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How Real Is AI Washing? 4 Companies — and 1 Rock Band — Caught Faking It
FeatureHow Real Is AI Washing? 4 Companies — and 1 Rock Band — Caught Faking It AI is everywhere — and increasingly, so are the scams. As companies rush to harness the momentum of artificial intelligence — and leverage its integration as a powerful marketing tool — a trend has emerged in parallel: a surge…
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From Control to Collaboration: Rethinking How We Align With Agentic AI
FeatureFrom Control to Collaboration: Rethinking How We Align With Agentic AI We’re entering a time where machines can act on our behalf — AI agents that can browse the web, click links, make decisions on their own. The technology shines a light on so many potential opportunities… and a whole lot of complexities. As organizations…
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Fake videos beware: New AI system sees the whole picture
UC Riverside’s UNITE AI model spots fake videos by analyzing full scenes — not just faces. (CREDIT: iStock) As deepfakes continue to evolve, the lines between real and fake video grow harder to detect. Today’s synthetic content can go far beyond face swaps or fake lip-syncs. Thanks to powerful generative tools, entire scenes — including…
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AI in the Real World: What’s Changing at Work, Online and at Home
FeatureAI in the Real World: What’s Changing at Work, Online and at Home While AI promises immense benefits, such as automating tedious tasks, accelerating scientific discoveries and expanding access to education, it also raises pressing concerns about job displacement, bias in algorithms and misinformation on a grand scale. As AI systems become more embedded in…
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New brain-computer interface turns silent thoughts into words
Stanford researchers have successfully decoded imagined speech from brain activity, marking a leap forward in communication technology for people with paralysis. (CREDIT: Emory BrainGate Team) Scientists at Stanford University have taken a major step toward helping people “speak” without moving a muscle—by decoding the silent voice inside the mind. In a study published in the…
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Video From The First Ever World Humanoid Robot Games Is Equal Parts Terrifying And Reassuring
Audio By Carbonatix The first ever World Humanoid Robot Games began on Friday with 280 teams from 16 countries descending upon China to compete. Video from some of the initial competitions and opening ceremony are both scary and satisfying, at least from your basic human being’s perspective. The three-day long event will see over 500…
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AI model speeds up the development of RNA vaccines
Using artificial intelligence, MIT researchers have developed a new way to design nanoparticles that can more efficiently deliver RNA vaccines and other types of RNA therapies. After training a machine learning model to analyse thousands of existing delivery particles, the researchers used it to predict new materials that would work even better for RNA therapies.…
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US HEAT-ML breakthrough accelerates fusion plasma heat protection
A new artificial intelligence breakthrough is helping scientists tame the extreme heat of fusion plasma, bringing the dream of limitless clean energy one step closer. A public-private team of fusion pioneers – Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory – has unveiled an…
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AI breakthrough helps detect laryngeal cancer from voice recordings
Laryngeal cancer, often called cancer of the voice box, remains a significant global health challenge. In 2021 alone, an estimated 1.1 million people were diagnosed with the disease worldwide, and around 100,000 lives were lost. Known risk factors include smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, and infection with human papillomavirus (HPV). Survival rates vary dramatically, ranging from…
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Artificial intelligence is learning to understand people in surprising new ways
AI now detects personality traits from text and explains its reasoning, advancing psychology and ethical tech. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) A growing body of research shows that AI can detect key parts of your personality just from the words you use. It doesn’t need long interviews or tests. Instead, it looks at your writing—social media…