EU official to confront Zuckerberg after damning report on company's handling of child sexual abuse material
A top European Union official plans to confront Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in an in-person meeting over reports that the company has failed to prevent the spread of child sexual abuse material on its platform.
2023-06-09 00:57
New Rules Added to Warzone 2 Nuke Champion's Quest
All players can now obtain a Warzone 2 Nuke Champion's Quest without winning five games in a row until Warzone Season 4 drops.
2023-06-09 00:56
World Series of Warzone Leaderboard 2023
Check out the World Series of Warzone Leaderboard 2023 to see the Top 25 Trios heading to Stage 2 NA finals, including winners Aydan, Rated, and OMiT Adrian.
2023-06-09 00:54
Warzone Season 4 Ranked Play Rewards: Full List
Warzone Season 4 Ranked Play has a range of new rewards, from weapon blueprints to camos, for players to earn based on kills, assists, and placement.
2023-06-09 00:50
Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 3 Secret Battle Pass Skin Leaked
According to leaks, the Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 3 secret Battle Pass skin is Purradise Meowscles, coming with two variant styles.
2023-06-09 00:48
Hundreds plucked from flooded homes; Ukraine dismisses counteroffensive reports
By Viktoriia Lakezina and Max Hunder KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) -Hundreds of Ukrainians were rescued from rooftops in the flood-stricken southern
2023-06-08 23:57
Here's how a crocodile made herself pregnant
A crocodile has made herself pregnant in what is believed by scientists to be a world first. The crocodile at the Costa Rica zoo created a foetus that was 99.9 per cent genetically identical to itself, often known as a "virgin birth." This process typically does not occur with crocodiles but with other species such as birds, lizards, snakes, fish and sharks. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Scientists believe this kind of solo reproduction could be traced back to the dinosaurs, as they suggest the species may have also been capable of this rare method. The latest study was published on Wednesday (June 7) in the Royal Society journal, Biology Letters. Back in January 2018, an egg was laid by an 18-year-old female American crocodile in Parque Reptilania, the BBC reported. The fully formed foetus did not hatch however and was stillborn. Researchers from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, say this is the "first documentation" of this kind of reproduction in this species. Dr Warren Booth who has studied virgin births (parthenogenesis) for 11 years theorised that this reproduction method has not been seen in crocodiles because weren't looking out for this happening. ''There was a big increase in reports of parthenogenesis when people started keeping pet snakes. But your average reptile keeper doesn't keep a crocodile," he noted to the BBC. "This new evidence offers tantalizing insights into the possible reproductive capabilities of extinct archosaurian relatives of crocodilians, notably the Pterosauria and Dinosauria," experts said in the study. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-06-08 23:49
An AI robot dog has become an art critic - and poops out his reviews
If AI wasn't advancing at a rapid enough rate, there's now a robot dog art critic in existence - and warning, he judges with his tail. AICC (Artificially Intelligent Critical Canine) has the ability to look around a room as well as move, and he can quickly come up with comments about the pieces. The pooch operates on wheels, and once he's gathered his thoughts, he 'poops' out a piece of paper with his full review. Pretty impressive. Click here to sign up for our newsletters
2023-06-08 23:49
North American lobster industry confronts 'ropeless' traps after whale entanglements
By Lauren Owens Lambert MONHEGAN ISLAND, Maine An emerging technology to fish for lobsters virtually ropeless to prevent
2023-06-08 22:51
Uber Will Let You Rent Out Your Car in Sustainability Push
Uber Technologies Inc. will make it possible to rent out your car on its app, with a peer-to-peer
2023-06-08 22:28
Wildfire Smoke Spreads Haze Across US East, Threatening Flights
The worst Canadian wildfire season in recorded history spread an orange haze from Massachusetts to South Carolina and
2023-06-08 21:52
Major Google Bard update allows it to not just write code, but execute it
Google has unveiled a major new update to its AI chatbot Bard that significantly improves its powers of logic and reasoning. The latest version of the ChatGPT rival is now capable of both writing and executing code by itself, the tech giant announced, allowing it to figure out problems on a far deeper level than current generative AI systems. Google’s artificial intelligence tool is able to perform the new tasks through a new technique called “implicit code execution”, which enables Bard to detect computational prompts and run code in the background. The result is that Bard should theoretically be able to respond more accurately to mathematical tasks and coding questions, as it will have already tested the outcomes that it proposes. Until now, large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Bard have been better suited to language and creative tasks, as they draw from their training data to predict what word will come next when talking about a specific subject. This allows them to produce text quickly but without deep thought, making them weaker when it comes to areas like reasoning and mathematics. “Our new method allows Bard to generate and execute code to boost its reasoning and maths abilities,” Google wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. “With the latest update, we’ve combined the capabilities of both LLMs and traditional code to improve accuracy in Bard’s responses. Through implicit code execution, Bard identifies prompts that might benefit from logical code, writes it ‘under the hood,’ executes it and uses the result to generate a more accurate response.” The new method improved Bard’s accuracy for coding and maths problems by roughly 30 per cent during internal tests, Google claimed. Accuracy remains one of the biggest issues with AI chatbots, with Google warning that despite the upgrade, Bard “won’t always get it right”. Unreliable or fabricated information generated by these AI tools is known as hallucinations, and they are typically delivered in a confident way that can be even more misleading for the user. ChatGPT creator OpenAI announced a potential new method to improve AI misinformation last month, involving two AI systems debating each other until they agree on the correct answer. Read More What is superintelligence? How AI could wipe out humanity – and why the boss of ChatGPT is doomsday prepping 10 ways AI will change the world – from curing cancer to wiping out humanity
2023-06-08 21:50