Generative AI: A benefit and a hazard
If there’s one thing people will remember about AI advances in 2022, it’ll be the advent of sophisticated generative models: DALL.E 2, Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, ChatGPT. They all made headlines – and they will change the way we.....»»
Procreate tells users, "AI is not our future"
Procreate, company behind the popular art app designed exclusively for iPad, has issued a public statement saying that it has no plans to include generative AI in its products.Image credit: ProcreateThe debate over generative AI is a heated one, with.....»»
GM signs 15-year solar energy deal that will power 3 U.S. plants
GM's Lansing Delta Township Assembly and Lansing Grand River Assembly plants in Michigan and Wentzville Assembly in Missouri will benefit from the Aug. 15 solar power deal in Arkansas......»»
Bumblebees" sense of direction rivals that of humans, study shows
Bumblebees have a great capacity to navigate despite their small brain size. This is borne out of new research conducted at Lund University in Sweden. The research results can potentially benefit the development of navigation robots in crisis situati.....»»
Apple Intelligence is more of a concept than a reality
Over the last few years, everyone has been talking about generative AI. Not only that, everyone was doing something about generative AI. Me and a lot of other people then started wondering when Apple would do something about it. At WWDC 2024 in June,.....»»
Forest restoration can boost people, nature and climate simultaneously
Forest restoration can benefit humans, boost biodiversity and help tackle climate change simultaneously, new research suggests......»»
Would you trust an ant to amputate your limb? Science is showing they are skilled surgeons
An insect bites off another insect's leg. Is this predatory behavior, aggression, defense, competition or something else? In the case of carpenter ants, it's for the good of the amputee and to the benefit of the colony......»»
One startup’s plan to fix AI’s “shoplifting” problem
Algorithm will identify sources used by generative AI, compensate them for use. Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg via Getty) Bill Gross made his name in the tech world in the 1990s, when he came up with a novel way for search e.....»»
Finding pearls in the mud: Eco-friendly tungsten recovery from semiconductor waste
Semiconductor industry waste is typically seen as a costly disposal problem and an environmental hazard. But what if this waste could be transformed into a valuable resource?.....»»
Securing against GenAI weaponization
In this Help Net Security video, Aaron Fulkerson, CEO of Opaque, discusses how the weaponization of generative AI (GenAI) has made existing data privacy practices (like masking, anonymization, tokenization, etc.) obsolete. Fulkerson provides recommen.....»»
Green belts need modernizing—a more "multifunctional" approach can benefit people and planet
Green belts are more than just spaces; for many people, they're places providing a brief escape from the city. Land designated as green belt—and protected from building—can also store carbon and hold water at times of flooding and drought......»»
Cequence Unified API Protection defends against attacks targeting AI applications
Cequence introduced advancements to its Unified API Protection (UAP) platform, specifically tailored to support the secure use of AI applications like Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). Cequence’s solutions protect applications deploye.....»»
Veza introduces Access AI to streamline risk management and access control
Veza has released Access AI, a generative AI-powered solution to maintain the principle of least privilege at enterprise scale. With Access AI, security and identity teams can now use an AI-powered chat-like interface to understand who can take what.....»»
Cymulate AI Copilot validates security against real-time threats
Cymulate AI Copilot is a generative AI solution designed to deploy, test and tune security controls to evaluate their effectiveness against real-time threats. The solution offers a dynamic attack planner, among other AI-powered features, for greater.....»»
NASA"s Artemis emergency egress system emphasizes crew safety
Since NASA began sending astronauts to space, the agency has relied on emergency systems for personnel to safely leave the launch pad and escape the hazard in the unlikely event of an emergency during the launch countdown......»»
Stellar Cyber launches Multi-Layer AI platform to enhance threat detection
Stellar Cyber is introducing Multi-Layer AI, incorporating four distinct technologies — machine learning (ML), graph ML, generative AI, and hyper automation — into a single unified platform that reduces threat detection and response time. This ne.....»»
SentinelOne unveils AI and cloud innovations on Singularity Platform
SentinelOne unveiled a series of new Purple AI, Cloud, Endpoint and Identity innovations to the company’s Singularity Platform. The new offerings and capabilities all leverage the industry’s most advanced generative AI technology, modern secure-b.....»»
Resecurity to introduce Context AI, a specialized generative AI framework
Resecurity (USA), a global leader in cybersecurity and risk management solutions serving major Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, has added new AI capabilities to its flagship Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering, to accelerate its propr.....»»
Scientists reveal strategically applied livestock grazing can benefit sagebrush communities
While a cow grazing in a field isn't typically remarkable, United States Department of Agriculture scientists have identified potential ecological benefits of strategically applied livestock grazing in sagebrush communities across U.S. western rangel.....»»
IBM Consulting Cybersecurity Assistant helps clients accelerate alert investigation
IBM generative AI capabilities to its managed Threat Detection and Response Services utilized by IBM Consulting analysts to advance and streamline security operations for clients. Built on IBM’s watsonx data and AI platform, the new IBM Consult.....»»
Human muscle cells come back from space, look aged
Astronauts' muscles atrophy in space, but we can identify the genes involved. Enlarge / Muscle atrophy is a known hazard of spending time on the International Space Station. (credit: NASA) Muscle-on-chip systems are thr.....»»