Day: April 20, 2023

Europe spins up AI research hub to apply Digital Services Act rules on Big Tech

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[…] The European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT), which was officially inaugurated in Seville, Spain, today (April 18), is expected to play a major role in interrogating the algorithms of mainstream digital services — such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. ECAT is embedded within the EU’s existing Joint Research Centre (JRC), a long-established science facility Read more about Europe spins up AI research hub to apply Digital Services Act rules on Big Tech[…]

Chips Act: Council and European Parliament strike provisional deal

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The Council and the European Parliament have reached today a provisional political agreement on the regulation to strengthen Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem, better known as the ‘Chips Act’. The deal is expected to create the conditions for the development of an industrial base that can double the EU’s global market share in semiconductors from 10% to Read more about Chips Act: Council and European Parliament strike provisional deal[…]

3D bioprinting inside the human body could be possible thanks to new soft robot

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Engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed a miniature and flexible soft robotic arm which could be used to 3D print biomaterial directly onto organs inside a person’s body. 3D bioprinting is a process whereby biomedical parts are fabricated from so-called bioink to construct natural tissue-like structures. […] Their work has resulted in a tiny flexible Read more about 3D bioprinting inside the human body could be possible thanks to new soft robot[…]

AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd song pulled from streaming platforms

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If you spent almost any time on the internet this week, you probably saw a lot of chatter about “Heart on My Sleeve.” The song went viral for featuring AI-generated voices that do a pretty good job of mimicking Drake and The Weeknd singing about a recent breakup. On Monday, Apple Music and Spotify pulled Read more about AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd song pulled from streaming platforms[…]

Study shows human tendency to help others is universal

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A new study on the human capacity for cooperation suggests that, deep down, people of diverse cultures are more similar than you might expect. The study, published in Scientific Reports, shows that from the towns of England, Italy, Poland, and Russia to the villages of rural Ecuador, Ghana, Laos, and Aboriginal Australia, at the micro Read more about Study shows human tendency to help others is universal[…]

WhatsApp, Signal Threaten to Leave UK Over ‘Online Safety Bill’ – which wants big brother reading all your messages. So online snooping bill, really.

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Meta’s WhatsApp is threatening to leave the UK if the government passes the Online Safety Bill, saying it will essentially eliminate its encryption methods. Alongside its rival company Signal and five other apps, the company said that, by passing the bill, users will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption, which ensures no one but Read more about WhatsApp, Signal Threaten to Leave UK Over ‘Online Safety Bill’ – which wants big brother reading all your messages. So online snooping bill, really.[…]

AutoGPT: An AI that thinks up your questions and answers them for you

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Auto-GPT dramatically flips the relationship between AI and the end user (that’s you). ChatGPT relies on a back-and-forth between the AI and the end user: You prompt the AI with a request, it returns a result, and you respond with a new prompt, perhaps based on what the AI gave you. Auto-GPT, however, only needs Read more about AutoGPT: An AI that thinks up your questions and answers them for you[…]

Microsoft Readies AI Chip as Machine Learning Costs Surge

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After placing an early bet on OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, Microsoft has another secret weapon in its arsenal: its own artificial intelligence chip for powering the large-language models responsible for understanding and generating humanlike language. The Information: The software giant has been developing the chip, internally code-named Athena, since as early as 2019, according Read more about Microsoft Readies AI Chip as Machine Learning Costs Surge[…]

Toucan Teaches You a New Language While You Browse the Internet

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[…] Toucan, a browser extension, is trying a different approach, and it might just be the thing that finally clicks for you. How Toucan works With Toucan installed for either Chrome, Edge, or Safari, the first time you visit a website or click on an article, you’ll notice something strange: Some of the words on the Read more about Toucan Teaches You a New Language While You Browse the Internet[…]

Stability AI of Stable Diffusion Launches open source StableLM LLM with 3 and 7 billion parameters

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Today, Stability AI released a new open-source language model, StableLM. The Alpha version of the model is available in 3 billion and 7 billion parameters, with 15 billion to 65 billion parameter models to follow. Developers can freely inspect, use, and adapt our StableLM base models for commercial or research purposes, subject to the terms Read more about Stability AI of Stable Diffusion Launches open source StableLM LLM with 3 and 7 billion parameters[…]

Imgur To Ban Nudity, Sexual or otherwise unsettling Content Next Month

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Online image hosting service Imgur is updating its Terms of Service on May 15th to prohibit nudity and sexually explicit content, among other things. The news arrived in an email sent to “Imgurians”. The changes have since been outlined on the company’s “Community Rules” page, which reads: Imgur welcomes a diverse audience. We don’t want Read more about Imgur To Ban Nudity, Sexual or otherwise unsettling Content Next Month[…]

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Medusa ransomware crew boasts of Microsoft Bing and Cortana code leak

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The Medusa ransomware gang has put online what it claims is a massive leak of internal Microsoft materials, including Bing and Cortana source code. “This leak is of more interest to programmers, since it contains the source codes of the following Bing products, Bing Maps and Cortana,” the crew wrote on its website, which was Read more about Medusa ransomware crew boasts of Microsoft Bing and Cortana code leak[…]

Why Video Editors are Switching to DaVinci Resolve in Droves

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Video editors are flocking to DaVinci Resolve in droves, marking a major paradigm shift in the editing landscape that we haven’t seen since the dreadful launch of Final Cut Pro X drove users to Adobe Premiere Pro. […] More a conglomeration of tools than a single program, Resolve came through some acquisitions Blackmagic made when Read more about Why Video Editors are Switching to DaVinci Resolve in Droves[…]

Scientists Identify Mind-Body Nexus In Human Brain

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Researchers said on Wednesday they have discovered that parts of the brain region called the motor cortex that govern body movement are connected with a network involved in thinking, planning, mental arousal, pain, and control of internal organs, as well as functions such as blood pressure and Read more about Scientists Identify Mind-Body Nexus In Human Brain[…]