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How’s AI self-regulation going?

But AI nerds may remember that exactly a year ago, on July 21, 2023, Biden was posing with seven top tech executives at the White House. He’d just negotiated a deal where... Read more »

AI companies promised to self-regulate one year ago. What’s changed?

RESULT: Good. This is an encouraging result overall. While watermarking remains experimental and is still unreliable, it’s still good to see research around it and a commitment to the C2PA standard. It’s... Read more »

AI companies promised the White House to self-regulate one year ago. What’s changed?

RESULT: Good. This is an encouraging result overall. While watermarking remains experimental and is still unreliable, it’s still good to see research around it and a commitment to the C2PA standard. It’s... Read more »

Google’s new weather prediction system combines AI with traditional physics

While new machine-learning techniques that predict weather by learning from years of past data are extremely fast and efficient, they can struggle with long-term predictions. General circulation models, on the other hand,... Read more »

A new weather prediction model from Google combines AI with traditional physics

While new machine-learning techniques that predict weather by learning from years of past data are extremely fast and efficient, they can struggle with long-term predictions. General circulation models, on the other hand,... Read more »

The Download: technological complexity, and climate change Catan

The philosopher Karl Popper once argued that there are two kinds of problems in the world: clock problems and cloud problems. As the metaphor suggests, clock problems obey a certain logic. The... Read more »

How to fix a Windows PC affected by the global outage

George Kurtz, CEO of Crowdstrike, said that the company was actively working with customers affected by the defect, found in a single content update for Windows machines. “This is not a security... Read more »

The Download: Windows’ CrowdStrike outage, and wildfire-tracking balloons

What’s happening? Windows PCs have crashed around the world, bringing airlines, major banks, TV broadcasters, healthcare providers and other businesses to a standstill. Airlines including United Airlines, Delta, and American Airlines have... Read more »

Balloons will surf wind currents to track wildfires

The balloons can hover over a fire for about 18 hours, using the whims of the atmosphere to stay in place. They fly near the top of the troposphere and the bottom... Read more »

Why we need safeguards against genetic discrimination

“Genetic discrimination involves an individual or a group being negatively treated, unfairly profiled or harmed, relative to the rest of the population, on the basis of actual or presumed genetic characteristics.“ It... Read more »