ULA’s second Vulcan rocket lost part of its booster and kept going The US Space Force says this test flight was critical for certifying Vulcan for military missions.
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ULA’s second Vulcan rocket lost part of its booster and kept going
The US Space Force says this test flight was critical for certifying Vulcan for military missions.
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OpenAI’s “Canvas” eases collaborations with ChatGPT New side-by-side document and code-editing feature catches up with Anthropic's Artifacts.
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OpenAI’s Canvas can translate code between languages with a click
New side-by-side document and code-editing feature catches up with Anthropic's Artifacts.
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Fraudsters faked out Apple with bogus iPhones in $2.5M repair scam Repair scheme got Apple to replace 6K fake iPhones with real ones.
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Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammers
Repair scheme got Apple to replace 6K fake iPhones with real ones.
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The more sophisticated AI models get, the more likely they are to lie Human feedback training may incentivize providing any answer—even wrong ones.
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Sophisticated AI models are more likely to lie
Human feedback to AIs makes them favor providing an answer, even a wrong one, while making the answer more convincing.
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New Windows 11 build lets you use Copilot key to launch things that aren’t Copilot Copilot key becomes a "whatever" key in latest Windows Insider Preview build.
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Uninstalled Copilot? Microsoft will let you reprogram your keyboard’s Copilot key
Copilot key becomes a "whatever" key in latest Windows Insider Preview build.
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Meta’s new “Movie Gen” AI system can deepfake video from a single photo A future where realistic video fakes are easy and plentiful seems inevitable.
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Meta’s new “Movie Gen” AI system can deepfake video from a single photo
A future where realistic video fakes are easy and plentiful seems inevitable.
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New Kuiper Belt objects lurk farther away than we ever thought Earth's Kuiper Belt appears to be substantially larger than we thought.
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New Kuiper Belt objects lurk farther away than we ever thought
Our Solar System's Kuiper Belt appears to be substantially larger than we thought.
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X loses appeal of $400K Australia child safety fine, now faces more fines Elon Musk merging Twitter into X didn't absolve X from child safety fine.
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X fails to avoid Australia child safety fine by arguing Twitter doesn’t exist
Elon Musk merging Twitter into X didn't absolve X from child safety fine.
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iA pulls its Writer app from Android, citing red tape, piracy, and review spam A remarkably open farewell note from seven years of Android development.
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Google as Darth Vader: Why iA Writer quit the Android app market
After 7 years of increasing piracy, review spam, and shifting requirements, a notable productivity app calls it quits on Android.
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The Hyundai Ioniq 5 will be the next Waymo robotaxi The two companies say this should be the first of many collaborations.
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Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 is next Waymo robotaxi
Waymo will fit US-made Hyundai IONIQ 5 EVs with its sensors and computers, and operate them as robotaxis.
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