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DeepMind researchers find LLMs can serve as effective mediators

A team of AI researchers with Google's DeepMind London group has found that certain large language models (LLMs) can serve as effective mediators between groups of people with differing viewpoints regarding a given topic. ...

Computer Sciences

Researchers develop method enabling LLMs to answer questions more concisely and accurately

Large language models (LLMs) are machine-learning models designed to understand and generate human language. State-of-the-art LLMs have demonstrated outstanding potential in open-domain question answering (ODQA), where the ...

Robotics

Engineering research discovers critical vulnerabilities in AI-enabled robots

Within its new Responsible Innovation initiative, researchers at Penn Engineering discovered that certain features of AI-governed robots carry security vulnerabilities and weaknesses that were previously unidentified and ...

Energy & Green Tech

Big Tech's power demands mean nuclear is getting a fresh look from electricity providers

Nuclear power is garnering renewed attention amid growing demand for power and cleaner energy.

Energy & Green Tech

'Age of Electricity' coming as fossil fuels set to peak: IEA

More than half of the world's electricity will be generated by low-emission sources before 2030 but the deployment of clean energy is "far from uniform" across the globe, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.

Engineering

Engineers develop new method for ultra-clean biofuel combustion

In new research published in the journal Fuel, Baylor University researchers with the Cornerstone Atomization and Combustion Lab (CAC) have unveiled a pioneering method for the efficient combustion of biofuels, using a revolutionary ...

Machine learning & AI

Study reveals AI-generated images depict idealized youth

If you've been using artificial intelligence (AI) for a while, you may have noticed that both the texts and images it creates can be a bit generic and polished. Some would call them soulless.

Electronics & Semiconductors

Vulnerability found in Kindle e-reader

A team of researchers at security firm Check Point Research has discovered a vulnerability in Kindle e-readers—one that could allow hackers to take over the device, delete data and potentially gain access to Amazon account ...

Engineering

A better way to track methane in the skies

When Stanford University graduate student Jeff Rutherford began his doctorate in 2018, the amount of methane entering the atmosphere from oil and gas extraction operations—mostly due to fracking—had become a major matter ...

Engineering

Touch-sensing glove detects and maps tactile stimuli

When you pick up a balloon, the pressure to keep hold of it is different from what you would exert to grasp a jar. And now engineers at MIT and elsewhere have a way to precisely measure and map such subtleties of tactile ...

Energy & Green Tech

Achieving equitable access to energy in a changing climate

Access to modern, reliable, and affordable energy services is a must for development and ensuring a decent quality of life. IIASA researchers used a novel bottom-up approach to analyze how access to energy services may evolve ...

Computer Sciences

Chip with secure encryption will help in fight against hackers

A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has designed and commissioned the production of a computer chip that implements post-quantum cryptography very efficiently. Such chips could provide protection against future ...

Energy & Green Tech

Hydrogen technologies take leading role toward net zero

Achieving Net Zero energy, where the total amount of energy used is equal to the amount of renewable energy created, is closer than ever before, and hydrogen technologies will play an important role in achieving that goal.

Energy & Green Tech

Measuring photovoltaic performance indoors

As photovoltaic (PV) technology continues to progress, PV devices' applications in harvesting energy from indoor ambient light have become more realistic.