Europol warns ChatGPT already helping folks commit crimes
There is no honor among chatbots
AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 31
Katyanna covers artificial intelligence, scientific research, accelerator chips for machine-learning, and other topics for The Register. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Is Neuralink ready for human brain implants? Allegedly so
We're sure Elon will be first in line as a test subject
Science27 Mar 2023 | 21
Google's claims of super-human AI chip layout back under the microscope
Special report Nature probes published research as it emerges journal paper allegedly used to entice $120m cloud deal
AI + ML27 Mar 2023 | 18
Google says it did not train its AI chatbot Bard on your private emails
AI In Brief ALSO: Web traffic to Microsoft Bing up 15.8 per cent since launch of GPT-4 bot, and more
AI + ML27 Mar 2023 | 18
Boeing Starliner's 1st crewed trip to the ISS delayed again over battery overheating risk
May fly in the summer, with some presumably pretty nervous pilots
Science26 Mar 2023 | 25
Terran 1, world's first (mostly) 3D printed rocket, lifts off ... and fails to reach orbit
Mission named 'Good Luck Have Fun' needed more of both
Science23 Mar 2023 | 11
First-known interstellar Solar System visitor 'Oumuamua a comet in disguise – research
Strange appearance and behavior perplexed astronomers, led some folks to believe it was alien spaceship
Science23 Mar 2023 | 39
If scammers use your AI code to rip off victims, the FTC may want a word
A good watchdog does blame the tools, or something like that
Personal Tech22 Mar 2023 | 18
Boffins develop AI model for designing proteins to make synthetic blood plasma
And it's not the only hybrid synthetic biomaterial scientists are targeting
AI + ML22 Mar 2023 |
Google reminds everyone it too can launch a ChatGPT-like chatbot … waiting list
Meanwhile, Bing can now output images, Adobe touts shiny art platform Firefly
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 8
Hospital to test AI 'copilot' for doctors that jots notes on patient care
The hope? Reducing piles of admin for clinicians freeing them up for medical work
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 21
Stanford sends 'hallucinating' Alpaca AI model out to pasture over safety, cost
Meta-made small language model can produce misinformation, toxic text
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 18
Earth is running out of places for stargazers to do dark deeds in the name of science
A 'new deal for the night' needed
Science20 Mar 2023 | 24
OpenAI CEO warns that GPT-4 could be misused for nefarious purposes
In brief ALSO: Discord quietly edited its privacy policy after rolling out new generative AI features, and more
AI + ML20 Mar 2023 | 19
AI-generated art can be copyrighted, say US officials – with a catch
Some non-artificial intelligence needed
AI + ML16 Mar 2023 | 36
NASA spots first evidence of an active volcano on Venus – in a big pile of CD-ROMs
Disc-trawling expedition of 30-year-old data turns up trumps
Science16 Mar 2023 | 11
Workers don't want these humanoid robots telling them to be happy
Shocking!
Personal Tech16 Mar 2023 | 113
Anyone want an International Space Station? Slightly used
NASA expects to spend about $1 billion to bring it down safely
Science15 Mar 2023 | 132
Now Google to shove its answer to ChatGPT into Gmail, Docs, apps via APIs, more
PaLM springs forth
AI + ML14 Mar 2023 | 9
NASA wants a telescope on the far side of the Moon
Aims to look at the universe's dark ages without interference from Earth
Science14 Mar 2023 | 51
GPT-4 to launch this week, Microsoft Germany's CTO lets slip
In-brief Plus: DuckDuckGo launches its own AI web search chatbot, and more
AI + ML13 Mar 2023 | 17
Hold off on that 2046 Valentine's date, asteroid might hit Earth
Luckily this rock is only about the size of the Arc de Triomphe, let alone the 600-to-1 chance
Science12 Mar 2023 | 30
Thanks to generative AI, catching fraud science is going to be this much harder
Feature Why do experiments and all that work when a model could just invent convincing data for you?
AI + ML11 Mar 2023 | 33
The Moon or bust, says NASA, after successful SLS/Orion test flight
Heat shield sustained more damage than expected, but this shouldn't discourage astronauts
Science09 Mar 2023 | 68
Inaugural flight of first (mostly) 3D-printed rocket aborted
Relativity Space relatively grounded
Science09 Mar 2023 | 10
Brit newspaper giant fills space with AI-assisted articles
That's a bit of a Reach
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 98
LLaMA drama as Meta's mega language model leaks
Don't worry... 'The good will outweigh the bad, by at least tenfold. Probably closer to 100x'
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 22
NASA fixes solar observation spacecraft by turning it off and turning it on again
'Firemode reset' sees Interstellar Boundary Explorer back on the job
Science07 Mar 2023 | 41
SETI: How AI-boosted satellites, robots could help search for life on other planets
Software scans to give rovers a clue
AI + ML07 Mar 2023 | 8
Elon Musk yearns for AI devs to build 'anti-woke' rival ChatGPT bot
In brief Plus: OpenAI says it won't train on customer data, and Microsoft rolls out new Bing AI modes
AI + ML06 Mar 2023 | 157
Why our solar-storm sats corrode – and probably not what you expected
My dear, I do believe I have the vapors ... in spaaace
Science04 Mar 2023 | 17
Space. The eventual frontier. This is the delayed journey of Crew-6 astronauts en route to the ISS
SpaceX overcomes ground systems issue that halted previous launch attempt
Science03 Mar 2023 |
Now we're building computers from lab-grown brain cells
Oi! Organoid Intelligence could be more data- and power-efficient than AI
AI + ML02 Mar 2023 | 38
NASA finds crashing spacecraft into asteroids is a viable defence strategy
Recoil from DART impact changed Dimorphos's orbit more than expected
Science02 Mar 2023 | 37
Double trouble for NASA with two spacecraft on the fritz
Interstellar Boundary Explorer isn't listening and Surface Water Ocean Topography mission off to unlucky start
Science01 Mar 2023 | 3
US government sets a 30-day deadline for wiping TikTok from feds' phones
Last chance to film yourself doing a ByteDance, in the US and abroad
Security01 Mar 2023 | 14
Tesla hits the brakes on rollout of Full Self-Driving code to new users
Those that signed up for the $15,000 package told to queue behind those waiting for safety upgrade
AI + ML28 Feb 2023 | 31
Twitter rewards remaining loyal staff by decimating them
Reminder: Elon spent $44 billion on this. Forty-four thousand million dollars
Personal Tech27 Feb 2023 | 115
Cause for a LLaMA? Meta reckons its smaller text-emitting AI is better than rivals
In brief Plus: Lensa AI app maker sued for wacky app photo collection, Supreme Court debates chatbots
AI + ML25 Feb 2023 | 20
America: AI artwork is not authored by humans, so can't be protected by copyright
Updated Comic sans Midjourney images would be eligible for IP protections
AI + ML24 Feb 2023 | 75
China's Zhurong rover may be dead: NASA images show no sign of life
Pic Or maybe it's just resting and pining for the fjords
Science23 Feb 2023 | 11
Microsoft injects AI search into Bing, Edge, Skype apps
Cap on daily interactions also lifted slightly – to 60 questions per day
AI + ML22 Feb 2023 | 4
NASA: Yup, thousand-pound meteorite exploded over Texas
As good time as any for Europe to announce a 2030 asteroid-spotting mission
Science22 Feb 2023 | 52
I can't do that, Dave: AI drowns top sci-fi mag with story submissions
Any sufficiently advanced chatbot is indistinguishable from spam
AI + ML22 Feb 2023 | 67
Microsoft to cap daily Bing AI queries to stop the bot delivering daft responses
AI in brief Also: Google asks staff to rewrite Bard's responses; EU's AI bill may stall; Endangered architects
AI + ML20 Feb 2023 | 26
SpaceX threatened with $175,000 fine for Starlink crash risk paperwork blunder
Video Looks like Musketeers jumped the gun, launched mission too early
Science18 Feb 2023 | 24
Microsoft's new AI BingBot berates users and can't get its facts straight
+Comment Ask it more than 15 questions in a single conversation and Redmond admits the responses get ropey
AI + ML17 Feb 2023 | 61
This app could block text-to-image AI models from ripping off artists
Free software looming to fend off paintbrush-armed robots
AI + ML16 Feb 2023 | 63
Biden: I want standard EV chargers made in America by 2024 – get on it
So Tesla's gonna open up its proprietary tech?
Personal Tech16 Feb 2023 | 89
Workers who help Teslas become robots explore starting a union to avoid same fate
Elon Musk has already said he likes the idea of less human input into the data labelling process these folks drive
AI + ML15 Feb 2023 | 6
Wow, so they actually let AI fly an F-16 fighter jet
You can be my Bing man anytime
AI + ML14 Feb 2023 | 61
Microsoft's AI Bing also factually wrong, fabricated text during launch demo
Redmond's hype box and Google's Bard just as bad as each other
AI + ML14 Feb 2023 | 75
Second Soyuz springs a leak, astronauts stuck on ISS for an extra month
Trust us tovarishch, we're just going to do a few more checks
Science14 Feb 2023 | 11
Satya Nadella wants to make Google dance in battle for AI chat-powered web search
In brief Plus: Publisher using AI tools generated false health advice for men; how ChatGPT widens economic inequalities
AI + ML13 Feb 2023 | 8
Water-hunting NASA cubesat won't reach Moon after total thruster fail
ASCENT propulsion system just didn't work
Science10 Feb 2023 | 21
Google now won't black-hole all AI-made pages as spam
Plus: Microsoft's nu-Bing can't answer question on exoplanets correctly either
AI + ML09 Feb 2023 | 33
Ring system discovered around dwarf planet Quaoar leaves astronomers puzzled
Structure appears to be so far out, the Roche limit may need revising
Science09 Feb 2023 | 55
Google's AI search bot Bard makes $120b error on day one
'This highlights the importance of a rigorous testing process' says Choc Fact. No sh%t...
AI + ML08 Feb 2023 | 50
FTC backs down over Meta's acquisition of VR biz Within
Meta said it plans to close deal soon
Personal Tech08 Feb 2023 | 2
Microsoft tells people to prepare for AI search engine that goes Bing!
Redmond thinks OpenAI can be secret sauce to beat Google
AI + ML07 Feb 2023 | 47
Biting the hand that feeds IT
