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AI chatbots must learn to say 'help!' says Microsoft exec
Generative AI tools will save companies lots of time and money, promises Vik Singh, a Microsoft vice president, even if the models must learn to admit when they just don't know what to do.
Machine learning & AI
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Robot waiters in Kenya create a buzz. But there are concerns about what it means for human labor
Children giggle as young people flash their smartphones to film robots carrying plates of freshly prepared meals on their inbuilt trays to deliver to diners in a busy eatery in Kenya's capital.
Robotics
12 hours ago
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On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world
The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians on Sunday had difficulty and doubts over navigating other social media in its absence.
Internet
12 hours ago
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You use Spotify to listen to music. Here's how money from ads and subscription fees flows to artists
Every day, millions of people use Spotify to stream music. A few years ago, it would've felt like an impossibility: Click, and bam—a seemingly endless catalog of recorded music opens up, right at your fingertips.
Business
21 hours ago
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Exploring the fundamental reasoning abilities of LLMs
Reasoning, the process through which human beings mentally process information to draw specific conclusions or solve problems, can be divided into two main categories. The first type of reasoning, known as deductive reasoning, ...
A quantum neural network can see optical illusions like humans do. Could it be the future of AI?
Optical illusions, quantum mechanics and neural networks might seem to be quite unrelated topics at first glance. However, in new research published in APL Machine Learning, I have used a phenomenon called "quantum tunneling" ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 31, 2024
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Pilot plant demonstrates iron-based hydrogen storage feasibility
Photovoltaics are set to meet over 40% of Switzerland's electricity needs by 2050. But solar power isn't always available when it's needed: there's too much of it in summer and too little in winter, when the sun shines less ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 31, 2024
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Research team proposes solution to AI's continual learning problem
A team of Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) researchers has revealed more about a mysterious problem in machine learning—a discovery that might be a major step towards building advanced AI that can function ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 31, 2024
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Australians now have the right to disconnect, but how workplaces react will be crucial
From Monday August 26, many employees in Australia get a new right, called the right to disconnect from work.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 31, 2024
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Child abuse images removed from AI image-generator training source, researchers say
Artificial intelligence researchers said Friday they have deleted more than 2,000 web links to suspected child sexual abuse imagery from a dataset used to train popular AI image-generator tools.
Machine learning & AI
Aug 31, 2024
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Brazil block on X comes into effect after judge's order
A block on Elon Musk's X social network in Brazil started to take effect early Saturday after a Supreme Court judge ordered its suspension, according to AFP.
Business
Aug 31, 2024
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Virtual and augmented reality can temporarily change the way people perceive distances, finds study
Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that using virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) can temporarily change the way people perceive and interact with the real world—with potential implications for the ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 30, 2024
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Researchers develop ultra-high efficiency perovskite LEDs by strengthening lattice
A research team has developed ultra-high efficiency perovskite nanocrystal light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by strengthening the perovskite lattice and suppressing the material's inherent low-frequency dynamics.
Engineering
Aug 30, 2024
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Morphing facial technology sheds light on the boundaries of self-recognition
Facial recognition is a critical part of self-image and social interactions. In an era of advanced digital technology, we face intriguing questions about communication and identity. How does altering our facial identity affect ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 30, 2024
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Transparency is often lacking in datasets used to train large language models, study finds
In order to train more powerful large language models, researchers use vast dataset collections that blend diverse data from thousands of web sources. But as these datasets are combined and recombined into multiple collections, ...
Machine learning & AI
Aug 30, 2024
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Professor highlights challenges in adopting blockchain for asset-backed securities
Mention "Asset-backed securities" (ABS) to certain finance professionals and investors, and the turmoil of the 2008 Financial Crisis immediately comes to mind. The causes of this generation's version of The Great Depression ...
Business
Aug 30, 2024
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Researchers formalize concept of transportation-enabled services
In the past two decades, technological leaps in urban infrastructure have driven an explosion of convenience and industry in services such as ride-hailing and delivery of goods.
Automotive
Aug 30, 2024
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AI technology and self-coordinating drones to detect and investigate wildfires
A swarm of self-coordinating drones for firefighting, as part of an effort to develop cost-effective early mitigation strategies for wildfires has been developed.
Robotics
Aug 30, 2024
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What if Big Oil championed—and profited from—the green transition? Here's how it could work
Like the petroleum industry itself, households are heavily invested in existing transport technologies. Getting oil and gas companies—and consumers—to switch to zero-emissions transport is a huge challenge.
Business
Aug 30, 2024
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Seeing the invisible: How X-ray reveals spatter behavior during 3D printing
Research conducted by UCL researchers reveals and explains the links between vapor depression shape and spatter dynamics during LPBF under various industry-relevant processing conditions.
Engineering
Aug 30, 2024
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