Image Credits: PixabayLast week, Google quietly launched an app that enables users to run various open-source AI models from the Hugging Face platform directly on their smartphones.Named Google AI Edge Gallery, the app is currently available on Android, with an iOS version on the way. It lets users browse, download, and run supported models...
Image Credits: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA prominent large language model shows patterns of behavior that mirror a key aspect of human psychology: cognitive dissonance.A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that OpenAI’s GPT-4o shows a surprising tendency: it seeks to maintain alignment between its stated attitudes and its...
Image Credits: PixabayOn Tuesday, WordPress announced the formation of a dedicated AI team aimed at guiding and accelerating the development of artificial intelligence tools across its developer ecosystem.This new team will be responsible for fostering innovation, providing strategic direction, and ensuring that AI technologies are integrated in ways that enhance both the platform...
Image Credits: PixabayRecords are made to be broken, but when it comes to the fastest robot to solve a Rubik's Cube, progress seems almost maxed out: the newest record is an astonishing 103 milliseconds.Kudos to the record-breaking team—undergraduate engineers from Purdue University in the US: Junpei Ota, Aden Hurd, Matthew Patrohay, and Alex Berta....
Image Credits: PixabayA team of AI researchers from Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel has discovered that, despite the safeguards implemented by developers of large language models (LLMs), most widely accessible chatbots can still be manipulated into producing harmful or even illegal content.Research Reveals Vulnerabilities in Popular Chatbots Despite Built-in SafeguardsIn a...
Image Credits: PixabayJapanese automaker Nissan, facing losses, is counting on its new "e-Power" technology to recover. E-Power is a type of hybrid featuring both an electric motor and a gasoline engine, similar to the Toyota Prius.However, unlike the Prius, it doesn’t switch between the motor and engine while driving. This means the car...
Image Credits: New AtlasNo one enjoys buildings that are too hot in summer or too cold in winter. That’s why the FlectoLine facade is designed with two bio-inspired mechanisms to automatically control the amount of solar heat entering through the windows.Collaborative Development of FlectoLine System by German UniversitiesThis system is being developed through a...
Image Credits: PixabayApple users are beginning to find ways to exit the iPhone maker's so-called "walled garden." For years, Apple prevented app developers from telling users how to pay for subscription or services outside of its iOS App Store.Some apps pushed back—it's why you couldn’t subscribe to Spotify directly through the app.That changed last...
credit: PixabayOn May 21, an East Bay Democrat in the state Legislature revealed details of a hard-won collaboration between California and Google aimed at providing financial support to the state's news media, a sector that has significantly declined in the digital era.Critics, including a former state senator, argue the deal falls short of earlier...
Credit: PixabayThe recommended reading list included some fictional works, along with others that were, in reality, entirely made-up.King Features, the content distributor, has announced the dismissal of a writer who used artificial intelligence to create a summer reading list featuring non-existent books.The list was part of "Heat Index: Your Guide to the Best of...
