“Citizen, and the premium version, is not the panacea. It will not fix the world’s problems. It will not stop crime from happening all over the world. It’s not that,” Chandler says. “But it is a very powerful way for marginalized communities to make their voices heard.” “Unfortunately, they don’t have a Chinese helper” “While […]
Monthly Archives: February 2023
Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI
Flickr user LNG0004 reader comments 22 with Share this story A human player has comprehensively defeated a top-ranked AI system at the board game Go, in a surprise reversal of the 2016 computer victory that was seen as a milestone in the rise of artificial intelligence. Kellin Pelrine, an American player who is one level […]
Microsoft “lobotomized” AI-powered Bing Chat, and its fans aren’t happy
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 32 with Share this story Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing Chat service, still in private testing, has been in the headlines for its wild and erratic outputs. But that era has apparently come to an end. At some point during the past two days, Microsoft has significantly curtailed Bing’s […]
GoDaddy says a multi-year breach hijacked customer websites and accounts
reader comments 11 with Share this story GoDaddy said on Friday that its network suffered a multi-year security compromise that allowed unknown attackers to steal company source code, customer and employee login credentials, and install malware that redirected customer websites to malicious sites. GoDaddy is one of the world’s largest domain registrars, with nearly 21 […]
Responsible use of AI in the military? US publishes declaration outlining principles
reader comments 76 with Share this story On Thursday, the US State Department issued a “Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy,” calling for ethical and responsible deployment of AI in military operations among nations that develop them. The document sets out 12 best practices for the development of military AI […]
Meet the new batteries unlocking cheaper electric vehicles
“This is a big deal,” said Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer in a press conference unveiling plans for the factory. Expanding battery options will allow Ford to “build more EVs faster, and ultimately make them more affordable,” said Bill Ford, Ford’s executive chair. Also known as lithium ferrous phosphate (LFP) batteries, the type to be produced […]
The Download: the oldest corner of the metaverse, and how EV batteries work
Today’s headlines treat the metaverse as a hazy dream yet to be built. But if it’s defined as a network of virtual worlds we can inhabit, its oldest corner has been already running for 25 years. It’s a medieval fantasy kingdom created for the online role-playing game Ultima Online. It was the first to simulate […]
Welcome to the oldest part of the metaverse
As the picture clarified, Origin realized it needed better “gold sinks”—mechanisms to fight inflation by pulling gold out of UO’s economy. Taxing hoarded wealth would have caused a subscriber revolt. Selling rich characters godlike weapons might have sucked up enough gold to solve inflation, but it would’ve created a class of invincible terminators and wrecked […]
How does an EV battery actually work?
Lithium-ion batteries, also found in smartphones, power the vast majority of electric vehicles. Lithium is very reactive, and batteries made with it can hold high voltage and exceptional charge, making for an efficient, dense form of energy storage. These batteries are expected to remain dominant in EVs for the foreseeable future thanks to plunging costs […]
Reading you might have missed over the holiday break
Victoria MacLennan. 17 February 2023, 3:39 pm Tweet Over the Christmas / New Year break I book marked a collection of articles. While technology news is quieter over the December / January period things still happened – the Lastpass breach, CES and of course ChatGPT. Here’s a roundup of articles I found interesting and you […]