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Bigger AI chatbots more inclined to spew nonsense — and people don't always realize
A study of newer, bigger versions of three major artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots shows that they are more inclined to generate wrong answers than to admit ignorance. The assessment also found that people aren’t great at spotting the bad answers.
#technology #ai #chatbots
Apple’s long-awaited ‘HomeAccessory’ could have square display, A18 chip for AI, more
According to reliable sources familiar with the matter, the leaked “HomeAccessory” is indeed Apple’s new smart home accessory. Codenamed J490, the device will be powered by the A18 chip, presumably to support Apple Intelligence features (which won’t be available on current HomePods).
Interestingly, sources told us that the HomeAccessory in its current state has a squarish display, rather than a rectangular format like an iPad. It’s unclear whether the square aspect ratio will make it into the final product. HomeAccessory also has a built-in camera that works for FaceTime and other video conferencing apps.
#technology #apple
Radian Aerospace completes ground tests of prototype space plane
Radian Aerospace has moved one step closer to achieving the “holy grail” of spaceflight: a reusable space plane that can take off from an airfield and land on a runway like a conventional airplane. The startup just announced completion of a series of ground tests in Abu Dhabi earlier this summer.
#technology #aviation #radian #space
There are technologies that have not changed for centuries for example the technology of scratching your back where it is difficult to reach with your hand. You take a thin twig and scratch your back or your forehead the door frame. :) !VSC
I find that dropping a weight on my foot stops my back from itching.
I heard somewhere that a bullet helps with headaches, attention is redistributed :) !VSC
Absolutely.
My back feels a lot better when I slam my finger in the car door a few times.
This is probably not the case when you can say that it is good that there is something that distracts us from pain, but... distracts :) !BEER
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BEER.Reuters: US imposes fresh Russia- and cyber-related sanctions
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/us-imposes-fresh-russia-cyber-related-sanctions-treasury-dept-website-2024-09-26/
Reuters: Google restricts creation of new accounts in Russia, news agencies report
https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-restricts-creation-new-accounts-russia-news-agencies-report-2024-09-26/
Reuters: Microsoft to make $2.7 billion cloud, AI investments in Brazil
https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-make-27-billion-cloud-ai-investments-brazil-2024-09-26/
Reuters: OpenAI CEO denies exec departures linked to restructuring
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-departures-company-not-linked-restructuring-ceo-says-2024-09-26/
Reuters: Britain buys semiconductor factory to secure supply for military
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/britain-buys-semiconductor-factory-secure-supply-military-2024-09-27/
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Meta reveals Orion AR, its newest smart glasses
During Meta Connect, the company finally officially revealed its new “fully holographic” augmented reality glasses, called Orion.
The device is revealed after months of speculation and arrives equipped with interesting technologies. However, unfortunately, it is still just a presentation version and is not ready to hit the market yet.
#newsonleo #technology #meta
One of the highlights of the new device is that it has small projectors that display holograms directly on the lenses, creating an immersive AR experience.
Another highlight is its look and design. For starters, it's not big and heavy like some previous AR products like the Magic Leap, Hololens, or Google Glass, which means it's more comfortable and practical to use on a daily basis. Furthermore, it is also more discreet and does not block the user's view of the real world, as many do. Thus, the user is always aware of what is happening around them and those nearby can still see the face and expression of the person using it in a natural way.
According to Meta, Orion offers a digital experience that goes beyond the limitations of a smartphone screen, superimposing holographic elements onto the real world. The integration of contextual AI will also allow users to interact more intelligently with their surroundings.
The big secret behind Orion's lightness is that not all the necessary technology is exactly on the device. The glasses connect to a wireless “puck” that handles much of the processing and transmits applications and content to the device. Additionally, a bracelet will be used to control gestures and interactions.
Electronics
First sensor created that measures magnetic fields in any direction
The best sensors available today for measuring magnetic fields - also known as magnetometers - belong to the class of "quantum sensors", working based on the reaction of individual atoms to the magnetic fields they want to measure.
#newsonleo #Electronics #technology
Its active part are natural atomic defects present in the diamond, known as nitrogen vacancies, or color centers. These centers arise when two carbon atoms in the diamond's crystal lattice are replaced by a single nitrogen atom, leaving a "vacancy" in the crystal lattice.
Together, the nitrogen atom and vacancy can behave as a negatively charged entity with a spin of its own. Better than that, nitrogen vacancy centers are isolated from the environment, meaning their quantum behavior is robust and stable, making them not only excellent sensors but also ideal qubits for quantum computers.
And you can use them for other things, like measuring practically anything. By repeatedly exciting a color center and collecting the emitted photons, it is possible to detect its spin state. And, because the spin state can be influenced by external variables such as magnetic field, electric field, temperature, force and pressure, diamond's nitrogen vacancy centers can be used as extremely precise, atomic-scale sensors.
But in the case of detecting magnetic fields, there is a problem: The color centers can only detect magnetic fields that are aligned in the same direction as the sensors. Thus, a practical magnetometer needs to contain many sensors, placed at different alignment angles, which makes them difficult to build and use and with an accuracy limited to the number and position of the sensors used. Furthermore, the fact that they are rigid (diamond is the hardest natural material known) means that they cannot conform to the samples being studied.
Technology
Electric circuit will test whether gravity is quantum or not
Physicists have devised a new method to test in the laboratory whether the force of gravity is quantum or not.
And it is a multipurpose experiment: By allowing the modeling of a central theory of quantum gravity, the experiment could help not only decipher previously inexplicable phenomena, but could also improve computational circuits, such as neural networks.
#newsonleo #technology #gravity #space
Gravity isn't exactly a mystery as long as we stay at great distances: We can calculate the orbits of planets, send rockets into space with precision, and even map space superhighways. However, the theoretical description of gravity loses its explanatory power when we reach the level of the smallest particles, the so-called quantum level.
"To explain the Big Bang or the interior of black holes, we have to understand the quantum properties of gravity," explains professor Johanna Erdmenger, from the University of Wurzburg, in Germany. "At very high energies, the classical laws of gravity fail. Therefore, our goal is to contribute to the development of new theories that can explain gravity on all scales, including at the quantum level."
In terms of a theory of quantum gravity, what we have today is the so-called "AdS/CFT correspondence", which states that complex gravitational theories in high-dimensional space can be described by simpler quantum theories at the boundary of that space.
Don't be scared by the terms, you can understand them: "AdS" stands for "Anti-de-Sitter", a special type of space-time that is curved inwards, like a hyperbola. "CFT" is the acronym for "conformal field theory", a theory that describes quantum physical systems whose properties are the same at all spatial distances.
"This seems very complicated at first, but it's easy to explain," continues Erdmenger. "The AdS/CFT correspondence allows us to understand difficult gravitational processes, like those that exist in the quantum world, using simpler mathematical models. At its heart is a curved spacetime, which can be thought of as a funnel. The correspondence claims that the Quantum dynamics at the edge of the funnel must correspond to the more complex dynamics within it - in a similar way to a hologram on a banknote, which generates a three-dimensional image, although it is only two-dimensional."
All of these theories are very well founded mathematically, but it is necessary to test them in the laboratory, at least to know at what scale they begin to work or fail.
Professor Erdmenger's team is proposing a method to experimentally test predictions of the AdS/CFT correspondence that have never been previously confirmed.
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What do you think about this? Would you like to make your own film?
#technology
https://inleo.io/threads/view/coyotelation/re-sunchheniq?referral=coyotelation
Please which AI is responsible for this? I would love to make a cooking movie, lol. It always plays in my head. 😁
THis woman 🤣🤣🤣, you and food eh....
Good combination. 😁
I ended up missing your comment, but I managed to read it.
I will explain to you in English what is in the image:
I went on a bike trail today in Alagoas and found this.
There was a note that said "junior I tie you to me forever"
I don't even know who is junior, but I freed the brother.
TMJ = We are together!
There are a few types and we will have many more options in the future.
I took this video from the internet. I don't know exactly where it was made.
this is pretty cool 👏👏👏👏, how did you do it?
I found it on the internet.
THats cool 😎
Caraca mano que da hora! Isso com certeza será difundido e aos poucos chegara em massa para as pessoas, um novo normal na produção de vídeos e curtas! #cent #freecompliments
Graças a AI, hoje já podemos criar livros, bons roteiros... Fazer filmes será algo bastante simples graças a AI.
9 startups that stood out on YC Demo Day 2
Here are the startups from YC Demo Day 2 that we thought stood out from the flock.
Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator held the second Demo Day for its Summer 2024 cohort on Thursday, and just like we saw on Day 1, AI remains the focus of most startups in this cohort.
However, we did also find a few interesting startups that are working on cool tech like drones that can’t be jammed, carpooling for freight, and weather prediction.\
#newsonleo #ycominator #technology
Article
UK data watchdog confirms it's investigating MoneyGram data breach
The world’s second-largest money transfer provider, which filed a data breach notice with U.K. authorities, serves over 50 million people.
The U.K.’s data protection regulator has confirmed it’s investigating MoneyGram after receiving a data breach report from the U.S.-based money transfer giant.
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office, which requires that organizations report data breaches within 72 hours of discovering the incident, confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday that the watchdog had received a report from MoneyGram following a cybersecurity incident at the company.
#newsonleo #moneygram #data #breach
“We have received a report from MoneyGram and will be making enquiries,” ICO spokesperson Lucy Milburn told TechCrunch.
The extent of a potential data breach at MoneyGram remains unknown. MoneyGram, the world’s second-largest money transfer provider, serves over 50 million people in more than 200 countries and territories each year.
MoneyGram has remained largely silent about the cybersecurity incident beyond a handful of updates posted to its X account.
The company’s website, which is now back up and running after almost a week offline, contains no mention of the cybersecurity incident, and MoneyGram has not responded to TechCrunch’s multiple requests for comment.
MoneyGram first confirmed the cybersecurity incident on Monday following three days of operational downtime, saying it “identified a cybersecurity issue affecting certain of our [sic] systems” and had taken some systems offline in an effort to contain the incident.
The outage forced both the company’s website and app offline, leaving customers unable to make in-person or online payments. The outage also affected MoneyGram partners, including the Bank of Jamaica and the U.K.’s Post Office.
The latest update from MoneyGram, posted on X on Thursday, says that customers can now “send and receive money through both our digital platforms and agent partners,” but adds that the company is still working to fulfill pending transactions.
The company says that its app is now live and available. When TechCrunch checked on Friday, MoneyGram’s app remained offline.
Article
Napkin is a note-taking app that is not about making you more productive
Note-taking apps typically aim to make you more efficient and productive. A lot of those apps concentrate on quickly jotting down your thoughts,
Note-taking apps typically aim to make you more efficient and productive. A lot of those apps concentrate on quickly jotting down your thoughts, organizing them better, or a mix of both. Napkin (not to be confused with the Accel-backed startup of same name) wants to stand out amid these apps by focusing on mindfulness. Think of it as a companion of sorts to your journaling.
#newsonleo #technolgoy #napkin
Founders David Felsmann and Fabian Wittel, who previously worked in BMW’s group innovation wing, started developing the app in 2022. They first released a web prototype. But, at that time, the app was focusing on productivity and helping you outline ideas around specific topics. They noticed that there was also a big chunk of users who used Napkin as a mindfulness tool to take some time and reflect on ideas that were valuable to them.
The company then shifted its focus to the mindfulness market when it started building its iOS app — the desktop app was maintained for existing users. The startup has positioned itself in the health and fitness category rather than productivity or utility because of its mindfulness approach.
“All notes are very different in nature. We are helping people capture ideas that change their state of mind. Like something that made you change your perspective or motivated you and you want to relfect on that later. These are the ideas that you collect with Napkin as a mindfulness habit,” Felsmann said.
Users can log their ideas, such as quotes from books, through the camera — those quotes are converted into text. They can also simply type these thoughts as well. Napkin curates some ideas for inital sessions that you can add to your library. The app uses AI to caregorize different ideas with auto-generatged tags. You can revisit these themes or tags at a later date from the home screen too.
Users can archive their ideas so that they stop showing up with the related flags. While the app can understand other languages like Spanish and German, currently, it is best suited for English.
He noted that a lot of people used the app first thing in the morning instead of opening social media to self-reflect. The co-founders noted that they have built the app around a so-called Sense of Coherence (SoC) model, which allows you to build a holistic mental model of the world and keep you grounded.
Napkin is available on App Store with a fee of $6 per month or $50 per year. You can also get a seven-day trial to test out the app.
The company says that the app doesn’t want to disrupt user flow so they don’t send any nudges or notifications to users. “We don’t want to add more noise to users’ lives. We would love to be an application in the background that is not screaming for attention, but rather a quiet place of retention for them,” Felsmann said.
Napkin sees itself as a companion for people who journal rather than a replacement. In the future, the app could also have integrations with popular journal apps or Amazon Kindle so users can capture their ideas easily and use them for journaling.
The company hasn’t raised any institutional money but has gotten checks in the form of convertible loan agreements from believers and backers totaling roughly $150,000. Napkin doesn’t want to raise money and wants to reach sustainability with more than 10,000 subscribers. Currently, it has roughly 4,000 paid users. Once it hits the goal, the company will consider building integration features and apps for other platforms.
Nomi's companion chatbots will now remember things like the colleague you don't get along with
As OpenAI boasts about its o1 model’s increased thoughtfulness, small, self-funded startup Nomi AI is building the same kind of technology.
As OpenAI boasts about its o1 model’s increased thoughtfulness, small, self-funded startup Nomi AI is building the same kind of technology. Unlike the broad generalist ChatGPT, which slows down to think through anything from math problems or historical research, Nomi niches down on a specific use case: AI companions. Now, Nomi’s already-sophisticated chatbots take additional time to formulate better responses to users’ messages, remember past interactions, and deliver more nuanced responses.
#newsonleo #openai #technology #nomi #chatbot
“For us, it’s like those same principles [as OpenAI], but much more for what our users actually care about, which is on the memory and EQ side of things,” Nomi AI CEO Alex Cardinell told TechCrunch. “Theirs is like, chain of thought, and ours is much more like chain of introspection, or chain of memory.”
These LLMs work by breaking down more complicated requests into smaller questions; for OpenAI’s o1, this could mean turning a complicated math problem into individual steps, allowing the model to work backwards to explain how it arrived at the correct answer. This means the AI is less likely to hallucinate and deliver an inaccurate response.
With Nomi, which built its LLM in-house and trains it for the purposes of providing companionship, the process is a bit different. If someone tells their Nomi that they had a rough day at work, the Nomi might recall that the user doesn’t work well with a certain teammate, and ask if that’s why they’re upset — then, the Nomi can remind the user how they’ve successfully mitigated interpersonal conflicts in the past and offer more practical advice.
“Nomis remember everything, but then a big part of AI is what memories they should actually use,” Cardinell said.
Article
Starlink hits 4 million subscribers
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet network is expected to hit a new customer milestone this week, company President Gwynne Shotwell told Texas legislators on Tuesday.
“This week, by the way, we will pass 4 million customers for Starlink, which is quite exciting,” she said while testifying before a state House Appropriations Committee meeting. (The milestone was confirmed by SpaceX on Thursday.)
#technology #starlink #spacex
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The Guardian: Companies building AI-powered tech are using your posts. Here’s how to opt out
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/27/gmail-meta-x-ai-data-privacy
The Guardian: Will the ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ message protect users’ posts from being used to train AI?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/26/will-the-goodbye-meta-ai-message-protect-users-posts-from-being-used-to-train-ai
The Guardian: Elon Musk hits back at UK government after he is not invited to tech summit
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/26/elon-musk-uk-government-invite-tech-summit
The Guardian: OpenAI planning to become for-profit company, say reports
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/26/openai-planning-to-become-for-profit-company-say-reports
The Guardian: TikTok videos spread misinformation to new migrant community in New York City
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/26/tiktok-misinformation-migrants-new-york-city
The Guardian: Echo Spot review: Amazon’s Alexa takes aim at the bedroom
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/25/echo-spot-review-amazon-alexa-smart-alarm-clock
BBC: How pen and paper comes to the rescue in an IT crisis
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9zx22ley8o
BBC: Watch: Can BBC reporter's AI clone fool his colleagues?
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cdje9nz7ll1o
BBC: Dame Judi Dench and John Cena to voice Meta AI chatbot
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6258zn1663o
CNBC: Hands-on with Meta’s Orion AR glasses prototype and the possible future of computing
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/27/hands-on-with-metas-orion-augmented-reality-smart-glasses-prototype.html
CNBC: Alibaba, Tencent rally as Beijing stimulus plans push China’s tech stocks to 13-month high
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/27/alibaba-tencent-rally-as-china-tech-stocks-rise-on-stimulus-plans.html
Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first
A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin less than three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells. She is the first person with the disease to be treated using cells that were extracted from her own body.
#technology #stemcells #health #diabetes
CNBC: OpenAI CFO tells investors funding round should close by next week despite executive departures
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/26/openais-cfo-says-funding-round-should-close-by-next-week-in-letter.html
CNBC: Sam Altman tells OpenAI staff there’s no plan for him to receive a ‘giant equity stake’ in company
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/26/openais-sam-altman-tells-employees-he-didnt-get-giant-equity-stake.html
CNBC: Google venture arm backs startup aiming to bring mixed reality to any car windshield or plane cockpit
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/26/google-backs-distance-startup-bringing-mixed-reality-to-cars-planes.html
CNN: Hologram boxes can beam ‘3D’ video into your living room
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/27/tech/proto-hologram-boxes-3d-video-spc/index.html
CNN: Social media platforms are using what you create for artificial intelligence. Here’s how to opt out
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/23/tech/social-media-ai-data-opt-out/index.html
CNN: This bank says ‘millions’ of people could be targeted by AI voice-cloning scams
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/18/tech/ai-voice-cloning-scam-warning/index.html
CNN: AI-powered tech could help people with speech impairments to work remotely
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/23/tech/voiceitt-voice-recognition-speech-impairments-spc/index.html
Wired: Tesla’s Cybertruck Goes, Inevitably, to War
https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-cybertruck-russia-ukraine-war/
Reuters: EU privacy regulator fines Meta 91 million euros over password storage
https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-privacy-regulator-fines-meta-91-million-euros-over-password-storage-2024-09-27/
Reuters: Musk's X seeks Brazil comeback, retreats on 'censorship' feud
https://www.reuters.com/technology/x-asks-brazils-top-court-allow-it-resume-services-source-says-2024-09-26/
Reuters: Alphabet to invest $3.3 bln for two data centers in South Carolina
https://www.reuters.com/technology/alphabet-invest-33-bln-two-data-centers-south-carolina-2024-09-26/
Reuters: Intel and US to finalise $8.5 bln in chips funding by year-end, FT reports
https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-us-finalise-85-bln-chips-funding-by-year-end-ft-reports-2024-09-27/
Reuters: Amazon's AI partnership with Anthropic gets UK competition watchdog nod
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/amazons-ai-partnership-with-anthropic-gets-uk-competition-watchdog-nod-2024-09-27/
Reuters: Dell asks global sales team to work five days a week in office, memo says
https://www.reuters.com/technology/dell-asks-global-sales-team-work-five-days-week-office-memo-says-2024-09-26/
Reuters: Major insider slashes nearly all of its stake in Trump's media firm
https://www.reuters.com/technology/insider-reduces-its-major-stake-trumps-media-firm-2024-09-26/
Reuters: Amazon tops $1.8 bln ad-spending commitment target for video-streaming services, The Information reports
https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-tops-18-bln-ad-spending-commitment-target-video-streaming-services-2024-09-26/
Reuters: Intel rejects Arm's approach for product division, Bloomberg News reports
https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-rejects-arms-approach-product-division-bloomberg-news-reports-2024-09-27/
Reuters: Micron rises 13% as strong forecast impresses AI-hungry investors
https://www.reuters.com/technology/micron-fuels-chip-stock-rally-ai-demand-powers-revenue-forecast-2024-09-26/