Spread of Fake News
A proposed machine learning framework and expanded use of blockchain technology could help counter the spread of fake news, according to new research.
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New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
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This Disinformation Is Just for You
Generative AI won't just flood the Internet with more lies—it may also create convincing disinformation that's targeted at groups or even individuals.
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Meta Will Let You Use AI Chatbots With Personalities, Report Says
Want to chat with Abraham Lincoln? Facebook owner Meta is an artificial intelligence leader, but rivals with advanced chatbots already are abundant.
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Allowing ML to Ask Questions Can Make It Smarter
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have improved the accuracy of machine learning (ML) algorithms for molecular biology and drug development.
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Gigantic Telescope Adopts Intelligent Maintenance Robots
Five "intelligent" robot systems and platforms have been cleared by authorities to maintain China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST)...
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Cigna Accused of Improperly Rejecting Thousands of Patient Claims Using Algorithm
A federal class-action lawsuit accuses health insurer Cigna of using a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of thousands of patient claims.
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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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