Day: October 24, 2023
Army Readies Prototype Solicitation For eLRV, Future Production Deal May Cover 1,500 Vehicles
The Army’s potential production contract for the future Electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle (eLRV) may be worth an estimated $672 million and cover production of nearly 1,500 vehicles, according to the […]
A look at Nightshade and Glaze, tools made by researchers at UChicago that help artists “poison” their work to confuse or break AI models that later train on it (Melissa Heikkilä/MIT Technology Review)
Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review:
A look at Nightshade and Glaze, tools made by researchers at UChicago that help artists “poison” their work to confuse or break AI models that later train on it — The tool, …
Before generative AI there was… just AI
Generative AI has been a boon for businesses, helping employees discover new ways to generate content for a range of uses. The buzz has been loud enough that you’d be forgiven for thinking that GenAI was the be all, end all of AI.
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Thousands of FakeReporter volunteers sort through disinformation on social media
FakeReporter, which has been leaning on its thousands of volunteers scattered across the world to try to bring some clarity to the pace of war-related claims being made on social media.
Firefighters battle blazes in Queensland and NSW – as it happened
Five homes lost in Millmerran and Tara with several communities under evacuation orders on Tuesday evening. As it happenedQueensland families flee as blazes claim multiple homesIsrael-Hamas war live updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, fre…
The Hamas Threat of Hostage Execution Videos Looms Large Over Social Media
Hamas has threatened to broadcast videos of hostage executions. With the war between Israel and Hamas poised to enter a new phase, are social platforms ready?
400 killed as Israel bombards hundreds of targets
More than 400 Palestinians were reported killed in just 24 hours yesterday after Israel unleashed its heaviest Gaza air raids since the latest Middle-East conflict began.
There could be multiple Putins – Russian leader deploys doppelgängers
New research based on facial recognition, voice comparison, and body movements, suggests there may in fact be several different Putins.