Husband of missing Ana Knezevich refuses lie detector test: report
The estranged husband of a Florida realtor who vanished in Spain during a nasty divorce has refused to take a lie detector test by the FBI – even though he...
A Deepfake Nude Generator Reveals a Chilling Look at Its Victims
Another image on the site showed a group of young teens who appear to be in middle school: a boy taking a selfie in what appears to be a school...
The tech industry can’t agree on what open source AI means. That’s a problem.
Suddenly, “open source” is the latest buzzword in AI circles. Meta has pledged to create open-source artificial general intelligence. And Elon Musk is suing OpenAI over its lack of open-source...
Engineering household robots to have a little common sense
From wiping up spills to serving up food, robots are being taught to carry out increasingly complicated household tasks. Many such home-bot trainees are learning through imitation; they are programmed...
Large language models use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge
Large language models, such as those that power popular artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT, are incredibly complex. Even though these models are being used as tools in many areas, such...
Large Language Models’ Emergent Abilities Are a Mirage
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two years ago, in a project called the Beyond the Imitation Game benchmark, or BIG-bench, 450 researchers compiled a list...
Microsoft’s China business poses national security risks: GOP Rep. Fallon
A top Republican lawmaker has urged President Biden’s Commerce Department to probe whether Microsoft’s business in China is a national security risk – after The Post highlighted growing fears on...
Apple researchers explore dropping “Siri” phrase & listening with AI instead
Researchers from Apple are probing whether it’s possible to use artificial intelligence to detect when a user is speaking to a device like an iPhone, thereby eliminating the technical need...
Apple’s new iPhone software turns on ‘Discoverable by Others’
Apple’s latest iPhone software update toggled on a “creepy-sounding setting” — and users are urging others to turn it off. The default setting, dubbed “Discoverable by Others,” is leading iPhone...
DOJ slams Apple over fueling ‘social stigma’ for ‘green bubble’ texters
The Justice Department called out Apple for afflicting Android smartphone users with the dreaded “green bubble” in text messages — calling it a mark of “social stigma, exclusion and blame”...
Facebook revived the ‘Poke’ feature — and Gen Z loves it
Flirt like it’s the early 2010s. The “Poke” feature is back on Facebook — and Gen Z is loving it. In Facebook’s heyday, poking was all the rage, using the...
Reddit shares skyrocket 38% above IPO price, valuing company at nearly $9B
Reddit’s shares opened 38% above the initial public offering price in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, valuing the social media platform at $8.87 billion. The San...
Elizabeth Warren urges SEC to probe Tesla over board independence: report
Sen. Elizabeth Warren in a letter on Thursday urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Tesla violated regulations over board independence at public companies. “New evidence has emerged in...
The NSA Warns That US Adversaries Free to Mine Private Data May Have an AI Edge
Electrical engineer Gilbert Herrera was appointed research director of the US National Security Agency in late 2021, just as an AI revolution was brewing inside the US tech industry. The...
Apple uses illegal monopoly to ensure iPhone’s dominance: DOJ
Apple is violating antitrust laws by blocking fair competition to ensure the dominance of its iPhone, the Justice Department alleged Thursday in a long-awaited federal lawsuit that could upend the...
