In 2025, a highly confidential meeting is slated to bring together a select assembly of the world's most distinguished mathematicians. The exclusive session will reportedly focus on subjecting o4-mini, OpenAI's newest large language model, to an intensive and expert...
An Indian university has courted controversy at the AI summit in Delhi after an official claimed that a Chinese-made robotic dog was its own invention. The incident came to light after a professor from Galgotias University told state-run broadcaster DD News that the...
Tech platforms would have to remove intimate images which have been shared without consent within 48 hours, under a proposed UK law. The government said tackling intimate image abuse should be treated with the same severity as child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and...
Bill Gates will not deliver his keynote address at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi, his philanthropic organisation said hours before the Microsoft co-founder was due to speak. The Gates Foundation said the decision was made after "careful consideration" and "to...
Many of the latest large language models (LLMs) are designed to remember details from past conversations or store user profiles, enabling these models to personalize responses. But researchers from MIT and Penn State University found that, over long conversations,...
It happens every day — a motorist heading across town checks a navigation app to see how long the trip will take, but they find no parking spots available when they reach their destination. By the time they finally park and walk to their destination, they’re...
By now, ChatGPT, Claude, and other large language models have accumulated so much human knowledge that they’re far from simple answer-generators; they can also express abstract concepts, such as certain tones, personalities, biases, and moods. However, it’s not...
Anyone who's recently stood in line for a bagel or coffee at the local bakery and seen everyone staring dazedly at their cell phones, seemingly afraid to be alone with their own thoughts for two minutes, will totally relate to "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die," the...
SpaceX can land its rockets in The Bahamas again — and will do so very soon, if all goes according to plan. On Tuesday (Feb. 17), the Civil Aviation Authority of The Bahamas (CAA-B) approved the resumption of Falcon 9 first-stage touchdowns in the nation's waters. The...
Astronomers have discovered that an unusual optical flare is the result of a star being ripped apart and devoured by a black hole — and what really sets this so-called Tidal Disruption Event (TDE) apart is the fact that the black hole involved seems to be an example...
Our daily experience of gravity, the unseen force anchoring us to the planet, might play a surprising role in why we develop common ailments like irritable bowel syndrome. This fundamental force, essential for the universe's structure, could be intricately linked to...