A TikTok home-décor trend has irked some bibliophiles.
(BPRW) Douglass Day 2024
(Black PR Wire) State College, PA & worldwide — Douglass Day is proud to announce a transcribe-a-thon in honor of the birthday of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895). The transcribe-a-thon will bring together thousands of participants at mo…
AI poisoning could turn open models into destructive “sleeper agents,” says Anthropic
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards | Getty Images) Imagine downloading an open source AI language model, and all seems well at first, but it later turns malicious. On Friday, Anthropic—the maker of ChatGPT competitor Claude—released a research paper about AI “sleeper agent” large language models (LLMs) that initially seem normal but can deceptively output vulnerable code...
Famous xkcd comic comes full circle with AI bird-identifying binoculars
Enlarge / The Swarovski Optik Visio binoculars, with an excerpt of a 2014 xkcd comic strip called “Tasks” in the corner. (credit: xckd / Swarovski) Last week, Austria-based Swarovski Optik introduced the AX Visio 10×32 binoculars, which the company says can identify over 9,000 species of birds and mammals using image recognition technology. The company...
Microsoft Tops Apple to Become Most Valuable Public Company
The shift is indicative of the importance of new artificial intelligence technology to Silicon Valley and Wall Street investors.
Apple AirDrop leaks user data like a sieve. Chinese authorities say they’re scooping it up.
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Chinese authorities recently said they’re using an advanced encryption attack to de-anonymize users of AirDrop in an effort to crack down on citizens who use the Apple file-sharing feature to mass-distribute content that’s outlawed in that country. According to a 2022 report from The New York Times, activists...
(BPRW) NASA Postdoctoral Program seeks early career and senior scientists for prestigious fellowships at its locations across the U.S.
(Black PR Wire) OAK RIDGE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– NASA invites both early-career and senior scientists to explore fellowship opportunities in its postdoctoral program and share in NASA’s mission to develop advancements in science, technology, aeron…
$4 Billion of New Bitcoin ETFs Change Hands in First Trading Day
The products, known as exchange-traded funds, were approved by federal regulators this week, a watershed moment for the crypto industry.
AI and Education: Will Chatbots Soon Tutor Your Children?
New A.I. tools could enable a Silicon Valley dream: bots that customize learning for pupils. Prior attempts have not lived up to the hype.
U.S. Criminally Charges EBay in Cyberstalking Case
The case involves eBay employees trying to intimidate a Massachusetts couple who write and produce an e-commerce newsletter. The company will pay a criminal penalty of $3 million.