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Monday September 30, 2024. 05:59 AM
LLMs are helpful, but don't use them for anything important AI models just can't seem to stop making things up. As two recent studies point out, that proclivity underscores prior warnings not to rely on AI advice for anything that really matters.…
Scientific American has surprising news about the possibility of black holes the size of an atom but containing the mass of an asteroid — the so-called 'primordial black holes' formed after the birth of the universe which could solve the ongoing mystery of the missing dark...
Plus: UK man charged with compromising firms for stock secrets; ransomware actor foils self; and more Infosec In Brief Put away that screwdriver and USB charging cable – the latest way to steal a Kia just requires a cellphone and the victim's license plate number.…
As the Vice President of the United States travelled in a motorcade Saturday to a San Francisco hotel, they ended up stopped behind 'a Waymo vehicle that had to be driven away from the motorcade route by police,' according to a local newscast (which called it an 'only in San ...
Plus: SpaceX plans Vietnam investment; Yahoo! Japan content moderation secrets; LG offloads Chinese display factory; and more ASIA IN BRIEF It's not often The Register writes about a cryptocurrency outfit being on the right side of a scam or crime, but last week crypto...
U.S. real estate developers 'are having a hard time keeping up with demand,' reports the Los Angeles Times, 'as businesses in search of secure spots for their servers rent nearly every square foot that becomes available...' Construction of new data centers is at...
Sunday September 29, 2024. 11:51 PM
'California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047, a high-profile bill that would have regulated the development of AI,' reports TechCrunch. The bill 'would have made companies that develop AI models liable for implementing safety protocols to prevent 'critical harms'.'...
'For the first time, scientists have created a flexible programmable chip that is not made of silicon...' reports IEEE Spectrum — opening new possibilities for implantable devices, on-skin computers, brain-machine interfaces, and soft robotics. U.K.-based Pragmatic...
'SpaceX has temporarily grounded its Falcon 9 rocket,' reports Space.com, 'after the vehicle experienced an issue on the Crew-9 astronaut launch for NASA.' Crew-9 lifted off on Saturday (Sept. 28) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending NASA astronaut Nick ...
Long-time Slashdot reader AsylumWraith writes: Visual Capitalist has posted an article and graph showing that, on average, 67% of US tech workers would be interested in joining a union. The percentage is highest at companies like Intuit, with 94% or respondents indicating...
Alethe Denis exposes tricks that made you fall for that return-to-office survey Interview A hacker walked into a 'very big city' building on a Wednesday morning with no keys to any doors or elevators, determined to steal sensitive data by breaking into both the physical...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post: Look at the top right corner of your phone. You might see an icon with '5G' and another with vertical bars showing the strength of your internet connection. Those symbols don't mean what you think they do. If...
Thursday America's Food and Drug Administration approved Cobenfy, 'the first new drug to treat people with schizophrenia in more than 30 years,' reports ABC News: Most schizophrenia medications, broadly known as antipsychotics, work by changing dopamine levels, a brain...
J. Doyne Farmer is the director of the complexity economics program at the Institute for New Economic Thinking in Oxford's research and policy unit. And he reminds us that solar and wind energy 'are very likely to get even less expensive and grow quickly,' pointing out that...
Gearing up to shred the slopes or dive into the seas? These photography tools are made for danger.
The playtest has a learning curve, especially if you've never played a multiplayer online battle arena game. Here's how to get into it.
Many people underestimate the work needed to keep smartphones in tip-top shape. These tiny PCs in your pocket require regular maintenance and important updates in order to stay protected against wear and tear as well as attacks. Turning your phone off completely protects it...
Uplevel provides insights from coding and collaboration data, according to a recent report from CIO magazine — and recently they measured 'the time to merge code into a repository [and] the number of pull requests merged' for about 800 developers over a three-month period...
Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure, and fear.
Turning your kitchen into a café is a great way to learn (or hone) the art of making the perfect shot.
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