Those well-established conventional IT systems, however, can no longer be taken for granted. Companies are accelerating their digital transformation efforts, automating, optimizing, and reinventing their business processes. The pace of change continues to accelerate: Deloitte reports, for example, that 58% of organizations have stepped up their modernization plans due to the covid-19 pandemic. Many ERP […]
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The Download: making sense of tech, and Apple’s AR ambitions
It’s been a busy year. Over the past 12 months, we’ve witnessed the explosion of generative AI, the collapse of crypto, and a whole lot of promises from lawmakers pledging to slow the march of climate change. While it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all this rapid change, we’re here to help. Our MIT Technology […]
They plugged GPT-4 into Minecraft—and unearthed new potential for AI
reader comments 0 with The technology that underpins ChatGPT has the potential to do much more than just talk. Linxi “Jim” Fan, an AI researcher at the chipmaker Nvidia, worked with some colleagues to devise a way to set the powerful language model GPT-4—the “brains” behind ChatGPT and a growing number of other apps and […]
Google’s Android and Chrome extensions are a very sad place. Here’s why
Photo Illustration by Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images reader comments 33 with No wonder Google is having trouble keeping up with policing its app store. Since Monday, researchers have reported that hundreds of Android apps and Chrome extensions with millions of installs from the company’s official marketplaces have included functions for snooping on user […]
Air Force denies running simulation where AI drone “killed” its operator
Enlarge / An armed unmanned aerial vehicle on runway, but orange. Getty Images reader comments 71 with Over the past 24 hours, several news outlets reported a now-retracted story claiming that the US Air Force had run a simulation in which an AI-controlled drone “went rogue” and “killed the operator because that person was keeping […]
The Download: AI films, and the threat of microplastics
The Frost nails its uncanny, disconcerting vibe in its first few shots. Vast icy mountains, a makeshift camp of military-style tents, a group of people huddled around a fire, barking dogs. It’s familiar stuff, yet weird enough to plant a growing seed of dread. There’s something wrong here. Welcome to the unsettling world of AI […]
Microplastics are everywhere. What does that mean for our immune systems?
Here, bits of plastic can end up collecting various types of bacteria, which cling to their surfaces. Seabirds that ingest them not only end up with a stomach full of plastic—which can end up starving them—but also get introduced to types of bacteria that they wouldn’t encounter otherwise. It seems to disturb their gut microbiomes. […]
Welcome to the new surreal. How AI-generated video is changing film.
Fast and cheap Artists are often the first to experiment with new technology. But the immediate future of generative video is being shaped by the advertising industry. Waymark made The Frost to explore how generative AI could be built into its products. The company makes video creation tools for businesses looking for a fast and […]
Griffin on Tech: The tide is (slowly) turning on R&D spending
When you look around the world, most advanced economies that we like to compare ourselves to spend at least 2.5% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on research and development. Israel and South Korea spend nearly 5% and both have flourishing tech sectors. There’s a sound reason for businesses and the government to spend billions […]
“Clickless” iOS exploits infect Kaspersky iPhones with never-before-seen malware
reader comments 10 with Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky has been hit by an advanced cyberattack that used clickless exploits to infect the iPhones of several dozen employees. The phones were infected with malware that collects microphone recordings, photos, geolocation, and other data, company officials said. “We are quite confident that Kaspersky was not the main […]