Meta will start taking down more content "attacking 'Zionists' when it is not explicitly about the political movement" across its platforms like Facebook and Instagram, the company announced Tuesday.
Why it matters: The move comes as antisemitic incidents have skyrocketed since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
The Washington Post on Tuesday launched a new AI-driven chatbot on its site that answers user queries about climate with answers pulled from Washington Post articles.
Why it matters: For now, the tool is only built to answer user queries about climate. In the future, the Post plans to expand the chatbot to other topics, said chief technology officer Vineet Khosla.
I'm wearing mixed reality goggles, and a disembodied voice is telling me to check the wiring harnesses on the 2.0-liter engine in front of me, inside Ford's Dearborn engine plant in Michigan.
Why it matters: If any one of the electrical connections in the intricate network is wired incorrectly, the engine won't start.
I'm wearing mixed reality goggles, and a disembodied voice is telling me to check the wiring harnesses on the very real 2.0-liter engine in front of me, inside Ford's Dearborn engine plant in Michigan.
Why it matters: If any one of the electrical connections in the intricate network is wired incorrectly, the engine won't start.
The AI industry sees digital twins — virtual likenesses of a human or an object, built for research — as a powerful practical use for the technology it's spending billions to build.
Why it matters: Tech companies believe they can unlock AI's potential by using digital twin technology to make copies of our physiologies, personalities and the objects around us.
Southwest Airlines aircraft have been involved in several recent alarming incidents, forcing safety to the forefront, even as a corporate skirmish is primed to escalate.
Why it matters: There's no indication yet that mechanical trouble caused or contributed to any of the incidents, a stark reminder that human factors are key to flight safety — even with so much focus on production and maintenance issues after Boeing's door plug blowout earlier this year.
A new kind of turf war is breaking out on the web, with AI bots battling other AI bots to seize or defend stockpiles of the AI era's most valuable commodity: data.
The big picture: AI makers hungry for more data to train their language models are grabbing everything they can, while information owners are increasingly fighting fire with fire by turning to AI-powered tools to protect their intellectual property.
