Anyone who has ever tried to pack a family-sized amount of luggage into a sedan-sized trunk knows this is a hard problem. Robots struggle with dense packing tasks, too. For...
As autonomous systems and artificial intelligence become increasingly common in daily life, new methods are emerging to help humans check that these systems are behaving as expected. One method, called...
Major media outlets, including The Post, demanded the judge overseeing the landmark Google antitrust trial provide timely access to exhibits and give notice before allowing closed-door session – as much...
Netflix’s crackdown on password-sharing likely boosted subscribers by about 6 million in the third quarter and the streaming pioneer is expected to set the stage for price increases when it reports...
Microsoft’s LinkedIn said Monday it would lay off 668 employees across its engineering, talent and finance teams in the second round of job cuts this year for the social media network...
But there is also a benefit in how AI is changing our relationship to the images around us, says Tom Ashe, chair of the digital photography program at the School...
Many of the websites make it clear they host or spread deepfake porn videos—often featuring the word deepfakes or derivatives of it in their name. The top two websites contain...
In the era of search wars fought between giants, it’s tough to be small. Berlin-based Ecosia offers a search engine for the climate-conscious, promising to be carbon-negative by investing all...
David Chalmers was not expecting the invitation he received in September of last year. As a leading authority on consciousness, Chalmers regularly circles the world delivering talks at universities and...
In 2016, Oskarina Fuentes got a tip from a friend that seemed too good to be true. Her life in Venezuela had become a struggle: Inflation had hit 800 percent...
Xbox parent Microsoft closed its $75 billion acquisition of the video game giant Activision Blizzard on Friday – despite the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing fight to prevent the landmark deal....
AI chatbots operated by Microsoft and Google are spitting out incorrect information about the Israel-Hamas war – including false claims that the two sides agreed to a cease-fire. Google’s Bard...
This Jenner-ative AI is frighteningly good. Our sci-fi-inspired fears of artificial intelligence replicating us may not be unfounded: Meta set off alarm bells after introducing an AI chatbot named Billie...
NASA will launch a spacecraft Friday to a metal asteroid in hopes of finding diamonds and rubies. The mysterious metal asteroid — known as 16 Psyche — is located between...
OpenAI is close to selling shares in a deal that values the company at a staggering $90 billion – but completing the offer could depend on deep-pocketed investors from the...