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Researchers are stuffing drones into taxidermy birds to make them seem more ‘natural’

Researchers have engineered a robotic lionfish with synthetic arteries, similar to those found in a human’s circulatory system. The fish “blood” that runs through it serves as both the robot’s power source and controls its movement. The findings, published Wednesday in Nature, may propel the new wave of soft robots, in which inventors seek to improve lifelike automated machines for human connection.


It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… sort of both, actually. And its designers think animals won’t notice the difference.

Tensor Holography MIT Student creates AI learning advancing Holograms

From 2021

A new method called tensor holography could enable the creation of holograms for virtual reality, 3D printing, medical imaging, and more — and it can run on a smartphone.

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PhD student from MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Liang Shi said people once believed that with the existing consumer-grade computer hardware, it’s impossible to do real-time 3D holograms. It’s going to take decades before it would be viable, but he figured out a way to cut that time.

Holographic image is not just made up in the movies, it’s being created as we speak. Shi’s team took a different approach from what was first developed in holograms, where laser beam would split, half the beam is used to illuminate the subject and the other half used as a reference for the light waves phase.

Meet ‘DarkBERT:’ South Korea’s Dark Web AI could combat cybercrime

A team of researchers from South Korea has developed a new LLM called “DarkBert,” which has been trained exclusively on the “Dark Web.”

A team of South Korean researchers has taken the unprecedented step of developing and training artificial intelligence (AI) on the so-called “Dark Web.” The Dark Web trained AI, called DarkBERT, was unleashed to trawl and index what it could find to help shed light on ways to combat cybercrime.

The “Dark Web” is a section of the internet that remains hidden and cannot be accessed through standard web browsers.


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Artificial Intelligence In E-Commerce Can Also Benefit Small Businesses

• Explore the specific opportunities that AI offers your industry. This will help you weigh up the potential benefits and how you can leverage them to your advantage. Many AI solutions to specific needs are already available, simplifying and speeding up their implementation.

• Start with small projects that allow you to try out technologies and evaluate their effectiveness. For instance, supervised AI only serves as an assistant and does not independently carry out a specific function. ChatGPT can be used to describe a work-related problem, allowing you to see what AI advises. Describe a decision that you’re about to make and ask what you could improve or add, or ask them to generate an answer to a question from a question, which will give your great perspective. ChatGPT and similar solutions can help small businesses in their everyday operations without major investments.

AI integration in e-commerce holds immense potential for small businesses to streamline operations, personalize customer experiences and gain a competitive edge. By starting with small projects and gradually incorporating AI, SMEs can unlock new opportunities and drive their businesses toward greater success.

ChatGPT creator OpenAI is getting ready to release an open-source AI model, report says

OpenAI is preparing to release an open-source AI model, The Information reported, citing a source with knowledge of the plan.

The company led by Sam Altman has been the subject of intense scrutiny since the release of its popular AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT in November.

The large language models behind the bot, GPT-4 and GPT-3.5, are both closed source. Although the first two versions of GPT were open source, little is known about the newest iteration.

Searching for AI Tools? Watch Out for Rogue Sites Distributing RedLine Malware

Malicious Google Search ads for generative AI services like OpenAI ChatGPT and Midjourney are being used to direct users to sketchy websites as part of a BATLOADER campaign designed to deliver RedLine Stealer malware.

“Both AI services are extremely popular but lack first-party standalone apps (i.e., users interface with ChatGPT via their web interface while Midjourney uses Discord),” eSentire said in an analysis.

This vacuum has been exploited by threat actors looking to drive AI app-seekers to imposter web pages promoting fake apps.


Hackers are using Google Search ads to trick AI tool seekers into downloading malware.

Google’s New Medical AI Passes Medical Exam and Outperforms Actual Doctors

Closin in on Doctor jobs.


A medical domain AI developed by Google Researchers broke records on its ability to pass medical exam questions, but more surprisingly generated answers that were consistently rated as better than human doctors. While the study notes several caveats, it marks a significant milestone in how AI could upend a number of professions.

BuzzFeed Says AI Will “Replace the Majority of Static Content”

The breadth of BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti’s AI aspirations just got a lot clearer — and if he has it his way, AI use at the viral publisher won’t be limited to time-killing quizzes and bottom-tier travel guides.

BuzzFeed has always lived at the intersection of technology and creativity. And recent developments in artificial intelligence represent an opportunity to take this convergence to the next level,” Peretti told eager investors at the company’s Investor Day last week. “We view AI as an exciting new creativity tool, one that humans can harness to open up new avenues for imagination, storytelling and entertainment and explore new premium product offerings that allow us to innovate and collaborate with our clients and partners on a new frontier in media.”

“Over the next few years, generative AI will replace the majority of static content, and audiences will begin to expect all content to be curated and dynamic with embedded intelligence,” he continued. “AI will lead to new formats that are more gamified, more personalized, and more interactive.”