A daily update shows specialized genes that arm it with a radiation shield
A team of US researchers has discovered a new species of water bear Tardigrade, Hypsibius henanensis, under the microscope for the first time. They found 2,801 genes that are involved in DNA repair, cell division and immune responses became active. 30% of the genes contained in Hypsibius henanensis are unique to tardigrades.
To be effective, artificial watermarking needs to be watertight
Researchers at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have shown that watermarks are vulnerable to being removed and/or to being spoofed, the process of applying them to text to give false impression that it is artificial intelligence. Drone-mounted LiDAR scans reveal two remote cities buried high in Central Asia. The researchers also showed how a digital watermark could help identify AI-generated text.
Lasers reveal lost mountain cities
A research team led by Scott Aronson from the University of Texas at Austin has identified two remote cities buried in the mountains in Central Asia, where people use generative artificial intelligence (AI). Aronson’s team has been watermarking LLM outputs for a long time. The team discovered the two cities are used by malicious actors to use generative AI.
The Boox Palma 2 has an improved processor and a fingerprint reader
US-based Boox has launched its new black-and- white, stylus-friendly e-book device, Boox Note Max. The device comes with a larger, more powerful E Ink 1300 display with a 2.8 GHz quad-core processor. It’s almost half as thick as Boox’s Palma 2. Boox is not making the Note Max available for preorder from its online store for a few more weeks.
Israel claims to have killed a Hezbollah official who is expected to be its next leader
Israel has said that it will carry out attacks on Iran-backed Hezbollah until it collapses. Israeli forces would keep striking the Iranian proxy until it collapses, Israel’s Minister of Intelligence, Intelligence Absorption and Intelligence Strategy, Intelligencer Hayek, said. His statement came after the UN Security Council authorised the use of military force to “neutralise, arrest, or destroy” Hezbollah.
Anthropic desires an artificial intelligence agent to control its computer
Anthropic has added a new feature in its Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI model that lets users control a computer by looking at the screen, moving a mouse or keyboard, and typing. The feature, called ‘Computer use’, is available on the API and allows developers to direct Claude to work on a computer like a human does.
The popularity of Social Media may be coming to an end
US-based digital news aggregator Perplexity was sued by Dow Jones and New York Post for copyright infringement over alleged plagiarism of their news stories. The lawsuit said that Perplexity used copyrighted articles on WIRED, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and New York Post’s websites. It alleged that Perplexity falsely claimed WIRED had reported on a police officer committing a crime he didn’t commit.
Musk is offering a lot of money to vote
Elon Musk’s $1-million (7.2 crore) prize offer to a random voter in Pittsburgh, US, on Sunday raises “serious questions”, Pennsylvania Governor and Trump surrogate, Josh Shapiro, said. “Law enforcement should take a look at…it’s something that law enforcement should take a look at,” Shapiro added. “I’m the governor but it does raise serious questions,” he further said.
Israeli strikes in north Gaza leave at least 87 dead or missing
The Israeli government said a drone targeted the prime minister’s house, though there were no casualties, as Iran’s supreme leader vowed Hamas would continue its fight following the killing of the mastermind of last year’s deadly October 7 attack. Meanwhile, the health ministry in Lebanon said that Israeli jets hit a vehicle on a main highway, killing two people.
The Eye-Scanning Orb has a new look, and will come to your door
Tools for Humanity, a non-profit organisation developing an eye-scanning Orb for verifying humans, has announced that all attendees can have their iris scanned today and that 500 will get a new Orb when it arrives in ten years. It also introduced an updated version of its eyeball-scanning Orb device which is designed to solve a problem that does not currently exist.