Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Outsource Your Mind to Your AI Companion
December 23rd, 2024Via: Rob Braxman Tech:
Is OpenAI’s o3 Model AGI?
December 21st, 2024I doubt it’s actually AGI, but it looks impressive. If it’s any consolation, they let it use a very nontrivial amount of compute to pull this off. If/when this thing gets the ability to iterate on itself… Well, that’s probably not going to go well for humanity. In the demo, they show it generating and […]
Ghost Music: Spotify Playlists Contain “Anonymous, Low-Cost Playlist Filler” to Avoid Paying Royalties to Real Musicians
December 20th, 2024Give ’em what they want… Via: Harper’s Magazine: According to a source close to the company, Spotify’s own internal research showed that many users were not coming to the platform to listen to specific artists or albums; they just needed something to serve as a soundtrack for their days, like a study playlist or maybe […]
Ukraine: Millions of Hours of Drone Video to Train AI for Battle
December 20th, 2024Via: Reuters: As the future of warfare pivots towards artificial intelligence, Ukraine is sitting on a valuable resource: millions of hours of footage from drones which can be used to train AI models to make decisions on the battlefield. AI has been deployed by both sides on the battlefield during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to […]
FAA Temporarily Bans Drones in Parts of New Jersey
December 19th, 2024Via: ABC News: The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ban on drone operations in several areas of New Jersey until Jan. 17, unless operators are granted special permission from the government due to “special security reasons.” … The temporary flight restrictions, which are set to last until Jan. 17, have been implemented beginning Wednesday in […]
New Palantir Commercial: The Future of Warfare
December 16th, 2024Yes, really. Via: Palantir:
They See Your Photos
December 14th, 2024What Google’s AI can tell from photos. Via: They See Your Photos: Your photos reveal a lot of private information. In this experiment, we use Google Vision API to extract the story behind a single photo.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J. Claims Drones Over New Jersey Launched from Iranian “Mothership” Off East Coast, “These Drones Should Be Shot Down”
December 11th, 2024Update: Pentagon Denies Reports Mystery Drones Coming From Iranian ‘Mothership’ Via: Newsweek: The Pentagon is disputing a claim from Republican New Jersey Representative Jeff Van Drew, who said on Wednesday that the mystery drones that have been seen flying over his home state are originating from an Iranin “mothership.” … “From very high sources, very […]
Google’s Willow Quantum Computing System
December 9th, 2024Nowhere near any practical application, but with continuous progress like this…
New Jersey Drones
December 9th, 2024Please let me know of any imagery of the anomalous aircraft created with professional cameras and lenses (not phones). I’ve seen all the phone videos. I’m looking for anything shot on professional systems from Canon, Sony, Nikon, Red, etc. Anything on image intensifier/infrared/thermal? Local news stations have professional videographers who use 4K cameras with very […]
