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How Do You Get to Artificial General Intelligence? Think Lighter
Billions of dollars in hardware and exorbitant use costs are squashing AI innovation. LLMs need to get leaner and cheaper if progress is to be made.
Published on: November 26, 2024 | Source:
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The way we measure progress in AI is terrible
Every time a new AI model is released, it’s typically touted as acing its performance against a series of benchmarks. OpenAI’s GPT-4o, for example, was launched in May with a compilation of results that showed its performance topping every other AI company’s latest model in several tests. The problem is that these benchmarks are poorly…
Published on: November 26, 2024 | Source:We need to start wrestling with the ethics of AI agents
This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get it in your inbox first,sign up here. Generative AI models have become remarkably good at conversing with us, and creating images, videos, and music for us, but they’re not all that good at doing things for us. AI agents promise to change…
Published on: November 26, 2024 | Source:We Need a New Right to Repair for Artificial Intelligence
A growing movement to allow access to algorithmic workings won’t stop the ubiquitous spread of artificial intelligence, but it could restore public confidence in it.
Published on: November 26, 2024 | Source:Embrace the Shift to ‘Prosocial Media’
Engagement and profits on social platforms are built on fomenting dissatisfaction and disinformation—but there’s a better alternative.
Published on: November 26, 2024 | Source:How the far right is weaponising AI-generated content in Europe
Experts say fake images raising fears around issues such as immigration have proliferated since EU electionsFrom fake images designed to cause fears of an immigrant “invasion” to other demonisation campaigns targeted at leaders such as Emmanuel Macron, far-right parties and activists across western Europe are at the forefront of the political weaponisation of generative artificial intelligence technology.This year’s...
Published on: November 26, 2024 | Source:‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’“We’re all living through the enshittocene, a great enshittening, in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit,” author Cory Doctorow said earlier this year.In 2022, Doctorow coined the word “enshittification”, which has just been crowned Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. The...
Published on: November 26, 2024 | Source:Data Center Growth: Top 5 Hubs in US, Renewable Energy Boosts Power Capacity
The world of data centers is experiencing rapid growth, driven by increasing demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Pig-Butchering Schemes: Meta Removes 2 Million Accounts Linked to Investment Scams
Meta’s efforts have sent a strong message that investment scams will not be tolerated.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Microsoft Unveils Quick Machine Recovery Feature for Windows
Microsoft is set to introduce a revolutionary new feature called Quick Machine Recovery in Windows.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:The Stanford Professor and the AI-Generated Testimony: A Scandal in the Minnesota Court Case
The lawyers’ memo accuses Hancock of using an AI model like ChatGPT to generate the fake citation.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:The Rise of AI: Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s Tech Landscape
The world is witnessing a revolutionary era in technology, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) at its forefront.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Amazon Develops Smart Eyeglasses for Delivery Drivers
The development of smart eyeglasses is one such effort, aimed at making the last mile of delivery more efficient.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:The Rise of AI Voice Cloning Scams: How They Work and How to Stay Safe
In today’s digital age, scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their methods.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:OpenAI Plans to Develop Its Own Browser: A Challenge to Google’s Dominance?
The potential for a new browser to challenge Google’s dominance is significant.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:SpaceX Adds Two New Lunar Customers for Starship
The pace of space exploration continues to accelerate, with SpaceX’s Starship program at the forefront.Continue reading on Major Digest »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:‘Hatsune Miku has a special part in my heart’: the 16-year-old pop sensation who does not exist
Miku is a ‘Vocaloid’ – a holographic avatar that represents a digital bank of vocal samples – and performs sellout tours for thousands of very real mega-fansGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailCountless flowing green wigs risked spontaneous combustion on a 36-degree Melbourne evening as thousands of J-pop fans queued outside John Cain Arena on Friday night. But the heat was irrelevant to the night’s headline pop...
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:The Download: Trump’s tariffs, and the DOJ’s proposals for Google
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How Trump’s tariffs could drive up the cost of batteries, EVs, and more President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” plan to enact huge tariffs on imported goods threatens to jack up the cost and…
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Google’s antitrust gut punch and the Trump wild card
This story originally appeared in The Debrief with Mat Honan, your weekly take on the tech news that really matters. Sign up here to get the next one in your inbox. Last week, the US Department of Justicereleased its recommendations for proposed remediesin its antitrust case against Google. While no one thought the DOJ would…
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Cybertruck’s Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent of All 2024 Vehicles
Since launch, Tesla’s polarizing electric pickup has been beset by quality issues, and is now heading to be one of the most unreliable EVs made yet. Strangely, Cybertruck owners may not care one bit.
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:The Future of Online Privacy Hinges on Thousands of New Jersey Cops
Removing your phone number and address from the internet can be exceedingly difficult. A multibillion-dollar lawsuit led by an unlikely privacy crusader could soon catalyze change for everyone.
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:How Trump’s tariffs could drive up the cost of batteries, EVs, and more
President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” plan to enact huge tariffs on imported goods threatens to jack up the cost and slow down the development of US cleantech projects. On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to enact 10% to 20% across-the-board tariffs on all overseas products, 60% to 100% tariffs on Chinese goods, and 25% to…
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:See the light pour through: how art can free us from the exhaustion of smartphone addiction
As tech giants hook us into endless scrolling, we are becoming less engaged, less creative, less connected, less human. Art reminds us to look outwards at the things that truly matterHow often do you look up at the sky, rather than down at the black mirror on which you might be reading this column? Will you read to the end of this page? How many tabs have you opened today? If you’re on a train, how many people are...
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Meta Quest 3S review: the best bang for your buck in VR
Headset offers near top-tier experience at cut-down price with good fit, fast chip, great controllers and large games libraryMeta’s latest virtual reality headset offers almost everything that makes its top model the best on the market but at a price that is far more palatable as an entry into VR.The Quest 3S costs 290 (330/$300/A$500) – about 40% less than the 470 Quest 3 and cheaper than 2020’s Quest 2 that it...
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violence
Young people in Birmingham attest that violent content on apps is having a real-world impactIt took about 90 seconds for Rianna Montaque to see violence on her X account: a fight in a restaurant that escalated into a full-on brawl with chairs smashed over heads and bodies sprawling.The “Gang_Hits” account has plenty more clips like that – shootings, beatings, people being run down by cars. It is part of a grim genre of...
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Reinforcement Learning From Human Feedback (RLHF) Doesn’t Need To Be Complex Anymore
A deep dive into training an LLM and using Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) with PPO to align it with human values.Continue reading on Level Up Coding »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Perfectionism in Software Development: Why Progress Beats Perfection
Delivering Results Over Flawless Code and Building Better Solutions Over TimeContinue reading on Level Up Coding »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Rust in Production: A Practical Guide to Building High-Performance Systems
After leading multiple teams in transitioning critical systems from C++ and Java to Rust, and building several high-performance…Continue reading on Level Up Coding »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Unihost software and licenses included review
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Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:ClawCloud Hardware Review
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Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Mastering Interactive Data Visualization with Plotly: From Zero to Hero in Python
Getting Started with Plotly: From Basics to Advanced VisualizationContinue reading on Level Up Coding »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:6 Years Later, I Now Understand My Laptop’s CPU Specifications
Learn to Make Sense of the CPU Specifications Without a CS DegreeContinue reading on Level Up Coding »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:In the world of finance, staying up-to-date with exchange rates is crucial for decision-making.
To achieve this, we can create a Python script that fetches exchange rates from a selected API, parses the data, and updates a database…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Why Algo/DS Skills Are Essential for Developers (Even After Landing a Job)
Find out the 7 reasons why you must keep practicing DS and algorithms even after getting the jobContinue reading on Level Up Coding »
Published on: November 25, 2024 | Source:Passwords are giving way to better security methods – until those are hacked too, that is
It’s a war that will never end. But for small-business owners, it’s all about managing risk while reaping rewardsWe humans are simply too dumb to use passwords. A recent study from password manager NordPass found that “secret” was the most commonly used password in 2024. That was followed by “123456” and “password”. So let’s all give praise that the password is dying.Yes, we know that we should be using 20-letter...
Published on: November 24, 2024 | Source: