What kind of bug would make machine learning suddenly 40% worse at NetHack?
One day, a roguelike-playing system just kept biffing it, for celestial reasons. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Members of the Legendary Computer Bugs Tribunal, honored guests, if I may have your attention? I would, hum.....»»
Biodiversity loss from 2010 oil spill worse than predicted
A new peer-reviewed study from researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington; the University of Nevada, Reno; Mokwon University in Daejeon, Korea; and Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi shows the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill of 2010 af.....»»
Apple Intelligence & iPhone mirroring aren"t coming to EU because of the DMA
Apple isn't releasing Apple Intelligence and other major operating system changes in the EU, because of Digital Markets Act interoperability mandates.European flagsThe biggest changes in Apple's fall operating system updates include the machine learn.....»»
Stellantis AI chief is latest exec to leave automaker
Berta Rodriguez-Hervas, whose responsibilities included AI and machine learning, has resigned less than three years after joining Stellantis from chip maker Nvidia......»»
Students" awareness of their cognitive processes facilitates the learning of math, finds study
The purpose of education is to ensure that students acquire the skills necessary for succeeding in a world that is constantly changing. Self-assessment, or teaching students how to examine and evaluate their own learning and cognitive processes, has.....»»
Apple researchers add 20 more open-source models to improve text and image AI
Apple has contributed 20 new Core Machine Learning models to an open source AI repository Hugging Face, adding to its existing public models and research papers.Hugging Face is an open-source repository for AI research and modelsIn April 2024, Apple.....»»
iOS 18: Three new features you probably don’t know about
iOS 18 was officially announced last week at WWDC, but we’re still learning more about all of the new features and changes. In release notes published on its developer website, Apple has a few additional tidbits on improvements to FaceTime, changes.....»»
NASA delays Starliner return a few more days to study data
“I would not characterize it as frustration. I would characterize it as learning.” Enlarge / Boeing's Starliner spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on Thursday. (credit: NASA TV) NASA and Boeing wil.....»»
High fliers: Pleasure-seeking parrots are using aromatic plants, stinky ants and alcohol to preen themselves
Birds have been known to seek out pungent chemicals for various reasons. Some consume fermented fruits with gusto and suffer the ill effects. Others expose themselves to ants, but only the stinky kind. These ants produce useful antimicrobials and ins.....»»
Collaborative approaches improve materials informatics workforce training
A wide range of innovative products, from biomedical implants to aerospace composites, come from research in materials informatics (MI)—the combination of machine learning, artificial intelligence and computational methodologies with materials scie.....»»
Anti-Asian rhetoric during the pandemic negatively impacted employment and earnings, new research finds
A first-of-its-kind study, led by a Northeastern University researcher, examined how racial bias and political rhetoric against Asians and other underrepresented groups in the United States impacted their employment status in the wake of the COVID-19.....»»
To streamline drug discovery, team develops algorithmic framework to identify optimal molecular candidates
The use of AI to streamline drug discovery is exploding. Researchers are deploying machine-learning models to help them identify molecules, among billions of options, that might have the properties they are seeking to develop new medicines......»»
AI shows how field crops develop: Software can simulate future growth based on a single initial image
Researchers at the University of Bonn have developed software that can simulate the growth of field crops. To do this, they fed thousands of photos from field experiments into a learning algorithm. This enabled the algorithm to learn how to visualize.....»»
Teachers report worse pay and well-being compared to similar working population
With more working hours and lower average base pay, the well-being of U.S. teachers continues to be worse than that of similar working adults—a consistent pattern since 2021, according to a new RAND survey......»»
iOS 18 dramatically accelerates iPhone 15 Pro Max neural processing
Geekbench results comparing iPhone 15 Pro Max Machine Learning performance in iOS 17 versus iOS 18 are showing that there is a significant speed increase, even in beta.iPhone 15 Pro MaxThe iPhone 15 Pro Max hardware was already a considerable speed i.....»»
Don"t toss your Apple Watch away if you hard fall warning, like Steven Spielberg did
Director Steven Spielberg was giving a talk when his Apple Watch suddenly said he'd taken a hard fall. His reaction to the false alarm ended up making matters worse.Pressing the onscreen "X" will cancel any sort of false alarm on the Apple Watch.Alth.....»»
Steven Spielberg rattled by false "hard fall" Apple Watch warning
Director Steven Spielberg was giving a talk when his Apple Watch suddenly said he'd taken a hard fall. His reaction to the false alarm ended up making matters worse.Pressing the onscreen "X" will cancel any sort of false alarm on the Apple Watch.Alth.....»»
Melissa Caddick mystery shows we need more research of a rare kind: marine forensics
The disappearance of 49-year-old Melissa Caddick in November 2020 captured Australia's attention. At the time, Caddick was being investigated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for alleged financial misconduct, with dozens of peo.....»»
LG Dual Mode OLED review: a truly one-of-a-kind gaming monitor
LG's UltraGear Dual Mode OLED does something no other OLED does: 480Hz. It's the standout feature of this excellent display, but the price holds it back......»»
How the “Nutbush” became Australia’s unofficial national dance
Most Australians learned the "daggy" line dance in primary school starting in the mid-1970s Enlarge / US Embassy Australia employees learning to do the Nutbush to honor the late Tina Turner in 2023. (credit: Screenshot/US Embassy.....»»
Adobe’s Firefly AI is getting competition at the worst time
Adobe Stock suddenly is no longer the only "commercially safe" GenAI game in town......»»