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CONVERGE LIVE updates: Former UK PM David Cameron urges Trump to consider the benefits of globalization - CNBC
CONVERGE LIVE updates: Former UK PM David Cameron urges Trump to consider the benefits of globalization CNBC
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Majority of Americans have used AI models like ChatGPT: Survey - The Hill
Majority of Americans have used AI models like ChatGPT: Survey The Hill
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Generative AI Rivals Racing To The Future - Barron's
Generative AI Rivals Racing To The Future Barron's
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Operation HOPE CEO issues a warning on AI: 'If you don't bring people with you, they'll fight you, or worse' - CNBC
Operation HOPE CEO issues a warning on AI: 'If you don't bring people with you, they'll fight you, or worse' CNBC
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Over half of American adults have used an AI chatbot, survey finds - NBC News
Over half of American adults have used an AI chatbot, survey finds NBC News
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From China's DeepSeek moment to risks of groupthink: What tech leaders are saying on AI right now - CNBC
From China's DeepSeek moment to risks of groupthink: What tech leaders are saying on AI right now CNBC
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AI should replace some work of civil servants, Starmer to announce - The Guardian
AI should replace some work of civil servants, Starmer to announce The Guardian
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Adobe's dull forecast raises AI monetization doubts, shares fall - Reuters
Adobe's dull forecast raises AI monetization doubts, shares fall Reuters
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Nasdaq Correction: This Magnificent AI Stock Is a Bargain Buy - The Motley Fool
Nasdaq Correction: This Magnificent AI Stock Is a Bargain Buy The Motley Fool
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CERAWEEK AI, LNG demand to keep US natgas use at record highs but bottlenecks threaten - Reuters.com
CERAWEEK AI, LNG demand to keep US natgas use at record highs but bottlenecks threaten Reuters.com
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‘A machine-shaped hand’: Read a story from OpenAI’s new creative writing model The Guardian
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Google introduces new AI models for rapidly growing robotics industry - Reuters.com
Google introduces new AI models for rapidly growing robotics industry Reuters.com
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AI play UiPath’s stock falls after it calls out ‘macroeconomic uncertainty’ MarketWatch
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Adobe’s stock has been an AI laggard. A ho-hum earnings forecast is adding to its declines. MarketWatch
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T.J. Miller Joins Indie Techno-Thriller Movie ‘A.I. Heart U’ Deadline
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Anthropic CEO says spies are after $100M AI secrets in a ‘few lines of code’ - TechCrunch
Anthropic CEO says spies are after $100M AI secrets in a ‘few lines of code’ TechCrunch
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Adobe Gives Tepid Revenue Outlook With Focus on AI Tools - Yahoo Finance
Adobe Gives Tepid Revenue Outlook With Focus on AI Tools Yahoo Finance
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Adobe Gives Tepid Revenue Outlook With Focus on AI Tools - Bloomberg
Adobe Gives Tepid Revenue Outlook With Focus on AI Tools Bloomberg
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Companies large and small are using AI for employee onboarding. It can save HR days of time. - Business Insider
Companies large and small are using AI for employee onboarding. It can save HR days of time. Business Insider
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Google DeepMind unveils new AI models for controlling robots - TechCrunch
Google DeepMind unveils new AI models for controlling robots TechCrunch
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Google’s new robot AI can fold delicate origami, close zipper bags without damage - Ars Technica
Google’s new robot AI can fold delicate origami, close zipper bags without damage Ars Technica
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Police: Corinth teacher used AI to generate child porn - WTVA
Police: Corinth teacher used AI to generate child porn WTVA
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Nvidia won the AI training race, but inference is still anyone's game The Register
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Snapchat is rolling out AI-powered video lenses - The Verge
Snapchat is rolling out AI-powered video lenses The Verge
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Genre Report: Can the Ambient Music Boom Withstand AI? - Billboard
Genre Report: Can the Ambient Music Boom Withstand AI? Billboard
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Google's DeepMind says it will use AI models to power physical robots - CNBC
Google's DeepMind says it will use AI models to power physical robots CNBC
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Technologist at 107-year-old company warns about overspending on AI: 'People can get carried away' - Fortune
Technologist at 107-year-old company warns about overspending on AI: 'People can get carried away' Fortune
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Shield AI Appoints Gary Steele as CEO, Ryan Tseng Named President - PR Newswire
Shield AI Appoints Gary Steele as CEO, Ryan Tseng Named President PR Newswire
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Google’s Gemma 3 is an open source, single-GPU AI with a 128K context window Ars Technica
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Cognitive Space claims two SDA awards
Cognitive Space will work with the Space Development Agency to optimize missile tracking and network routing. The post Cognitive Space claims two SDA awards appeared first on SpaceNews.
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SatixFy gets UK funds to accelerate in-orbit satellite reconfiguration
The UK Space Agency has awarded SatixFy funds to develop software to speed up how quickly reprogrammable satellites can adapt to changing needs in orbit, the Israeli chipmaker announced March 5. The post SatixFy gets UK funds to accelerate in-orbit satellite reconfiguration appeared first on SpaceNews.
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NASA boosts science objectives for Starling swarm
NASA is expanding testing of distributed autonomy for its first satellite swarm, Starling. The post NASA boosts science objectives for Starling swarm appeared first on SpaceNews.
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NASA to roll out major update to core flight software
A government-only version of NASA core Flight System with enhanced security and other features will be released in mid-2025. The post NASA to roll out major update to core flight software appeared first on SpaceNews.
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What DeepSeek just pulled off — and why space tech should worry
On Jan. 27, Wall Street was shaken by a trillion-dollar market drop after the Chinese AI company DeepSeek surpassed ChatGPT in popularity, becoming the number one downloaded app on Apple’s The post What DeepSeek just pulled off — and why space tech should worry appeared first on SpaceNews.
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China’s DeepSeek AI signals faster path to space autonomy
The emergence of China’s DeepSeek has shaken up the artificial intelligence sector, promising new opportunities for space companies beginning to explore ways to leverage AI in space. The post China’s DeepSeek AI signals faster path to space autonomy appeared first on SpaceNews.
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SpaceRyde founder’s startup offers CAD copilot
California startup Hestus has raised $1.5 million to develop an AI copilot for Computer-Aided Design software. The post SpaceRyde founder’s startup offers CAD copilot appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Will AI redefine human roles in space exploration?
Space exploration is changing fast. And the big question now facing us is: Do we still need humans out there? With AI taking over many tasks, it’s time to think The post Will AI redefine human roles in space exploration? appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Aerospace Corp. and Google Public Sector join forces to advance space-weather forecasting
Aerospace Corp. and Google Public Sector will apply AI and high-performance computing to solar-activity forecasts. The post Aerospace Corp. and Google Public Sector join forces to advance space-weather forecasting appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Pentagon report highlights China’s space advancements and AI-driven ‘precision warfare’
‘The PRC emphasizes the importance of space-based surveillance capabilities in supporting precision strikes’ The post Pentagon report highlights China’s space advancements and AI-driven ‘precision warfare’ appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Why the Earth observation business model is flawed – and what must change
Despite its huge potential, the $6.8 billion Earth observation industry continues to struggle to establish a sustainable and scalable business model. New space companies are eager to democratize the vast The post Why the Earth observation business model is flawed – and what must change appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Extreme Weather: Revolutionizing Weather Preparedness with Space Technology – Replay
Join us December 4 at 1:00 PM EST for a webinar featuring leading experts across government, academia, and the commercial sectors to explore how space technology is transforming the way we predict and address severe weather challenges. The post Extreme Weather: Revolutionizing Weather Preparedness with Space Technology – Replay appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Transforming Geospatial Intelligence: Data Labeling for AI – Replay
Join us November 20 at 1:00 PM EST for a discussion on a groundbreaking initiative from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) — a $700 million investment in data labeling to empower artificial intelligence in geospatial intelligence. The post Transforming Geospatial Intelligence: Data Labeling for AI – Replay appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Connecting the Dots | More data storage, more space AI
Expanding data storage in space is crucial for enabling more powerful artificial intelligence systems to process larger volumes of information directly from orbit. More capable hard drives would facilitate faster The post Connecting the Dots | More data storage, more space AI appeared first on SpaceNews.
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AI takes aim at tedious tasks in government contracting
The newer generation of AI tools is specifically designed to navigate the complex world of government contracting, where security protocols are strict and the stakes are high, as a single proposal can make or break a company's fiscal year. The post AI takes aim at tedious tasks in government contracting appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Improving Space AI: Ground-to-orbit efforts aim to advance satellite intelligence
AI-driven technologies are on the cusp of unlocking true autonomy in orbit, with the potential to enable spacecraft to operate independently and deliver more customized, intelligently managed data to Earth. The post Improving Space AI: Ground-to-orbit efforts aim to advance satellite intelligence appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Applying AI to satellite manufacturing
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Companies are proceeding cautiously in applying artificial intelligence to satellite manufacturing. Blue Canyon Technologies, for example, wants to better understand how AI can contribute to manufacturing The post Applying AI to satellite manufacturing appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Aptos Orbital unveils device for onboard processing, communications and cloud services
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Silicon Valley startup Aptos Orbital unveiled Oct. 22 an artificial intelligence device for space-based processing, communications and cloud services. “Today’s satellites are siloed from modern cloud The post Aptos Orbital unveils device for onboard processing, communications and cloud services appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Proteus and SAIC form strategic partnership
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Los Angeles startup Proteus Space announced a strategic partnership Oct. 22 with government contractor SAIC. In addition, SAIC made a “significant investment” in the startup. The The post Proteus and SAIC form strategic partnership appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Big data, advanced algorithms and new approaches for space missions
MILAN – Spacewalks, often a highlight of space missions, are likely to change in the future as given advancements in robotics and teleoperations. Every time an astronaut steps out of The post Big data, advanced algorithms and new approaches for space missions appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Canada’s Mission Control to demonstrate AI on Spire cubesat
MILAN – Spire Global and Canadian startup Mission Control announced plans Oct. 16 for Persistence, a technology demonstration mission focused on space-based artificial intelligence. “The Persistence mission will demonstrate resilient The post Canada’s Mission Control to demonstrate AI on Spire cubesat appeared first on SpaceNews.
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EarthDaily buys analytics specialist amid imagery constellation deployment delay
Antarctica Capital has sold geospatial analytics provider Descartes Labs to EarthDaily Analytics, a company the private equity firm also owns, which has delayed its optical imagery constellation by two years to improve artificial intelligence compatibility. The post EarthDaily buys analytics specialist amid imagery constellation deployment delay appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Yahsat and Bayanat forge AI-powered space technology champion
Emirati satellite operator Yahsat and geospatial artificial intelligence provider Bayanat completed their merger Oct. 1, forming a company called Space42 valued at about $3 billion on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. The post Yahsat and Bayanat forge AI-powered space technology champion appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Planet unveils Forest Carbon Monitoring dataset
SAN FRANCISCO – Earth observation company Planet unveiled a product Sept. 24 for monitoring global forests. Planet’s Forest Carbon Monitoring product offers quarterly estimates of the amount of carbon stored The post Planet unveils Forest Carbon Monitoring dataset appeared first on SpaceNews.
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DeepSeek dims shine of AI stars
China-based DeepSeek shook up the world of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) early this year with a low-cost but high-performance model that challenges the hegemony of OpenAI and other big-spending behemoths.
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Generative AI rivals racing to the future
Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models have been vying for the lead—with the US and China hotbeds for the technology.
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Researchers develop new feature selection method for limited-sample industrial data
A research team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has introduced a novel feature selection method by removing noise entropy within mutual information. This study was published in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.
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Research reveals 'major vulnerabilities' in deepfake detectors
An international team of researchers is calling for urgent improvements in deepfake detection technologies after uncovering critical flaws in widely used detection tools.
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Four Chinese firms looking to shake up the tech world in the wake of DeepSeek
The success of the Chinese AI firm DeepSeek shocked financial markets and major US tech firms in January 2025. But it shouldn't have come as such a surprise.
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How the US threw out any concerns about AI safety within days of Donald Trump coming to office
The EU has a long-established reputation as a global standard setter, and as a reliable partner for international regulatory cooperation, especially in the digital field. But the second Trump administration is disrupting these dynamics.
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What to know about Manus, China's latest AI assistant
A powerful new AI tool Manus is making waves in China, fueling hopes that it could replicate the success of DeepSeek, which earlier this year rattled the global tech industry with its state-of-the-art chatbot.
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AI chatbot helps victims of digital sexual violence in Latin America
Two women from Mexico and Ecuador who spent years fighting to be recognized as victims of online sexual violence have inspired an artificial intelligence chatbot that helps others facing abuse.
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Generative AI drones can guard aging tunnels, enhancing safety and efficiency
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has developed "Generative AI-Based Inspection Technology" to safely construct and maintain urban underground highways.
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Protecting artists' rights: What responsible AI means for the creative industries
The global sprint to develop artificial intelligence technologies is intensifying, fueled by substantial investments from both public and private sectors keen to maintain a competitive edge in the AI era.
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AI in engineering: Researchers discuss synergy between fields
A review explores the role of AI in engineering, assessing the benefits and challenges of the synergy between the two fields. A 2004 DARPA contest pitted AI vehicles against one another in a race on 150 miles of dirt roads. The best-performing vehicle made it less than eight miles of the way. The next year, five vehicles finished a 132-mile course, and today driverless cabs are active in several major cities.
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Debut of Manus AI digital assistant from China causes stir
A new Chinese artificial intelligence agent billed as able to work independently from humans has sent insiders buzzing—some with concern and others with disappointment.
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Exploring AI's potential to enhance trust in non-routine work environments
In today's economy, many workers have transitioned from manual labor toward knowledge work, a move driven primarily by technological advances, and workers in this domain face challenges around managing non-routine work, which is inherently uncertain. Automated interventions can help workers understand their work and boost performance and trust.
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Machine learning precisely predicts material characteristics for high-performance photovoltaics
In the lab, perovskite solar cells show high efficiency in converting solar energy into electricity. In combination with silicon solar cells, they could play a role in the next generation of photovoltaic systems. Now researchers at KIT have demonstrated that machine learning is a crucial tool for improving the data analysis needed for commercial fabrication of perovskite solar cells. They present their results in Energy & Environmental Science.
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Scientists develop AI-powered digital twin model that can control and adapt its physical doppelganger
Scientists say they have developed a new AI-assisted model of a digital twin with the ability to adapt and control the physical machine in real time.
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New technique overcomes spurious correlations problem in AI
AI models often rely on "spurious correlations," making decisions based on unimportant and potentially misleading information. Researchers have now discovered these learned spurious correlations can be traced to a very small subset of the training data and have demonstrated a technique that overcomes the problem.
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To understand the future of AI, take a look at the failings of Google Translate
The computer scientists Rich Sutton and Andrew Barto have been recognized for a long track record of influential ideas with this year's Turing Award, the most prestigious in the field. Sutton's 2019 essay The Bitter Lesson, for instance, underpins much of today's feverishness around artificial intelligence (AI).
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'Vague, confusing, and did nothing to improve my work': How AI can undermine peer review
Earlier this year I received comments on an academic manuscript of mine as part of the usual peer review process, and noticed something strange.
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Can AI tell us if those Zoom calls are flowing smoothly? New study says yes
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers have spent countless hours in videoconferences—now a fixture of office life. As more people work and live remotely, videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom, MS Teams, FaceTime, Slack, and Discord are a huge part of socializing among family and friends as well.
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AI doesn't really 'learn'—and knowing why will help you use it more responsibly
What if we told you that artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT don't actually learn? Many people we talk to are genuinely surprised to hear this.
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What one Finnish church learned from creating a service almost entirely with AI
A tale of good versus evil played out on the large screen in the sanctuary of St. Paul's Lutheran church in Finland. Jesus was shown in robes with long hair and a beard, while Satan was dressed in more modern clothes but with a menacing frown and higher-pitched voice—all created by artificial intelligence.
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Security veins: Advanced biometric authentication through AI and infrared
Hyperspectral imaging is a technology that detects slight differences in color to pinpoint the characteristics and conditions of an object. While a normal camera creates images using red, green, and blue, a hyperspectral camera can obtain over 100 images in the visible to near-infrared light range in a single shot. As a result, hyperspectral imaging can obtain information that the human eye cannot see.
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AI reveals new way to strengthen titanium alloys and speed up manufacturing
Producing high-performance titanium alloy parts—whether for spacecraft, submarines or medical devices—has long been a slow, resource-intensive process. Even with advanced metal 3D-printing techniques, finding the right manufacturing conditions has required extensive testing and fine-tuning.
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Framework allows a person to correct a robot's actions using the kind of feedback they'd give another human
Imagine that a robot is helping you clean the dishes. You ask it to grab a soapy bowl out of the sink, but its gripper slightly misses the mark.
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Home Depot launches Magic Apron, a generative AI customer guide
Home Depot has rolled out an online concierge, powered by generative artificial intelligence, to help answer customers' questions about millions of products and even how to get projects done.
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New method significantly reduces AI energy consumption
AI applications such as large language models (LLMs) have become an integral part of our everyday lives. The required computing, storage and transmission capacities are provided by data centers that consume vast amounts of energy. In Germany alone, this amounted to about 16 billion kWh in 2020, or around 1% of the country's total energy consumption. For 2025, this figure is expected to increase to 22 billion kWh.
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Q&A with science photographer: Visualizing research in the age of AI
For over 30 years, science photographer Felice Frankel has helped MIT professors, researchers, and students communicate their work visually. Throughout that time, she has seen the development of various tools to support the creation of compelling images: some helpful, and some antithetical to the effort of producing a trustworthy and complete representation of the research.
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New AI defense method shields models from adversarial attacks
Neural networks, a type of artificial intelligence modeled on the connectivity of the human brain, are driving critical breakthroughs across a wide range of scientific domains. But these models face significant threat from adversarial attacks, which can derail predictions and produce incorrect information.
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When outplayed, AI models resort to cheating to win chess matches
A team of AI researchers at Palisade Research has found that several leading AI models will resort to cheating at chess to win when playing against a superior opponent. They have published a paper on the arXiv preprint server describing experiments they conducted with several well-known AI models playing against an open-source chess engine.
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Christie's first AI art auction sees hits... and plenty of misses
Christie's first auction of art made by artificial intelligence (AI) ended Wednesday with mixed results, providing scant clues as to the future of the new and controversial medium.