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The NSA Warns That US Adversaries Free to Mine Private Data May Have an AI Edge

Gilbert Herrera, who leads research at the National Security Agency, says large language models are incredibly useful—and a bit of a headache—for America’s intelligence machine.

21/03/2024

Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds

The company behind the Saflok-brand door locks is offering a fix, but it may take months or years to reach some hotels.

21/03/2024

Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search

Aravind Srinivas grew up in the same city as Google’s CEO and developed an obsession with the company long before launching his own AI search startup.

21/03/2024

Neuralink’s First Human Subject Demonstrates His Brain-Computer Interface

In a livestream on X, the paralyzed 49-year-old man used his Neuralink brain implant to control a computer.

20/03/2024

Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies

Cookie pop-ups now show the number of “partners” that websites may share data with. Here's how many of these third-party companies may get your data from some of the most popular sites online.

20/03/2024

Here's Proof You Can Train an AI Model Without Slurping Copyrighted Content

OpenAI claimed it's "impossible" to build good AI models without using copyrighted data. An “ethically created” large language model and a giant AI dataset of public domain text suggest otherwise.

20/03/2024

The World's E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point

A new UN report finds that humanity is generating 137 billion pounds of TVs, smartphones, and other e-waste a year—and recycling less than a quarter of it.

20/03/2024

8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story

They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential tech breakthrough in recent history.

20/03/2024

Illegal Trawlers Are No Match for Undersea Sculptures

Trailing weighted nets across the seabed wrecks fish stocks and kills carbon-capturing seagrasses—but one fisherman’s sculpture project has turned the tide.

20/03/2024

Flooding Wetlands Could Be the Next Big Carbon Capture Hack

The Nywaigi people in Australia have discovered a way to sequester carbon, boost coastal biodiversity, and create jobs.

20/03/2024

People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One

Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are residents so resistant?

20/03/2024

The Future of EV Charging is Bidirectional, If You Can Afford It

Idle electric vehicles could act as massive batteries for homes and the energy grid. But the technology to pull this off is tricky.

20/03/2024

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