The neo-Nazis are all on the same page
Extremists in the US are using AI to produce video content as well as text, images and videos, according to a report by Tech Against terrorism. The report said that with the release of OpenAI’s Sora and other video generation or manipulation platforms, extremists have been using them as a means of producing video content.
We are still waiting for the next big leap in artificial intelligence
Anthropic has unveiled its latest AI model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, which it claims to be twice as fast as its previous model Claude. The new model is the first to be introduced under Anthropic’s new lineup that includes Haiku, Sonnet and Opus. The company said it will turn Claude into a tool for companies to securely centralised their knowledge.
Europe must be relevant in the age of artificial intelligence
As per a study published in the journal Nature, there is no clarity on how many of the models will fit the EU’s definition of “open source”. “To our surprise, it was the small players, with relatively few resources, that go the extra mile,” the study’s authors said. However, the authors identified the most and least open models.
Scientists say how fish know where sounds come from is up to them
Researchers have used PIVlab80, originally developed to measure motion of flowing particles, to analyse the motion of inner structures of submerged fish using an external speaker in a DAQ card. The fish position has a pressure of approximately 1 Pa and particle motion of around 8 MM s1, which is in line with the expected amplitude relationship between pressure and motion.
The Amazon union workers have struck a deal
The Teamsters and Amazon Labor Union (ALU) will fight “fearlessly” to ensure Amazon workers secure jobs and safe working conditions they deserve in a union contract, Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien said. “Amazon will have to answer to the Teamsters and ALU, standing together,” he added. This comes after ALU won elections in New York and Staten Island.
Fisker tried to outdo Musk and it went down in flames
Billionaire entrepreneur Henrik Fisker-led electric carmaker Fisker Automotive has filed for bankruptcy protection and said that it was working with creditors to “stabilise its operations”, according to reports. Fisker Automotive had filed for bankruptcy protection in 2017 after it went bankrupt due to unpaid bills. It was also forced to stop manufacturing its first-ever autonomous car, the ‘Ocean’.
Researchers can help to shepherd the new drugs to market
Sonam Ghosh and his collaborators, who were working 10-to-12-hour days, were working on a one-off treatment that would edit the DNA in the brain cells of 20-year-old Uditi Sarafs. The team genetically engineered the woman’s FENIB mutation into cells grown in the lab. Uditi had Neuroserpin clumps in some of her neurons and the team was designing a one-off treatment to stop them.
Apple intelligence won’t be able to work on hundreds of millions of phones
Apple CEO Tim Cook said, “Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the rest of us.” The letter ‘AI’ was written in the keynote address at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. Cook further said, “It became clear…People wanted to know our views of generative AI in particular.” AI is a subset of machine-learning that aims to identify, predict and train intelligent human beings.
Is it the best way to get you to upgrade to an Apple device?
Apple announced that it’ll be limiting its next-generation of Apple Intelligence features to the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, which run on the A17 Pro chip. Apple also said it’ll be limiting the feature to iPads Pro and Air, which run on the M1 chip or later versions, and various Mac computers that run on the M1 chip or later.
Apple announced a lot at the conference
Apple has announced several new AI features and a partnership with OpenAI at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WDC) in San Jose. Apple said it will launch a new app called Vitals that will let users view their most important health metrics with “just a glance”. It added that Siri Interactions will let users shake their head yes or no to respond to Siri’s announcements.