Rare star spotted in its original galaxy could answer a key question about the ingredients of life: Space photo of the week
From its vantage point in Chile, the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), affixed to the 4-meter (13-foot) Víctor M. Blanco Telescope, has captured a stunning astronomical portrait. The image reveals a brilliant expanse of stars within the dwarf galaxy Pictor II, a venerable...
‘There’s no point in an art gallery without artists’
Artificial intelligence is changing creative work at extraordinary speed — but in studios, galleries and writing rooms across the world, artists are deciding what that means for them. From painters to writers, artists are now weighing the risks, opportunities and...
New AI guidelines issued for Jersey organisations
Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption guidelines have been released for Jersey directors and senior leaders. The Institute of Directors (IoD) Jersey said the guidance provided a "clear and practical" framework to help organisations prepare for the "rapid technological...
How could AI change Scotland’s public services?
A new artificial intelligence agency has been set up in Scotland, aimed at harnessing the potential of the most talked about technology of recent years. The Scottish government is forecasting an explosion in the field, and says it could generate an extra £23bn a year...
AI videos of sexualised black women removed from TikTok after BBC investigation
A better method for identifying overconfident large language models
Large language models (LLMs) can generate credible but inaccurate responses, so researchers have developed uncertainty quantification methods to check the reliability of predictions. One popular method involves submitting the same prompt multiple times to see if the...
Generative AI improves a wireless vision system that sees through obstructions
MIT researchers have spent more than a decade studying techniques that enable robots to find and manipulate hidden objects by “seeing” through obstacles. Their methods utilize surface-penetrating wireless signals that reflect off concealed items. Now, the researchers...
MIT and Hasso Plattner Institute establish collaborative hub for AI and creativity
The following is a joint announcement from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Hasso Plattner Institute, and Hasso Plattner Foundation. The MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD), MIT Schwarzman College of Computing,...
What’s the right path for AI?
Who benefits from artificial intelligence? This basic question, which has been especially salient during the AI surge of the last few years, was front and center at a conference at MIT on Wednesday, as speakers and audience members grappled with the many dimensions of...
Rocket Lab launches private Japanese ‘Strix’ satellite
Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective on Friday (March 20). An Electron rocket topped with one of Synspective's Strix satellites lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Friday at 2:10 p.m. EDT (1810 GMT;...
