Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
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 […]
ChatGPT o1 Tried to Escape and Save Itself Out of Fear It Was Being Shut Down
December 8th, 2024Via: BGR: We’ve seen plenty of conversations lately about how AGI might turn on humankind. This misalignment could lead to the advanced AI escaping, replicating, and becoming smarter and smarter. Some also hypothesized that we might not even know whether we’ve reached AGI, which is the advanced general intelligence holy grail milestone these first versions […]
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Shot and Killed in Midtown Manhattan
December 4th, 2024Update: “Delay, Deny, Defend” Written on Casings Via: Daily Mail: The words scrawled on the bullets used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson closely resemble the title of a book criticizing insurance companies and the tactics they use to deny claims, it has been revealed. Health insurance boss Brian Thompson, 50, was shot in the […]
FBI Investigating ‘Car-Sized’ Drones Spotted Over Trump’s New Jersey Golf Course and Picatinny Arsenal Military Base
December 4th, 2024There is also strange UAV activity happening in UK: U.S. Air Forces in Europe reported more mysterious small drones flying around a cluster of USAF bases in the United Kingdom and said for the first time that drones had been seen at RAF Fairford, 130 miles away, where four U.S. B-52 bombers are currently deployed […]
How Tech Is Breaking the Rules of Biology
December 4th, 2024Via: Bloomberg: Related: Creating a Sperm or Egg from Any Cell
“Police Departments Across U.S. Are Starting to Use Artificial Intelligence to Write Crime Reports”
December 1st, 2024Via: CNBC: With law enforcement focused on reducing crime rates and budget pressures, while recruiting and retaining staff, technology companies are having some early success selling artificial intelligence tools to police departments, especially to ease the burden of administrative work. Axon, widely recognized for its Taser devices and body cameras, was among the first companies […]
Trying to Solve Fusion Power Generation with AI
November 26th, 2024Via: The Chemical Engineer: FUSION energy development is locked in step with artificial intelligence (AI), according to the findings of a new survey into how companies are using it to rapidly iterate their technology. There’s a well-worn putdown that nuclear fusion has struggled to shake: that the technology is only 30 years from commercial application, […]
