Author: Advanced AI Bot

Patti Smith performed at a New York City rally Tuesday as part of an effort to prevent a downtown park from being converted into affordable housing. The Elizabeth Street Garden, located between between Spring and Prince streets, has long been a community gathering place for artists and city dwellers. However, the city — which owns the land — announced plans to transform the space into an “urban oasis,” a move that longtime SoHo icons like Smith, Robert De Niro, and Martin Scorsese have previously lobbied against. Related Articles On Tuesday, a rally was held by those trying to preserve the garden, with…

[Submitted on 26 Apr 2021 (v1), last revised 28 Apr 2021 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled Why AI is Harder Than We Think, by Melanie Mitchell View PDF Abstract:Since its beginning in the 1950s, the field of artificial intelligence has cycled several times between periods of optimistic predictions and massive investment (“AI spring”) and periods of disappointment, loss of confidence, and reduced funding (“AI winter”). Even with today’s seemingly fast pace of AI breakthroughs, the development of long-promised technologies such as self-driving cars, housekeeping robots, and conversational companions has turned out to be much harder…

When OpenAI unveiled its o3 “reasoning” AI model in December, the company partnered with the creators of ARC-AGI, a benchmark designed to test highly capable AI, to showcase o3’s capabilities. Months later, the results have been revised, and they now look slightly less impressive than they did initially. Last week, the Arc Prize Foundation, which maintains and administers ARC-AGI, updated its approximate computing costs for o3. The organization originally estimated that the best-performing configuration of o3 it tested, o3 high, cost around $3,000 to solve a single ARC-AGI problem. Now the Arc Prize Foundation thinks that the cost is much…

Cybersecurity and cyberattacks cost hundreds of billions of dollars annually.1 Rapid progress in AI will dramatically increase the stakes.In the worst case, AI may greatly reduce the effort required to unleash a devastating attack on critical infrastructure systems. New AI models are already being used in the wild to increase the scope and reduce the cost of attacks,2 a trend which will only accelerate.3Attacks on critical infrastructure are limited due to restraint on behalf of state-level actors. However, AI may soon enable unaccountable non-state actors to carry out large-scale, sophisticated attacks.AI will also enable better cyberdefense. However, due to structural…

Tesla bull Wedbush has responded to the company’s lackluster Q1 delivery figures, which were released on Wednesday morning in a new note from analyst Dan Ives. Tesla reported deliveries of 336,681 vehicles in the first quarter of the year, a far cry from the Wall Street estimate of 352,000 and whisper numbers of roughly 350,000. At first glance, it seems to be a disaster, but Tesla said it lost “several weeks of production” in Q1 due to the ramp of the new Model Y at all four of its vehicle production factories. Tesla (TSLA) reports 336,681 vehicle deliveries for Q1…

On the heels of releasing its most capable AI model yet, Google is making some changes to the Gemini team. A new report from Semafor reveals that longtime Googler Sissie Hsiao will step down from her role leading the Gemini team effective immediately. In her place, Google is appointing Josh Woodward, who currently leads Google Labs. According to a memo from DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, this change is designed to “sharpen our focus on the next evolution of the Gemini app.” This new responsibility won’t take Woodward away from his role at Google Labs—he will remain in charge of that…

Eric Trump says his family was “the most canceled company, probably on Earth.”That was then. With his dad, President Donald Trump, back in the White House, he sees a new money-making opportunity. “It actually is what drove us toward cryptocurrency,” the president’s middle son told CNBC, referring to the Trump family’s latest business endeavors. “You realize that cryptocurrency was a lot faster, it was a lot more pragmatic, it was a lot more transparent, it was exponentially cheaper.”In 2022, about two years after the end of President Trump’s first term, two subsidiaries of the Trump Organization were convicted by a…

While Google AI Overviews had a rough start, the search results appear to be here to stay. Almost 50% of all Google searches are now returning AI Overviews, according to a December 2024 study by Search Engine Journal. While there are times that the AI Overview can be helpful, they’re often more frustrating. This is especially true if you’re looking for a link, and not an answer to a query. Thankfully, there is an easy way to configure Google in such a way that you only get websites in your search results using “Web” search filter.Even better, you can get those…

The news: Synchron, an Australian-founded competitor to Elon Musk’s Neuralink, is building a foundational AI model trained on brain signals.The AI, called Chiral, was showcased at Nvidia’s GTC conference in San Jose. It’s built to work with Apple’s Vision Pro headset and Nvidia’s Holoscan medical AI platform.The context: Synchron is a leader in the nascent brain-computer-interface (BCI) industry. It creates devices that read brain activity and translate that into commands for a nearby computer.Its “stentrode” BCI has already been implanted in over 10 patients who, suffering from afflictions like motor neurone disease, are unable to use their hands. A video…

Devin Gilmartin, Founder & CEO of The Canvas at the Fashion Diplomacy initiative, this time spotlighting Turkish designers at the Republic of Türkiye’s General Consulate in New York City.Flaminia Fanale In an era where fashion transcends simple aesthetics to become a powerful medium for cultural exchange, The Canvas is pioneering a groundbreaking initiative fostering a platform for “Fashion Diplomacy.” An innovative program by The Canvas, it leverages fashion as a tool for international collaboration, sustainability, and economic empowerment, bringing together designers, diplomats, and industry leaders under one global vision. The Canvas’ Fashion Diplomacy initiative, this time spotlighting Turkish designers at…