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Amazon is reviewing whether Perplexity AI improperly scraped online content
Amazon is reviewing claims that the artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI is scraping content—including from prominent news sites—without approval.
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Machine learning & AI
Advances in AI technology for improved object detection and classification
The core technology of artificial intelligence (AI) lies in its ability to retain existing knowledge while learning new information. This capability is crucial for AI systems to function effectively in various applications, ...
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Q&A: What makes people trust ChatGPT?
A real human wrote this article, albeit with the help of transcription software. ChatGPT, or another large language model, probably would have composed it much more quickly, but artificial intelligence (AI) systems are susceptible ...
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Discrete-time rewards efficiently guide the extraction of continuous-time optimal control policy from system data
The concept of reward is central in reinforcement learning and is also widely used in the natural sciences, engineering, and social sciences. Organisms learn behavior by interacting with their environment and observing the ...
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Is ChatGPT the key to stopping deepfakes? Study asks LLMs to spot AI-generated images
When most people think of artificial intelligence, they're probably thinking of—and worrying about—ChatGPT and deepfakes. AI-generated text and images dominate our social media feeds and the other websites we visit, sometimes ...
Jun 27, 2024
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Robotics
Robotic hand with tactile fingertips achieves new dexterity feat
Improving the dexterity of robot hands could have significant implications for automating tasks such as handling goods for supermarkets or sorting through waste for recycling.
Jun 27, 2024
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Business
AI companies train language models on YouTube's archive—making family-and-friends videos a privacy risk
The promised artificial intelligence revolution requires data. Lots and lots of data. OpenAI and Google have begun using YouTube videos to train their text-based AI models. But what does the YouTube archive actually include?
Jun 27, 2024
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Business
AI reality lags the hype in Swiss tech industries
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has found its way into everyday operations in various industries. The pharmaceutical industry uses AI to discover new drugs, the consumer goods industry uses it for quality control, and in the ...
Jun 27, 2024
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Business
NBC brings AI version of legendary broadcaster to Olympic coverage
US media giant NBCUniversal on Wednesday announced that it will use the AI version of a legendary sports broadcaster to narrate personalized daily recaps of Olympic game events.
Jun 27, 2024
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Business
Hollywood's video game actors want to avoid a strike. The sticking point in their talks? AI
For more than a year and a half, leaders of Hollywood's actors union have been negotiating with video game companies over a new contract that covers the performers who bring their titles to life.
Jun 27, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Sony introduces AI for single-instrument accompaniment generation in music production
In recent decades, many engineers have started developing artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools that can support the work of creative professionals, speeding up or enhancing the production of different types of content. ...
Robotics
New work explores optimal circumstances for reaching a common goal with humanoid robots
Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) have demonstrated that under specific conditions, humans can treat robots as co-authors of the results of their actions. The condition ...
Jun 26, 2024
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Computer Sciences
New tool detects AI-generated videos with 93.7% accuracy
Earlier this year, an employee at a multinational corporation sent fraudsters $25 million. The instructions to transfer the money came—the employee thought—straight from the company's CFO. In reality, the criminals had ...
Jun 26, 2024
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Software
Software engineers develop a way to run AI language models without matrix multiplication
A team of software engineers at the University of California, working with one colleague from Soochow University and another from LuxiTec, has developed a way to run AI language models without using matrix multiplication. ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Convolutional optical neural networks herald a new era for AI imaging
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs), with their exceptional image recognition capabilities, have performed outstandingly in the field of AI and notably within platforms like ChatGPT. Recently, a team of Chinese researchers ...
Jun 26, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Researchers propose the next platform for brain-inspired computing
Computers have come so far in terms of their power and potential, rivaling and even eclipsing human brains in their ability to store and crunch data, make predictions and communicate. But there is one domain where human brains ...
Jun 26, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Effectiveness of large language models in political microtargeting assessed in new study
Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) have raised the prospect of scalable, automated, and fine-grained political microtargeting on a scale previously unseen. For example, when integrated with existing databases ...
Jun 26, 2024
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