What this futuristic Olympics video says about the state of generative AI
The Olympic Games in Paris just finished last month and the Paralympics are still underway, so the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles feel like a lifetime from now. But...
Elon Musk, investors lost over $24 billion on X acquisition
Elon Musk and his investors in X have seen the value of the social media platform plunge 72% — resulting in $24 billion in paper losses — since the tycoon...
AI-Fakes Detection Is Failing Voters in the Global South
But it’s not just that models can’t recognize accents, languages, syntax, or faces less common in Western countries. “A lot of the initial deepfake detection tools were trained on high...
A framework for solving parabolic partial differential equations
Computer graphics and geometry processing research provide the tools needed to simulate physical phenomena like fire and flames, aiding the creation of visual effects in video games and movies as...
How “personhood credentials” could help prove you’re a human online
As AI models become better at mimicking human behavior, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between real human internet users and sophisticated systems imitating them. That’s a real problem when...
Intel CEO to pitch board on plans to shed assets, cut costs, source says
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and key executives are expected to present a plan later this month to the company’s board of directors to slice off unnecessary businesses and revamp capital...
Major Sites Are Saying No to Apple’s AI Scraping
In a separate analysis conducted this week, data journalist Ben Welsh found that just over a quarter of the news websites he surveyed (294 of 1,167 primarily English-language, US-based publications)...
