For a while now, companies like OpenAI and Google have been touting advanced “reasoning” capabilities as the next big step in their latest artificial intelligence models. Now, though, a new study from six Apple engineers shows that the mathematical “reasoning” displayed by advanced large language models can be extremely brittle and unreliable in the face… Continue reading Apple Engineers Show How Flimsy AI ‘Reasoning’ Can Be
Author: Wired Magazine
Anyone Can Turn You Into an AI Chatbot. There’s Little You Can Do to Stop Them
Matthew Sag, a distinguished professor at Emory University who researches copyright and artificial intelligence, concurs. Even if a user creates a bot intentionally designed to cause emotional distress, the tech platform likely can’t be sued for that. He points out that Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act has long protected platforms at the… Continue reading Anyone Can Turn You Into an AI Chatbot. There’s Little You Can Do to Stop Them
Apple iPad Mini (2024): Specs, Release Date, Price, Features
The seventh generation of Apple’s tiniest iPad is finally here, three years since its last refresh. There was no fancy pretaped or live event—the company quietly announced the new tablet through its online newsroom. The headline feature encapsulating this device? Apple Intelligence. Apple’s artificial intelligence features still aren’t available for the iPhone 16, but they’re… Continue reading Apple iPad Mini (2024): Specs, Release Date, Price, Features
DC Entertainment Is Changing the Shape—and Scrollability—of Comics
Comics are due for a reboot and the old guard knows it. DC Entertainment, the elder statesman of the business, has been trying everything to get young eyes on its familiar characters, from Monday’s surprise announcement of DC Go! webcomics, to a recently-launched kids’ line, to a licensing deal with teen favorite Webtoon. Today, the… Continue reading DC Entertainment Is Changing the Shape—and Scrollability—of Comics
Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air
David Stuckenberg, cofounder and chief operations officer at Genesis Systems, explains that the WaterCube uses proprietary liquid and solid sorbents—materials that absorb water—that essentially “form a handshake with the water in the air.” The machine then heats these materials to extract the water. Atmospheric water generators typically require a substantial amount of energy to run,… Continue reading Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air
The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over
The password-killing tech known as “passkeys” have proliferated over the past two years, developed by the tech industry association known as the FIDO Alliance as an easier and more secure authentication alternative. And although superseding any technology as entrenched as passwords is difficult, new features and resources launching this week are pushing passkeys toward a… Continue reading The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over
Leaked Docs From Far-Right Militias Show History of Voter Intimidation Plans
A trove of leaked internal messages and documents from the militia American Patriots Three Percent—also known as AP3—reveals how the group coordinated with election denial groups as part of a plan to conduct paramilitary surveillance of ballot boxes during the midterm elections in 2022. This information was leaked to Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), a… Continue reading Leaked Docs From Far-Right Militias Show History of Voter Intimidation Plans
Sony Linkbuds Open Review: Better Battery, Softer Sound
Even after I got the fit right, I noticed a darker, fuzzier sound signature than what I experienced in the original pair. This seems to be by design, as one of the main complaints before was a lack of bass, something with which nearly all open earbuds struggle. The new buds add some more punch… Continue reading Sony Linkbuds Open Review: Better Battery, Softer Sound
Tesla’s Cybercab Is Here
Movie studios are where Hollywood spins fantastical worlds out of fancy camera angles and special effects. So where better to show off the Tesla Cybercab, a two-door self-driving taxi that CEO Elon Musk says will be in production in just three years—but that’s still fascinatingly short on firm detail? Almost an hour after Tesla had… Continue reading Tesla’s Cybercab Is Here
Will Elon Musk Tip the Election for Trump?
Leah Feiger: So Trump brings Musk out, he calls him a truly incredible guy. Musk literally jumps into the air on stage, in what was captured in honestly one of the cringiest photos that I’ve seen online maybe this year, and then Musk talks to the crowd for a couple of minutes. What does he… Continue reading Will Elon Musk Tip the Election for Trump?