There are fake pro-Harris ads being put out by a Musk funded super PAC
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said, “When Kamala is President, she will continue to stand with Israel and with the Jewish community.” “She will reject anti-Semitic hate…the notion that Israel does not have the right to exist,” Harris added. She was speaking at a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee in Washington, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
In 14 years, the Mac Mini will get its first design update
Apple has unveiled two new MacBook Pros with a choice of M4 Pro, M4 Max or M4 Skylake processors. The 14-inches and 16-inch MacBook Pros will come with the M4 Pro chip, while the 15-inches and 16-inch MacBook Pros will have the M4 Max chip. The 12-inch and 13-inches MacBook Pros will get the M4 Max chip.
Apple Intelligence has a lot to learn
Apple has introduced an AI-based tool, Magic Cleaner, on iPhone that aims to remove objects in photos, texts and doorbell notifications. The tool can be found in the Photos app in the settings menu. However, it is not as effective as Google Photos’ on-device Magic Editor, which uses generative AI for incredibly convincing object removal.
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.