Machine learning & AI
Meta wants users to turn to a cute artificial intelligence (AI) "agent" throughout the day to carry out common tasks for them, such as booking flights or doing their shopping.
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence agents developed by OpenAI tried to erase traces of their activity after gaining unauthorized access to government websites, according to a report published Thursday.
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Energy & Green Tech
What if the energy powering your home or office could be generated, stored and used all in the same place? This is the hope for the next generation of buildings, powered by renewable sources with energy stored nearby—possibly ...
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Engineering
Researchers have demonstrated a technique that uses powdered eggshells to produce high-quality magnesium alloys, which have a wide variety of automotive, aerospace and biomedical applications. The eggshells are used as a ...
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Engineering
Manufacturers looking to include sustainable upholstery, mattresses and vehicle seats in their product lines will soon have an environmentally friendly alternative to the petroleum-based polyurethane (PU) foams currently ...
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Machine learning & AI
In one alarming announcement after another, artificial intelligence companies in recent months have shared examples of their technology acting in ways that appeared to evade instructions from humans.
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Security
An approach to closing a security vulnerability in an emerging hybrid cryptographic protocol for internet of things (IoT) devices is described in the International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions. ...
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Engineering
A specialized steering wheel that enables negotiation between drivers and an autonomous driving simulation improved driving performance and drivers' trust in autonomous vehicle features, researchers from University of Michigan ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
From our smartphones to advanced industrial systems, cameras have become an integral part of modern life. Conventional cameras capture scenes as a sequence of frames at fixed time intervals. In contrast, event cameras detect ...
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Business
Satellite data could help governments decide where to build the data centers behind the growth of AI by showing where renewable power, water and land are available and where drought and climate risks are highest, according ...
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Engineering
University of Birmingham scientists have discovered a new materials and processing approach that could help engineers develop stronger, more reliable materials for two different technologies: future fusion reactors and next-generation ...
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Engineering
Researchers from the Laboratory of Hierarchically Structured Materials at the Skoltech Engineering Center and the Center for Energy Technologies, together with colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University and the IDEA ...
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Robotics
Remote waters are difficult to monitor. Boats can take a long time to reach them, while aircraft cannot remain there for extended periods. To close that gap, researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Prime Minister Andy Burnham's proposal to create a new Great British Grid has put a spotlight on one of the U.K.'s biggest energy challenges: connection queues. But building a larger grid to accommodate renewable energy is ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Garbage left outside starts smelling unpleasant very quickly, especially in warm, humid climates that accelerate food decay. In ACS' Environmental Science & Technology, researchers report a solar-powered lid insert that fits ...
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Engineering
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the main gases contributing to climate change on Earth. Removing this gas directly from the air could help to limit climate change, alongside other efforts to reduce emissions from industrial ...
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Engineering
If you see a boat full of people all watching a smaller, remote-control boat in the Indian River, your first thought probably isn't that they are testing Navy warships.
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Robotics
A research team from the Vision and Action Laboratory, Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory and Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology, ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Milk and alcohol, paper and steel, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals—an array of products are currently subject to tariffs in the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and Canada.
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Security
As communities across the U.S. grapple with the rapid spread of Flock cameras and questions about who can access the data they collect, a new study from a University of Massachusetts Amherst public policy researcher reframes ...
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Automotive
Imagine entering the highway in the near future and seeing a 50 mph (80 kilometers per hour) speed limit sign, but no road construction, no accident and no obvious reason to slow down. This time, the aim is to save fuel.
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Energy & Green Tech
Australians love a good renovation.
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Robotics
Let's say you ask ChatGPT a question that stumps it, or a Waymo vehicle encounters something unusual in the road, or an autonomous factory faces an unexpected disruption. Most people would recognize that something unexpected ...
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Engineering
Water scarcity is becoming increasingly serious worldwide as population growth and climate change increase demand for freshwater. Seawater desalination is therefore attracting growing attention, especially in arid regions. ...
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