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Work Begins on Project to Build 'World's Most Sophisticated Roadway'
Officials said construction of the "world's most sophisticated roadway" on Interstate 94 in Wayne County, MI, has begun.
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Glasgow University Spinout Raises $43 Million to 'Digitize Chemistry'
Chemify, which was spun out of the U.K.'s Glasgow University in 2022, has received $43 million in funding to further its efforts to "digitize chemistry."
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Building Better Models Starts with Reexamining Metrics
Researchers emphasized the importance of measuring the performance of generative artificial intelligence models in order to improve them.
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Amazon Isn't Prepared for Incoming Tide of AI-Authored Books. Jane Friedman Has Proof
Book scams are proliferating in the advent of AI-generated content
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Researchers Create Screen Protection System to Fend Off Shoulder Surfers
Eye-Shield uses an innovative pixelation scheme to obscure device screens when viewed from a distance, safeguarding against shoulder surfing attacks.
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'It's Already Way Beyond What Humans Can Do': Will AI Wipe Out Architects?
It's revolutionizing building – but could AI kill off an entire profession?
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'Downfall' Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips
The vulnerability could allow attackers to take advantage of an information leak to steal sensitive details like private messages, passwords, and encryption keys...
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China Drafts Rules for Facial Recognition Technology
The Cyberspace Administration of China has issued draft rules governing the use of facial recognition technology amid public concerns about its overuse.
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Cyberattack on U.K.'s Electoral Registers Revealed
The U.K.'s Electoral Commission disclosed a "complex cyberattack" in which "hostile actors" accessed copies of electoral registers from August 2021.
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LK-99 Confirmed Not To Be A Room-Temperature Superconductor
There is no point in resisting the data.
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Zoom's Privacy Tweaks Stoke Fears Its Calls Will Be Used to Train AI
Zoom also said that "notwithstanding" the uses outlined in its rules, it "will not use audio, video or chat Customer Content" to train AI without consent
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LK-99 Superconductor: Maybe a Breakthrough, Maybe Just New Hope
Experts push back against extraordinary claims of a room-temperature superconductor. But even a flop could open up new materials research pathways.
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Unsupervised, Online Exams Provide Valid Assessments
Iowa State University's Jason Chan and Dahwi Ahn found students' online, unsupervised exam scores largely corresponded to those of in-person, proctored exams.
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FAA Approves Largest Uncrewed Aircraft System in the U.S.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approved electric aircraft startup Pykathe 's commercial operation of its autonomous crop sprayers in the U.S.
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Optical Vectors Beam Multi-Bits
The technique works by modulating the vector-quality factor, instead of the amplitude of a laser.
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Tech Experts Start to Doubt ChatGPT, A.I. 'Hallucinations' Will Ever Go Away
"This isn't fixable."
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Google's Search Box Changed the Meaning of Information
Web search promised to resolve questions. Instead, it brought on a soft apocalypse of truth.
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Microsoft Comes Under Blistering Criticism for 'Grossly Irresponsible' Security
Azure looks like a house of cards collapsing under the weight of exploits and vulnerabilities.
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What Can You Do When A.I. Lies About You?
People have little protection or recourse when the technology creates and spreads falsehoods about them.
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