The Honeybees Versus the Murder Hornets
Teams of volunteers now hunt Asian hornets landing on British soil, but detection is only the tip of the iceberg, says Elmes. The true challenge is tracing the hornet back...
Students Are Likely Writing Millions of Papers With AI
Students have submitted more than 22 million papers that may have used generative AI in the past year, new data released by plagiarism detection company Turnitin shows. A year ago,...
AI Scam Calls: How to Protect Yourself, How to Detect
You answer a random call from a family member, and they breathlessly explain how there’s been a horrible car accident. They need you to send money right now, or they’ll...
This AI Startup Wants You to Talk to Houses, Cars, and Factories
“The physical world is where we have most of our problems, because it is so complex and fast moving that things are beyond our perception to fully understand,” says Brandon...
To Build a Better AI Supercomputer, Let There Be Light
GlobalFoundries, a company that makes chips for others, including AMD and General Motors, previously announced a partnership with Lightmatter. Harris says his company is “working with the largest semiconductor companies...
OpenAI’s GPT Store Is Triggering Copyright Complaints
For the past few months, Morten Blichfeldt Andersen has spent many hours scouring OpenAI’s GPT Store. Since it launched in January, the marketplace for bespoke bots has filled up with...
AI-Generated Spoofs of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Are Flooding Instagram and TikTok
The blending of the real and unreal could explain why some followers of faux Drag Race get so passionate about what they’re seeing on their feeds. Michael says he “lives...
Here’s How Generative AI Depicts Queer People
Another potential strategy to diversify the output from AI models is for developers to add guardrails and modify user prompts, nudging the software toward inclusivity. OpenAI appears to have taken...
How an iPhone Powered by Google’s Gemini AI Might Work
So, assuming the deal does go through, what might Gemini look like on the iPhone? First off, Gartenberg says it will likely manifest with a distinctly un-Apple label. “It would...
