Enlarge / An example of SAM selecting the outline of a corgi in a photo. (credit: Meta) On Wednesday, Meta announced an AI model called the Segment Anything Model (SAM) that can identify individual objects in images and videos, even those not encountered during training, reports Reuters. According to a blog post from Meta, SAM...
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President Biden delivers remarks on “risks of artificial intelligence”
Enlarge On Tuesday, President Joe Biden delivered brief remarks on artificial intelligence risks at the opening of a meeting with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology at the White House. The remarks come in the context of increasing worry about generative AI and its potential threats to society and controversial calls for...
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure face antitrust probe
Enlarge (credit: Bruno Vincent / Getty Images) The UK’s communications watchdog has called for a probe into Microsoft and Amazon’s dominance of the country’s cloud computing market in the latest challenge to the tech giants from global regulators. Ofcom said on Wednesday it was “particularly concerned” by the practices of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft,...
ChatGPT vs Google Bard: Which is better? We put them to the test.
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of two robots fighting in an arena. (credit: Benj Edwards / Midjourney) In today’s world of generative AI chatbots, we’ve witnessed the sudden rise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, introduced in November, followed by Bing Chat in February and Google’s Bard in March. We decided to put these chatbots through their paces...
China Strikes Back at Micron Technology Even as It Signals Openness
Beijing’s security review of Micron Technology, which has deep roots in China, could have wide-ranging ramifications for other foreign businesses.
Instant Videos Could Represent the Next Leap in A.I. Technology
A start-up in New York is among a group of companies working on systems that can produce short videos based on a few words typed into a computer.
Open garage doors anywhere in the world by exploiting this “smart” device
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A market-leading garage door controller is so riddled with severe security and privacy vulnerabilities that the researcher who discovered them is advising anyone using one to immediately disconnect it until they are fixed. Each $80 device used to open and close garage doors and control home security alarms and smart power...
(BPRW) BW Empowered Launches Groundbreaking Book Project Celebrating Black Women’s Triumphs and Resilience
(Black PR Wire) Raliegh, NC – BW Empowered, an emerging organization dedicated to empowering Black women, has announced the launch of its groundbreaking book project, “In Their Own Words: Black Women Share Stories of Triumph and Resilience.” The project a…
Twitter’s Logo Changes to Doge as Users Await Blue Check-Mark Removal
The promised changes to the platform’s verification program have been slow. Attention has focused instead on the image of a doge in place of the blue Twitter bird.
Users fume after My Cloud network breach locks them out of their data
Enlarge (credit: Western Digital) Users of the Western Digital My Cloud service are fuming after a network breach has locked them out of their data for more than 24 hours and has put company-handled information into the hands of currently unknown hackers. The inability to access data stored in My Cloud was reported on social...