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Jul 19, 2024

GPT-4o mini: advancing cost-efficient intelligence

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

OpenAI unveils GPT-4o mini, a smaller and cheaper AI model.

OpenAI introduced GPT-4o mini on Thursday, its latest small AI model.


Introducing the most cost-efficient small model in the market.

Jul 19, 2024

Scientists Intrigued by Drug That Extended Lifespans of Mice While Keeping Them Young-Looking

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

In a new study, lab mice given an experimental drug were jokingly referred to as “supermodel grannies” because they looked so youthful even while aging beyond their expected lifespan.

As the BBC reports, the trials for a drug believed to flush out a protein known as interleukin-11 — which in early development helps build our bones but later in life causes the kinds of inflammation that triggers much of the illness of aging — have already had intriguing success in mice.

Published in the journal Nature, a paper about the research undertaken by scientists at Imperial College London, Duke-NUS in Singapore, and the MRC Lab of Medical Sciences found that when given a drug that purges interleukin-11, the mice became more lean, had healthier fur, and had significantly lower levels of cancer than their counterparts of the same age.

Jul 19, 2024

The science of how Earth will meet its ultimate end

Posted by in category: science

The last ~4 billion years have been an incredibly successful, unbroken run for life on Earth. The ultimate end won’t be nearly so bright.

Jul 19, 2024

Australia’s Slow Internet Lags Behind The USA in Speed and Affordability

Posted by in categories: government, internet

15 july 2024.


According to the Speedtest Global Index, Australia ranks 64th in the world for fixed broadband speeds making it the slowest internet connected developed country with an average download speed of 46.24 Mbps. New Zealand ranks slightly higher at 50th, with an average download speed of 73.87 Mbps.

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The Akamai State of the Internet Report says Australia’s internet connection speeds are now slower than 50 other nations, including Thailand, Estonia, Bulgaria and Kenya.

Jul 19, 2024

Live: Cyber security company CrowdStrike linked to global IT outage

Posted by in categories: business, cybercrime/malcode, finance, transportation

Computer security company CrowdStrike is linked to a major IT outage affecting banks, airports, supermarkets and businesses across Australia and the world.

Airport check-in systems across the globe have been disrupted and businesses have reported the “blue screen of death” and IT outages.

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Jul 19, 2024

APT41 Infiltrates Networks in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and the U.K

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Chinese hacking group APT41 targets global industries in six countries, using sophisticated tactics to steal sensitive data in prolonged cyber attacks.

Jul 19, 2024

SolarWinds Patches 11 Critical Flaws in Access Rights Manager Software

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

SolarWinds releases critical security patches for Access Rights Manager software to prevent potential data breaches and code execution.

Jul 19, 2024

Live Updates: Global Tech Outage Grounds Flights and Hits Businesses

Posted by in categories: business, finance

Airlines, banks and broadcasters were among the companies around the world reporting disruptions, citing technical issues.

Jul 19, 2024

‎The Joy of Why: Will AI Ever Have Common Sense? on Apple Podcasts

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

How do you teach ChatGPT common sense? Train it on questions that adults would never think to ask. In this week’s “The Joy of Why,” computer scientist Yejin Choi talks with co-host Steven Strogatz about how training AI can mimic the “why-this, why-that” curiosity of a toddler.


‎Show The Joy of Why, Ep Will AI Ever Have Common Sense? — Jul 18, 2024.

Jul 19, 2024

Brain implant patient says OpenAI’s tech helps him communicate with family

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones, robotics/AI

A 64-year-old named Mark has spent the last year learning how to control devices like his laptop and phone using a brain implant. And thanks to OpenAI, it’s gotten a whole lot easier to do.

The neurotech startup Synchron said Thursday it’s using OpenAI’s latest artificial intelligence models to build a new generative chat feature for patients with its brain-computer interface, or BCI.

A BCI system decodes brain signals and translates them into commands for external technologies. Synchron’s model is designed to help people with paralysis communicate and maintain some independence by controlling smartphones, computers and other devices with their thoughts.

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