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Fighting Fake 'Facts' with Two Little Words
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Fighting Fake 'Facts' with Two Little Words

Researchers have developed a method to decrease hallucinations by large language models (LLMs) by including "according to" in LLM queries.

NASA Detects Signal from Voyager 2 After Losing Contact Due to Wrong Command
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NASA Detects Signal from Voyager 2 After Losing Contact Due to Wrong Command

The U.S. National Aeronautical and Space Administration detected a signal from the Voyager 2 probe more than a week after transmission ceased.

How MIT's Liquid Neural Networks Can Solve AI Problems from Robotics to Self-Driving Cars
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How MIT's Liquid Neural Networks Can Solve AI Problems from Robotics to Self-Driving Cars

Liquid neural networks represent a significant departure from traditional deep learning models.

New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It
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New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It

Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.

Meta Will Let You Use AI Chatbots With Personalities, Report Says
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Meta Will Let You Use AI Chatbots With Personalities, Report Says

Want to chat with Abraham Lincoln? Facebook owner Meta is an artificial intelligence leader, but rivals with advanced chatbots already are abundant.

Gigantic Telescope Adopts Intelligent Maintenance Robots
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Gigantic Telescope Adopts Intelligent Maintenance Robots

Five "intelligent" robot systems and platforms have been cleared by authorities to maintain China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST)...

Why Meta is Giving Away its Extremely Powerful AI Model
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Why Meta is Giving Away its Extremely Powerful AI Model

The AI debate splitting the tech world, explained.

The Robots We Were Afraid of Are Already Here
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The Robots We Were Afraid of Are Already Here

The long-anticipated automation revolution has begun. Robots are ready to operate forklifts and do laundry. It's not as scary as it sounds.

U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations
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U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations

American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations, including during...

Using Cameras on Transit Buses to Monitor Traffic
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Using Cameras on Transit Buses to Monitor Traffic

Ohio State University researchers monitored traffic using cameras already installed on the Campus Area Bus Service's transit buses.

That's Funny—but AI Models Don't Get the Joke
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That's Funny—but AI Models Don't Get the Joke

A multi-institutional team of scientists tested artificial intelligence models' ability to understand humor.

At Wagner's Festival, New Technology Reveals a Leadership Rift
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At Wagner's Festival, New Technology Reveals a Leadership Rift

The use of augmented reality in a production of the opera "Parsifal" opening Germany's Bayreuth Festival has incited a financial and philosophical dispute.

Stretchy Integrated Electronics May Be Possible with Sandwiched Semiconductor
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Stretchy Integrated Electronics May Be Possible with Sandwiched Semiconductor

An international research team engineered a sandwiched semiconductor to provide elasticity to integrated electronics.

Researchers Demonstrate 'Unconditionally Secure' Quantum Digital Payments
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Researchers Demonstrate 'Unconditionally Secure' Quantum Digital Payments

The research represents a possible breakthrough in quantum communications and, potentially, the onset of the era of quantum fintech.

Concerns Grow about MFA Bypass Attacks
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Concerns Grow about MFA Bypass Attacks

Cybercriminals increasingly are using specially crafted attacks to bypass Multi-Factor authentication.

Cleaning Up with TidyBot
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Cleaning Up with TidyBot

A multi-institutional team of engineers mated a mobile robotic arm to a vision model and a large language model to create the TidyBot cleaning robot.

How Hacking Honeybees Brings AI Closer to the Hive
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How Hacking Honeybees Brings AI Closer to the Hive

Computer scientists have developed a new form of decision-making machine intelligence by analyzing the brains of honeybees.

'A Certain Danger Lurks There': How the Inventor of the First Chatbot Turned Against AI
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'A Certain Danger Lurks There': How the Inventor of the First Chatbot Turned Against AI

Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans...

The ESRB Wants to Start Using Facial Scanning Technology to Check People's Ages
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The ESRB Wants to Start Using Facial Scanning Technology to Check People's Ages

The FTC is now seeking public feedback on the ESRB's proposal.

Teachers Put AI Tutoring Bots to the Test
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Teachers Put AI Tutoring Bots to the Test

Three public schools in Newark, NJ, are testing an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted teaching aid from education nonprofit Khan Academy.
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