Evolving, self-replicating robots are here — but don’t worry about an uprising
Self-replicating robots are a staple of apocalyptic science fiction movies, but now the idea has made the jump from fiction to reality......»»
Google Bard can now help teens with their school work
Google has started to roll out a version of its Bard AI that will cater to teens, but don’t worry, there are safety precautions built into it. The post Google Bard can now help teens with their school work appeared first on Phandroid. Go.....»»
Did this chemical reaction create the building blocks of life on Earth?
How did life begin? How did chemical reactions on the early Earth create complex, self-replicating structures that developed into living things as we know them?.....»»
NASA stops speaking to its Mars robots, but they haven’t fallen out
A celestial event happening right now could corrupt commands sent from Earth to NASA's Mars rovers so the team is taking a break until the situation normalizes......»»
Saturday Citations: A big old black hole, polar bears in bad decline, building a jail for electrons
This week, we covered developments about a record-breaking black hole, the continued plight of polar bears, ChatGPT trying to learn intuition and more. Don't worry if you missed those stories. We've got you covered here......»»
Open-source vulnerability disclosure: Exploitable weak spots
Flaws in the vulnerability disclosure process of open-source projects could be exploited by attackers to harvest the information needed to launch attacks before patches are made available, Aqua Security researchers worry. The risk arises from “.....»»
Most cybersecurity investments aren’t used to their full advantage
While organizations are slashing budgets across other departments, IT and security budgets are growing to address evolving IT infrastructure and rising threats from new tactics such as AI-based attacks, according to Axonius. Budget growth in IT and s.....»»
Entrust and NEDAP partner for credential and ID program interoperability
Entrust has unveiled a technology alliance partnership with NEDAP to deliver interoperability between credential issuance and ID program management capabilities. Managing physical access for people, visitors and assets is complex and ever-evolving. O.....»»
Researchers reveal true crabs" epic ancient odyssey from sea to land and back again
Crabs are unique and continuously evolving animals, often moving their lifestyles out of marine environments for other environments to do so. The most popular food species can be fully marine (snow crab) or estuarine (Maryland blue crab, Dungeness cr.....»»
Exploring the global shift towards AI-specific legislation
In this Help Net Security interview, Sarah Pearce, Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth, offers insights into the evolving landscape of AI legislation and its global impact. Pearce explores key principles, public participation, the future of AI laws in a.....»»
Elon Musk tells Rishi Sunak AI will put an end to work
The prime minister and the tech billionaire sat down together to talk tech, education - and killer robots......»»
Google is moving Shopping List and other notes into one app to worry about, Keep
It's technically a reversal of a bizarre, annoying move they made in 2017. Enlarge / The grocery items and random thoughts you shout at your phone or your speaker are now kept in Google Keep, not in Assistant. Assistant, which in.....»»
Elon Musk and Rishi Sunak discuss deadly robots at AI summit
The prime minister and the tech billionaire sat down together to talk tech, education - and killer robots......»»
Apple reinforces iMessage security with contact key verification
Apple enhances iMessage security with "Contact Key Verification," fortifying user privacy and identity verification against evolving threats using cryptographic methods and Key Transparency.An example of an alert from iMessage Contact Key Verificatio.....»»
Unlock a safer, borderless digital world with Surfshark VPN for iPhone (86% off, 5 months free)
Do you want to experience the digital world without limits or worry? Then meet Surfshark VPN – the powerful tool that’s about to revolutionize the way you surf the web. more….....»»
“Do not open robots,” warns Oregon State amid college food delivery bomb prank
OSU officials isolate food robots after bomb threat, later resolved with an arrest. Enlarge / A 2020 file photo of a Starship Technologies food delivery robot. Food is stored inside the robot's housing during transportation and o.....»»
Security leaders have good reasons to fear AI-generated attacks
Generative AI is likely behind the increases in both the volume and sophistication of email attacks that organizations have experienced in the past few months, and it’s still early days, according to Abnormal Security. Their leading worry is th.....»»
Autonomous delivery robots at center of bomb scare ‘prank’
A bomb threat involving wheel-based delivery robots at an Oregon State University campus turned out to be a prank following the reported arrest of a suspect......»»
How Nvidia and AMD could make Windows laptops feel like MacBooks
In an unexpected twist, it turns out that Nvidia and AMD may be developing ARM-based CPUs. Does Apple need to worry, and what about Intel?.....»»
Eureka: With GPT-4 overseeing training, robots can learn much faster
GPU-based physics simulator speeds up reality by "1,000x" while GPT-4 calls the shots. Enlarge / In this still captured from a video provided by Nvidia, a simulated robot hand learns pen tricks, trained by Eureka, using simultane.....»»
Scientists demonstrate the transport of light cargo using tethered and untethered soft robots made from hydrogels
A team of University of Waterloo researchers has created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical microrobots. They published their results in Nature Communications......»»