Did you know that cats have been to the moon? That it is safe to stare at the sun for 15 minutes or even longer, as long as you have dark skin? Or that, to stay healthy, you should eat one small stone a day? These are some of the latest pearls of wisdom that … Read more
ELON Musk has warned Windows users to disable a controversial new AI feature that looks like “a Black Mirror episode”. The Tesla chief was quick to reveal his thoughts on Microsoft’s latest update to Windows 11 devices this summer, amid fears it could bear similarities to a near-future dystopia. Tesla owner and tech genius Elon … Read more
Resume: A new study shows that the brain prioritizes remembering images that are more difficult to explain. Researchers used a computational model and behavioral experiments to show that scenes that were difficult for the model to reconstruct were more memorable for participants. This finding helps explain why certain visual experiences stick in our memory. The … Read more
MILLIONS of Google Chrome users have been urged to update the browser app after researchers discovered a dangerous high-level vulnerability. Google researchers have discovered a serious security riskCredit: Getty The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-5274, is a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. The issue was reported on May 20 … Read more
Resume: Researchers developed an AI model of the fruit fly’s brain to understand how vision drives behavior. By genetically silencing specific visual neurons and observing behavioral changes, they trained the AI to accurately predict neural activity and behavior. Their findings show that combinations of multiple neurons, rather than individual types, process visual data in a … Read more
Apple is about to unveil an automatic notification summary feature as part of a suite of new artificial intelligence features in iOS 18, Apple said. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. In today’s edition of his “Power On” newsletter, Gurman provided more details on what to expect from Apple’s first big push into generative AI at the upcoming … Read more
On Monday, OpenAI announced exciting new product news: ChatGPT can now talk like a human. It has a cheerful, slightly endearing female voice that sounds impressively non-robotic, and a little familiar if you’ve seen a certain Spike Jonze film from 2013. “Her,” tweeted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, referring to the film where a man falls … Read more