'Pokemon Go' Players Unknowingly Trained Delivery Robots With 30 Billion Images More than 30 billion images captured by Pokemon Go players have helped train a visual mapping system developed by Niantic. The technology is now being used to guide delivery robots from Coco Robotics through city streets where GPS often struggles. Popular Science reports: This week, Niantic Spatial, part of the team behind Pokemon Go, announced a partnership with Coco Robotics, a company that makes short-distance delivery robots for food and groceries. Soon, those robot couriers will scoot arou… Apple hosts 50th anniversary celebrations around the world Apple kicked off celebrations in New York for its 50th anniversary and will continue commemorating the milestone throughout the month. These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high There is an Israeli military strategy called the “fog procedure”. First used during the second intifada, it’s an unofficial rule that requires soldiers guarding military posts in conditions of low visibility to shoot bursts of gunfire i… Nvidia’s version of OpenClaw could solve its biggest problem: Security Nvidia announced an open enterprise AI agent platform, called NemoClaw, that is built off of viral OpenClaw. Samsung bets this island startup can tame the grid with software and batteries Grid Beyond's hardware and software coordinates several gigawatts of supply and demand to help balance the flow of electricity on the grid. The idea has attracted investors like Samsung Ventures. MLB test of robot umpires for checked swing calls moving up to Triple-A Major League Baseball’s experiment of a robot umpire technology system allowing challenges to checked swing calls is moving from Class A to Triple-A UConn student from Iran shares hopes for home country amid conflict Sadaf Zarei, a UConn international student from Iran, discusses the plight of Iranian women's soccer players and the oppressive conditions in her home country on 'Fox & Friends.' Nvidia calls DLSS 5 the ‘GPT moment’ for graphics in PC games We’ve only just gotten some of the headline features of DLSS 4.5 , and now Nvidia has announced the next version. At its self-branded GPU Technology Conference in California, Nvidia revealed DLSS 5. The headline feature is “3D-Guided Neural Rendering.” And based on CEO Jensen Huang’s brief presentation during the keynote, it looks like it’s an “AI” filter. Huang seemed to blast through the DLSS 5… Moving From Moment.js To The JS Temporal API The way JavaScript handles time has evolved significantly, from the built-in `Date` API to Moment.js and now Temporal. The new standard fills gaps in the original `Date` API while addressing limitations found in Moment and other libraries. Joe Attardi shares practical “recipes” for migrating Moment-based code to the new Temporal API. |
Startups accuse Microsoft of ‘billing trap’ in Azure AI Foundry after unexpected charges A growing number of startup founders are raising concerns about unexpected charges incurred while experimenting with AI models through Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry platform, turning what began as an isolated complaint into a broader debate over billing transparency. At least 20 participants in the Microsoft for Startups program have signed a Change.org petition calling on Microsoft CEO Satya Nade… Apple Launches AirPods Max 2 With Better ANC, Live Translation Apple has quietly announced the AirPods Max 2, featuring improved active noise cancellation, an H2 chip, and new features like adaptive audio and AI-powered real-time translation. Like the original model, these headphones start at $549. The Verge reports: As noted by Apple, the AirPods Max 2 offer active noise-cancellation that's 1.5 times more effective when compared to its predecessor. Transparency mode, which allows you to hear your surroundings while wearing the headphones, also sounds "mor… FAA Launches Pilot Program For Real-World Air Taxi Testing They're not exactly flying cars, but small electric helicopters might become a more common sight in the future thanks to the FAA's new pilot training program. Cisco extends its Secure AI Factory with Nvidia Cisco and Nvidia continue to develop integrated packages aimed at helping enterprises and larger customers build the infrastructure needed to deploy and secure AI at scale. As Nvidia’s GTC event kicks off this week, the two vendors announced the expansion of their jointly developed Secure AI Factory with Nvidia, which melds Cisco security and networking technology, Nvidia DPUs and AI Enterprise s… Nvidia Debuts New A.I. Product at GTC Developer Conference At the opening of the company’s annual conference, Jensen Huang leaned on technology from a recent deal to show how artificial intelligence is changing. Using AI to pick team leaders -- without crossing legal or ethical lines AI can help a CIO find ideal team-leader candidates within and beyond their organization, but unintended bias can creep into the process. Another billionaire confirms California exit: Uber co-founder Kalanick Kalanick, who launched a new robotics startup Atoms, told tech talk show TBPN that he became a Texas resident in December. Gogoro founder goes missing as reports on US$4.7M debt surfaces Horace Luke, the former Nike designer and Microsoft creative director who founded Gogoro in 2011 to revolutionize electric scooters, has reportedly accumulated debts of about NT$150 million (approx. US$4.7 million) and is currently unreachable. This situation has prompted Ruentex Group chairman Samuel Yin to launch an investigation into Luke's overseas assets. DLSS 5 looks like a real-time generative AI filter for video games Nvidia announced DLSS 5 on Monday during its GTC conference, and based on early reactions, it's going to be a divisive update, with some reactions calling it "slop" that unacceptably alters artistic intent. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is calling this the "GPT moment for graphics - blending hand-crafted rendering with generative AI to deliver a […] |
Píše se o |