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Humanoid Robot Acts Out Prompts Like It's Playing Charades
A humanoid robot developed by researchers at Japan's University of Tokyo can be controlled by giving text prompts to the large language model GPT-4.
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Computer Science Pioneer Niklaus Wirth Passes Away
ACM A.M. Turing Award laureate Niklaus Emil Wirth passed away Jan. 1 at age 89.
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App to Help Older Adults Spot Online Scams
A new app is intended to prevent elder fraud by helping older adults identify online scams.
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Java Applications Have Major Security Flaws
Widely-used Java applications were found to have major security vulnerabilities.
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A New Olympics Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance
The upcoming Paris Summer Olympic Games will serve as a testbed for AI-powered video surveillance, and people's tolerance of its use.
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Silicon Valley Eyes Reboot of Google Glass-Style Headsets
Silicon Valley’s search for successor to the smartphone has revived the concept of smart glasses that Google failed to popularize about a decade ago.
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Chatbots Trained to 'Jailbreak' Rivals
Researchers at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University have "jailbroke" popular large language model (LLM) chatbots.
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Cryptographic Scheme Could Fix AirTag Stalking
Researchers developed a cryptographic scheme to prioritize the detection of potential AirTag stalking while maintaining privacy for users.
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Former Prime Minister Uses AI to Campaign from Prison in Pakistan
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party used an AI tool from ElevenLabs to create a voice clone of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, which allowed Khan to...
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Mercedes Adds Blue Car Light for Self-Driving
Mercedes-Benz has received approval to add external turquoise blue lights to its vehicles that indicate when they are in self-driving mode.
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U.S. Regulators Propose New Online Privacy Safeguards for Children
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has proposed major changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.
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Bionic Prostheses Empower Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers
About 20,000 Ukrainians have had amputations since the war with Russia started in February 2022. Some were able to receive bionic prostheses.
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National Lab Works to Cap, Reduce Carbon
Argonne National Laboratory will use supercomputers to help companies advance clean energy technologies with ultra-fidelity simulations and data analysis.
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Why Are Lawyers Afraid of AI?
Generative artificial intelligence and the law: there is no turning back.
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ACM Publications Finances for 2022
Achieving a balance between mission, sustainability, and growth is without question ACM's greatest challenge as we transition to a fully Open Access model over...
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Caltech, Broadcom Partner on Quantum R&D
A multi-year partnership between the California Institute of Technology and Broadcom aims to advance quantum science research and development.
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SUTD Professor Designs 3D-Printed 'Trees' for Singapore Pavilion at COP28
Two 3D-printed “trees” made of stainless steel and upcycled plastic waste were centerpieces of the Singapore pavilion at the U.N. COP28 climate conference.
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Pangolin-Poaching Hot Spots Revealed by DNA Tests
University of California, Los Angeles researchers developed a method for tracing the smuggling routes of pangolins using DNA tests.
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Microsoft Targets Nuclear to Power AI Operations
Microsoft is looking to tap nuclear power for its artificial intelligence and supercomputing electricity needs.
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