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AI image watermarks can survive new model training, but durability varies by design

Watermarks are increasingly being used to make AI-generated images recognizable and to ensure their origin can be traced. Previous research has focused on whether watermarks can withstand image manipulation. CISPA researcher ...

Robotics

Two-armed robot throws and catches balls with human-like movements

Humans can move their limbs very rapidly and coordinate their movements with high precision to tackle specific manual tasks. While robots have become increasingly advanced in recent years, many of them remain less agile than ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

Wristwatch-type wearable sensor enables real-time monitoring of sodium and potassium

Sweat can serve as a real-time source of information about the body's current state. For example, wearable sensors designed to measure sodium and potassium in sweat could provide biochemical information relevant to physiological ...

Computer Sciences

Neural network study sheds light on how AI chatbots 'reason' like humans

When humans write sentences or solve math problems, they are thinking symbolically—each number, variable or word is expressed by a symbol. While AI chatbots do not "think" that way, if prompted, they can offer cogent advice ...

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Robotics

PhoneBot gives old smartphones a new job on two legs

Smartphones combine cameras, motion sensors and powerful processors in devices that fit inside a pocket. These features could also make them useful components for robots, reducing the need to buy and connect separate sensors, ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Simple math formula predicts when AI chatbots will go rogue

Most of us now carry in our pockets devices capable of running small AI chatbots. These chatbots have little safety oversight to ensure they don't provide information and answers with the potential to encourage self-harm, ...

Engineering

Heat-storing gel could cut buildings' energy consumption

Heating and cooling buildings account for a large portion of global energy use. A research team in the Texas A&M University Department of Materials Science and Engineering was featured on the cover of ACS Applied Materials ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Can your employer demand proof that you've slept well?

Fatigue can be just as dangerous as drunken driving. That is why both researchers and companies are increasingly investing in technologies that can monitor and improve our sleep. But what happens if sleep is no longer regarded ...