Meta suggests using AI to fake the Northern Lights for those who missed the opportunity to see it in person. Some users disagreed with Meta's idea and posted their own ...

The AI chatbot is out and new multimodal models are in, which can handle images, audio, and text. Google's NotebookLM now has an AI podcasting tool called Audio Overview which ...

The fight against AI misuse and safety is gaining stricter regulation in the United States. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken enforcement actions against several companies for using ...

Gray Swan Collaborates with 600 Hackers for Advanced AI Model Red Teaming (Synopsis)

Researchers have developed AI models, called robot utility models (RUMs), that enable robots to perform basic tasks in new environments without needing further training. The RUMs allow machines to complete ...

Lionsgate Studios has paired with Runway, an artificial intelligence company, to create a custom AI tool for preproduction and postproduction on its TV and film projects. The tool is intended ...

The internet has made it easier to encounter and spread conspiracy theories, some of which can cause harm. Researchers have found that AI chatbots can reduce people's belief in conspiracy ...

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their pioneering work in artificial neural networks. These networks were inspired by studies of biological ...

Maryam Shanechi, the Sawchuk Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of the USC Center for Neurotechnology, and her team have developed a new AI algorithm that can ...

Generative AI models can swiftly create images based on prompts and have been used for various purposes, including identifying inherent biases and preserving memories. Researchers from Stephen James’s Robot Learning ...

Technology companies are facing a dilemma as they pursue the development of advanced AI models. These models, such as ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, require large amounts of energy for processing ...

The ability to replicate a human voice has become easier with new AI tools that can duplicate any speaker's voice from a voice sample. OpenAI demonstrated this with just a ...

Google's HeAR model analyzes millions of short audio clips to detect early signs of lung disease, including tuberculosis, before they progress. The model is trained on a diverse set of ...

Luma Labs has released Dream Machine 1.5, which is a major upgrade from its previous version, especially in terms of the generation speed and realism of the videos. The new ...

Researchers are applying artificial intelligence (AI) to lethal aircraft, raising questions about diminished human control in modern combat. Instead of soldiers piloting individual unmanned vehicles, air and seaborne drone swarms ...

Climate change conditions are fueling longer, more intense wildfires, making it crucial to detect them earlier. Google is funding an AI-powered wildfire-spotting satellite network, addressing the need for early detection ...

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) has produced a 756-page report stating that the U.S. is in a leading position in the field of AI and must maintain ...

Meta and Universal Music Group (UMG) have expanded their multi-year music licensing agreement to allow sharing of songs from UMG’s music library on Meta’s platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Horizon, Threads, and ...

The music AI technology startups Suno and Udio both have AI-based music models, trained using copyrighted music. Their AI tools allow their users to turn text into professional-sounding songs. However, ...

Meta has released SAM 2, a new AI model that can label and track objects in videos even as they move. This real-time identification is a significant leap for technology ...

Nvidia is working to create an all-knowing AI powered video analysis system. This will allow the understanding of everything occurring in all video cameras. It could be beneficial for law ...

Recently, humanity has been actively searching for alien life. The SETI and METI efforts have not yet found any evidence of intelligent life. However, as technology advances, scientists propose the ...

Global technology companies are reducing their workforces in order to invest more in artificial intelligence (AI). Layoffs.fyi reported that over 165,000 technology workers were laid off in 2022 and 264,000 ...

According to Geoffrey Hinton, the "Godfather of AI," California was the birthplace of artificial intelligence (AI) 40 years ago and is now attempting to regulate the research and development of ...

X, Elon Musk's social media platform, is now feeding user posts to Grok, its generative AI chatbot. By default, X uses all posts, interactions, and results to train and retrain ...

Large language models (LLMs) like those produced by OpenAI and Google need extensive training data to function. However, there are concerns that new data may not be available to train ...

Safeguarded AI is a UK government-funded project to incorporate safety measures into AI systems. It was created to use AI monitoring systems to assess the safety of other client AI ...

A new AI chatbot, named Climate Answers, has been launched by The Washington Post, utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to answer questions about climate change, giving links to relevant sources, too. ...

The U.S. military is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to counter the growing threat of small drones. The U.S. Army recently awarded a $55 million contract ...

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) has had a significant impact on the ease and accessibility of image generation and editing. This has heightened concerns about deliberately manipulated images causing ...

Human Rights Watch recently conducted an extensive review of AI training materials and found that images of children taken from the Internet were used to train AI models without the ...

According to some AI chatbots, President Biden is still seeking re-election, President Trump has not been shot, and Kamala Harris is not a contender for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. ...

An AI experiment conducted by MIT and Google Brain researchers showed that several Large Language Models (LLMs) can debate their preliminary answers with one another in order to reach better ...

Death has created a wealthy industry around a vulnerable population, who are open to products that claim to offer emotional comfort. For that reason, artificial intelligence (AI) venturers are gambling ...

Adaptive radar systems have been a key technology used for decades to detect, locate, and track moving objects. However, the fundamental performance of these systems has hit a wall, limiting ...

A recent Wired report disclosed that Apple, NVIDIA, and other technology companies utilized hundreds of YouTube videos for AI training. The YouTube dataset contained video transcripts from various educational and ...

NASA is using the Perseverance Mars rover to test artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help the rover autonomously find and analyze rock samples. PIXL, a spectrometer, now uses AI to ...

Meta's AI development in the EU and Brazil is being scaled back or suspended due to regulatory scrutiny over its use of user data. In the EU, Meta says it ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has partnered with Delft University of Technology's (TU Delft) Micro Air Vehicle Laboratory to train neural-network artificial intelligence systems to race drones for use in ...

A new artificial intelligence (AI) system called Live2Diff can transform live video streams into stylized content in real-time, with the potential to revolutionize entertainment and augmented reality experiences. Developed by ...

Scientists have trained an AI algorithm to count flowers on fruit trees using smartphone images. The system is being trained to predict harvest size months in advance, saving time, money, ...

The average human makes 35,000 decisions every day, from mundane tasks to important choices. But, how are those decisions are made? The process involves weighing options, drawing from past experiences, ...

Investigations by Proof News and Wired revealed that major AI firms have been using YouTube transcripts from nearly 175,000 videos without their creators' permission. These transcripts are an unauthorized part ...

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has proposed the COPIED Act. This act, led by Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell, attempts to address deepfakes and AI copycat violators by implementing a ...

European governments are uncomfortable with the concentration of power in the technology industry. They fear that European companies will become dependent on importing services and technology from the U.S., leading ...

Generative AI has contributed to a 23% increase in new fraud schemes in 2023. This growth led to a 58% increase in ad fraud on streaming platforms, which impacts desktop, ...

On July 1, 2024 a story was published on the Vérité Cachée, a pop-up French website, claiming that Olena Zelenska, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's wife, bought a new extravagant Bugatti ...

Apple made overt efforts to refrain from using the term "AI" during its 2024 WWDC meeting. In fact, Apple finally introduced generative AI features for some of its Macs, iPads ...

Small business owners believe that employees with AI knowledge can save them time and money. This is based on the latest Small Business Index from MetLife and the U.S. Chamber ...

The researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands made a groundbreaking discovery by utilizing an advanced mind-reading AI system. In their study, the scientists were able to generate highly accurate ...