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New AI model for hi-res video generation, Pyramid Flow, is available as open-source software
A team of AI researchers from Peking University, Kuaishou Technology, and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, has developed a new AI model called Pyramid Flow, that can be used to generate virtual hi-resolution ...
Reduce demand and recycle critical materials like lithium in UK, say top engineers
A University of Sheffield professor has contributed to a new report calling for a national materials strategy that addresses the rising demand for critical materials.
Energy & Green Tech
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A robot to babysit your kids? Elon Musk sees advanced future with human-like machines
Ready for a robot to take on those menial tasks—and much more?
Robotics
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Google used influence, ultimatum to cut deal on California news
Google was negotiating to spend $110 million to support California's struggling journalism industry, but the search giant had a demand: taxpayers would need to contribute tens of millions of dollars as well.
Business
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Three-armed robot conducts German orchestra
A three-armed robot trained to mimic a human orchestra conductor has made its debut in the German city of Dresden, directing music composed specially to complement the device's skills.
Robotics
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Amazon wants to be everything to everyone
Amazon is bolstering its e-commerce empire while continuing a march deeper into people's lives, from robots to health care and entertainment.
Business
Oct 13, 2024
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Volunteers bring solar power to Hurricane Helene's disaster zone
Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Helene downed power lines and washed out roads all over North Carolina's mountains, the constant din of a gas-powered generator is getting to be too much for Bobby Renfro.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 13, 2024
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Integer addition algorithm could reduce energy needs of AI by 95%
A team of engineers at AI inference technology company BitEnergy AI reports a method to reduce the energy needs of AI applications by 95%. The group has published a paper describing their new technique on the arXiv preprint ...
Changing OpenAI's nonprofit structure would raise questions about its future
The artificial intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its nonprofit origins even as its valuation recently exploded to $157 billion.
Machine learning & AI
Oct 12, 2024
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Documents show OpenAI's long journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company
Back in 2016, a scientific research organization incorporated in Delaware and based in Mountain View, California, applied to be recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization by the Internal Revenue Service.
Machine learning & AI
Oct 12, 2024
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The Australian government's social media ban for kids will exempt 'low-risk' platforms: What does that mean?
In a speech to the New South Wales and South Australian government social media summit today, Federal Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland announced more details of how the federal government's proposed social media ...
Business
Oct 12, 2024
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Rooftop solar panels impact temperatures during the day and night in cities, simulation study shows
Widespread coverage of building rooftops with conventional photovoltaic solar panels may increase temperatures on hot days and lower them at night, says new modeling.
Engineering
Oct 11, 2024
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New algorithm helps read QR codes on uneven surfaces
Sometimes, we try to capture a QR code with a good digital camera on a smartphone, but the reading eventually fails. This usually happens when the QR code itself is of poor image quality, or if it has been printed on surfaces ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 11, 2024
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Telescopes can help bring renewable energy to isolated Chilean communities
Just published research in Nature Sustainability shows that building a renewable energy system for a telescope in Chile's isolated Atacama Desert could also cover 66% of a nearby community's energy needs, giving hope for ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 11, 2024
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Tesla's Cybercab: Elon Musk unveils robotaxi, pledges it 'before 2027'
Elon Musk on Thursday unveiled what he said was a robotaxi capable of self-driving, predicting it would be available by 2027—about a decade after he first promised an autonomous vehicle.
Automotive
Oct 11, 2024
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A quick and easy way to produce anode materials for sodium-ion batteries using microwaves
A research team has developed a process technology that enables ultrafast, 30-second preparation of hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries using microwave induction heating.
Engineering
Oct 11, 2024
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Can ChatGPT flag potential terrorists? Study uses automated tools and AI to profile violent extremists
Technology such as ChatGPT could play a complementary role and help profile terrorists and identify the likelihood of them engaging in extremist activity, according to a study which could make anti-terrorism efforts more ...
Security
Oct 11, 2024
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AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?
Hours after the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize in physics, he drove a rented car to Google's California headquarters to celebrate.
Machine learning & AI
Oct 11, 2024
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Renewables revolt in Sardinia, Italy's coal-fired island
The bolts securing the towering wind turbine were unscrewed under cover of darkness, an act of sabotage symbolizing a vehement pushback against renewable energy in Sardinia.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 11, 2024
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Reconfigurable manipulator robot designed to inspect pipes in challenging environments
The Interactive and Robotic Systems Lab (IRS) group at the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló has developed a mobile, lightweight, modular and reconfigurable manipulator robot, which includes a remote control station with 3D ...
Robotics
Oct 11, 2024
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