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)...
Study: Transparency is often lacking in datasets used to train large language models
In order to train more powerful large language models, researchers use vast dataset collections that blend diverse data from thousands of web sources. But as these datasets are combined and...
A new way to build neural networks could make AI more understandable
A tweak to the way artificial neurons work in neural networks could make AIs easier to decipher. Artificial neurons—the fundamental building blocks of deep neural networks—have survived almost unchanged for...
X shutting down its longtime San Francisco headquarters on Friday the 13th: report
The date that Elon Musk’s social media site, X, formerly known as Twitter, will officially shutter its longtime San Francisco headquarters has been set, according to a report. A source familiar told...
The Plaud NotePin Is an AI Notetaker That Will Transcribe Your Meetings—and Your Entire Life
“In that case, if you’re not taking precautions and you lose the device, that could be accessible,” Hsu says. “But that’s very extreme.” Ultimately, Hsu has greater ambitions for his...
First AI + Education Summit is an international push for “AI fluency”
This summer, 350 participants came to MIT to dive into a question that is, so far, outpacing answers: How can education still create opportunities for all when digital literacy is...
AI and the future of sex
The power of pornography doesn’t lie in arousal but in questions. What is obscene? What is ethical or safe to watch? We don’t have to consume or even support it,...
Apple reveals launch date to unveil new iPhones with AI features
Apple will host its fall event on Sept. 9 at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., according to an invite on Monday, where it will likely unveil a series of new iPhones...
The Apartment Rental Market Is Rigged by Algorithms, a DOJ Lawsuit Alleges
If you’ve rented an apartment in the US in the past several years, you may have had the sense that the game was rigged: Prices creep up not only at...
MIT researchers use large language models to flag problems in complex systems
Identifying one faulty turbine in a wind farm, which can involve looking at hundreds of signals and millions of data points, is akin to finding a needle in a haystack....
We finally have a definition for open-source AI
Open-source AI is everywhere right now. The problem is, no one agrees on what it actually is. Now we may finally have an answer. The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the...
