Tiny bits of space junk reveal their wherabouts when they collide, boffins hope
It's hard to see, but when they rendezvous in orbit sparks ignite
Science05 Dec 2023 | 5
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AstraZeneca bets $247M AI can create a cancer-fighting antibody
Startup Absci will turn to its generative AI algorithms to design synthetic protein
AI + ML04 Dec 2023 | 19
Creating a single AI-generated image needs as much power as charging your smartphone
AI in brief PLUS: Microsoft to invest £2.5B in UK datacenters to power AI, and more
AI + ML04 Dec 2023 | 12
Law secretly drafted by ChatGPT makes it onto the books
'Unfortunately or fortunately, this is going to be a trend'
AI + ML02 Dec 2023 | 53
Boffins find asking ChatGPT to repeat key words can expose its training data
This one weird trick will blow the large language model's artificial mind
AI + ML01 Dec 2023 | 45
Potential sat-bothering cannibal coronal mass ejection slams into Earth's atmo tonight
And where folks are likely to see a light show
Science01 Dec 2023 | 9
AI offers some novel crystal materials that could form future chips, batteries, more
What's more, a robot managed to cook some of them up. So, y'know, it might not be entirely science fiction
AI + ML30 Nov 2023 | 13
Meta: If you're in our house running AI-massaged political ads, you need to 'fess up
Facebook titan vows to protect two billion voters ... but US gets more protection than India, Indonesia, Mexico, EU
AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 3
Amazon says it's ready to train future AI workforce
AI in Brief Plus: Russia will soon be Putin up with lagging West, fake influencers and more
AI + ML27 Nov 2023 | 5
Bezos might beat Musk to Mars as NASA recruits Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket
Eyeing an August 2024 launch, if spacecraft is ready for its first mission
Science23 Nov 2023 | 23
US watchdog gives itself power to demand documents in AI probes
And offers $25,000 prize to stop voice deepfakes from catching on
AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 2
Fake views for the win: Text-to-image models learn more efficiently with made-up data
Future neural nets will probably use a mix of AI-generated and real info
AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 1
Ex-OpenAI staff launch new chatbot – yup, it's Anthropic with Claude 2.1
Half as many hallucinations, startup claims, and it admits when it's wrong
AI + ML21 Nov 2023 | 1
OpenAI meltdown: How could Microsoft have let this happen after betting so many billions?
Comment A quick summary of the past three days of chaos. And Redmond has questions to answer
AI + ML21 Nov 2023 | 100
With all eyes on OpenAI, Meta drags its Responsible AI team to the recycle bin
Ethics staff shifted to generative ML and infrastructure units
AI + ML20 Nov 2023 | 10
Microsoft dials back Bing after users manage to recreate Disney logo in fake AI-generated images
AI In Brief Plus: Amazon lays off hundreds of employees working on Alexa, and more
AI + ML20 Nov 2023 | 36
Double Moon crater riddle solved? Spent Chinese rocket booster carrying mystery payload crash landed
We come in peace, or rather, pieces
Science17 Nov 2023 | 13
Control Altman delete: OpenAI fires CEO, chairman quits
Final update Chief gets upgraded to customer – LLMs may be coming for your job but the board came for his
AI + ML17 Nov 2023 | 73
UK won't rush to regulate AI, says first-ever minister for digital brainboxes
One does not wish to slow innovation, Viscount Jonathan Camrose opines
Public Sector17 Nov 2023 | 31
Wish you could sing like Charli XCX or possess any musical talent? YouTube AI might make that happen
Fake it (with a neural network) until you make it
AI + ML17 Nov 2023 | 22
AI copyright row deepens: Stability VP quits in protest over 'fair use' excuse
Refuses to sing from the corporate songbook on the legal grounds for training neural nets on people's work
AI + ML16 Nov 2023 | 24
Cruise parks entire US fleet over safety fears
Roadblocks ahead as external watchdog hired for full audit of self-driving biz
Personal Tech15 Nov 2023 | 15
Google DeepMind's GraphCast AI weather predictor looks fascinating on paper but ...
... Even its creators say it ain't 'a replacement for traditional forecasting methods'
AI + ML15 Nov 2023 | 14
YouTubers kindly asked to mark their deepfake vids as Fake Fakey McFake Fakes
Fess up before Google's robo-cops possibly finger your synthetic drivel
AI + ML14 Nov 2023 | 18
Google sues scammers peddling fake malware-riddled Bard chatbot download
Updated Plus: Chocolate Factory launches second lawsuit against false DMCA takedowns
Cyber-crime14 Nov 2023 | 13
Strike over? US actors may return to work with top-tier 'progressive AI protections'
Producers will need OK from performers, will pay them to create digi-personas
AI + ML13 Nov 2023 | 3
Google Photos' AI Magic Editor won't change pictures of IDs, receipts, faces, or bodies
AI in brief Plus: Amazon is reportedly training a two-trillion-parameter LLM, and more
AI + ML13 Nov 2023 | 13
US Air Force wants to see some atomic motors for future spacecraft
Take this $34M, Lockheed Martin, and give us an uranium fission engine for electricity, heat, propulsion
Public Sector10 Nov 2023 | 72
NASA's Lucy probe scores a threefer as it flies by first target in 12-year mission
Scientists shocked to find Dinkinesh is orbited by two touching asteroids
Science10 Nov 2023 | 10
DDoS-like attack brought down OpenAI this week, not just its purported popularity
Plus: Lab launches dataset sharing initiative for its own benefit
AI + ML09 Nov 2023 | 2
FTC interrupts Copyright Office probe to flip out over potential AI fraud, abuse
Sir, this is a Wendy's
AI + ML09 Nov 2023 | 22
Adobe sells fake AI-generated Israel-Hamas war images – then the news ran them as real
The world needs a timeout moment
AI + ML08 Nov 2023 | 27
Euclid space 'scope's first color snaps pull back the curtain on cosmic mysteries
Pics After a rocky start, here's looking at Euclid
Science08 Nov 2023 | 13
US actors are still on strike – and yup, it's about those looming AI clones
Updated How about you pay us every time our likeness is used by algorithms to make studio execs richer?
AI + ML08 Nov 2023 | 38
WhatsApp AI happily added guns to chat stickers of Palestinians, but not Israelis
As Meta promises to stop political advertisers from using its generative ML tools
AI + ML07 Nov 2023 | 57
You're next, game devs. Now Microsoft to bring character, story design copilot to Xbox
Video Plus: Doritos 'trials AI software' to mute noise of chip-crunching gamers
AI + ML06 Nov 2023 | 9
Musk thinks X marks the spot for Grok AI engine based on social network
AI In Brief Plus: AI companies enter non-binding agreement to governmental safety tests of models, and more
AI + ML06 Nov 2023 | 44
Brits make Amazon, Meta stop using third-party data to undercut rivals
Watchdog on a tear to level the playing field
Personal Tech04 Nov 2023 | 40
Uber, Lyft to hand back $328M of stolen wages to NY drivers
So much for appy cabbies being 'partners' - Big U kept fares low by making 'em pay fees that riders should have picked up
Personal Tech03 Nov 2023 | 13
Scarlett Johansson sics lawyers on AI biz that cloned her for an ad
Plus: Beatles emit song with a little help from a neural network
AI + ML02 Nov 2023 | 31
Batterygate bound for Blighty as UK court approves billion-dollar Apple compensation case
24 million more angry iPhone users get their turn to give iGiant a kicking
Personal Tech02 Nov 2023 | 47
Alien rock remains found not on but deep inside the Earth
Scientists offer explanation for origin of two anomalous structures nestled within our world
Science02 Nov 2023 | 21
As NASA struggles to open OSIRIS-REx's asteroid sample can, probe heads off to next rock
Screw it... no wait, unscrew it, cry boffins
Science01 Nov 2023 | 18
Judge bins AI copyright lawsuit against DeviantArt, Midjourney – Stability still in the mix
Artists' lawyers vow to fight on
AI + ML31 Oct 2023 | 20
To prevent 'lost' nukes, scientists suggest storing them in a hall of mirrors
Radio bouncing off multiple reflectors is a hard-to-defeat method of monitoring a weapons cache
Science31 Oct 2023 | 22
Yeah, that oughta do the trick, Joe... Biden hopes to tackle AI safety with exec order
ML players must alert Uncle Sam if they're training a foundation model, and more
AI + ML30 Oct 2023 | 12
Developers build AI to read ancient scroll burnt in Mount Vesuvius eruption
AI in brief Plus: US Space Force halts use of ChatGPT and more
AI + ML16 Oct 2023 | 9
How 'AI watermarking' system pushed by Microsoft and Adobe will and won't work
Check for 'cr' bubble in pictures if your app supports it, or look in the metadata if it hasn't been stripped, or...
AI + ML15 Oct 2023 | 38
NASA reschedules Boeing's first crewed Starliner flight for mid-April 2024
Given they're still trying to fix the capsule's parachute the astronauts better say their prayers
Science13 Oct 2023 | 21
Google offers some copyright indemnity to users of its generative AI services
'If you are challenged, we will assume responsibility'
AI + ML12 Oct 2023 | 8
Bennu unboxing shows ancient asteroid holds carbon and water
Just some building blocks for life – in a few billion years, who knows what could develop?
Science12 Oct 2023 | 14
Software patch fixes Euclid space telescope navigation bug
Probe goes loopy after mistaking solar rays for stars
Software11 Oct 2023 | 8
Meta watchdog sticks a probe into Facebook rules after fake Biden vid allowed to stay
Doctored video featured vile false slur, but it wasn't a deepfake ... so that's OK, then?
AI + ML11 Oct 2023 | 7
UK data watchdog warns Snap over My AI chatbot privacy issues
AI in brief Plus: 4channers are making troll memes with Bing AI, and more
AI + ML09 Oct 2023 | 6
AI girlfriend encouraged man to attempt crossbow assassination of Queen
21-year-old jailed for nine years after he was egged on by Replika bot
AI + ML06 Oct 2023 | 110
ESA funds space weather satellite swarm to understand and combat orbital debris
Prof warns El Reg solar storms may cause cascading collisions that make some orbits unusable
Science06 Oct 2023 | 12
Acting union calls out Hollywood studios for 'double standard' on AI use
Actors would get sued for violating their IP, why is the opposite not true?
AI + ML05 Oct 2023 | 15
NASA taking its time unboxing asteroid sample because it grabbed too much stuff
Dirty deed, done in deep space
Science05 Oct 2023 | 17
Microsoft rolls OpenAI's text-to-pic DALL-E 3 into Bing
AI-made images invisibly watermarked – as academics warn that kind of measure is pointless
AI + ML04 Oct 2023 | 2
Astronomers debate whether or not lightning strikes even once on Venus
Where are the bolts of light? Why are the low-frequency radio waves lightning makes going backwards?
Science04 Oct 2023 | 9
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