Retractions are part of science, but misconduct isn’t — lessons from a superconductivity lab

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[ad_1] Superconductivity has been demonstrated at extremely low temperatures, but it remains elusive at room temperatures.Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory/SPL Research misconduct is hugely detrimental to science and to society. Defined as “fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results” by the US Office of Research Integrity, it violates … Read more

Apple Releases Open Source AI Models That Run On-Device

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[ad_1] Apple today released several open source large language models (LLMs) that are designed to run on-device rather than through cloud servers. Called OpenELM (Open-source Efficient Language Models), the LLMs are available on the Hugging Face Hub, a community for sharing AI code. As outlined in a white paper [PDF], there are eight total OpenELM … Read more

Original Apple Watch launch finally happens: Today in Apple history

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[ad_1] April 24, 2015: The original Apple Watch launch means consumers, who endured a seven-month wait after the device’s unveiling at a keynote the previous September, can finally strap an Apple wearable onto their wrists. Apple CEO Tim Cook describes the smartwatch as the “next chapter in Apple history.”  Behind the scenes, however, the first … Read more

Adobe’s next big project is an AI that can upscale low-res video to 8x its original quality

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[ad_1] A group of Adobe researchers recently published a paper on a new generative AI model called VideoGigaGAN and we believe it may launch on a future product. What it does is upscale low-quality videos by up to eight times their original resolution without sacrificing stability or important aspects of the source material. Several demo … Read more

Spotify and Apple Again Clash Over App Store Rules and Fees

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[ad_1] Spotify has not been able to get Apple to approve an EU app update that added information on subscription pricing and links to the Spotify website, and it turns out that’s because Spotify has not agreed to the terms of Apple’s Music Streaming Services Entitlement. A recent antitrust ruling from the European Commission fined … Read more

10 best undetectable AI tools for bypassing AI detection with ease

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[ad_1] Getting past AI detectors isn’t easy. They’ve been trained and designed to spot the signs of AI content, making it harder than ever for users to avoid AI-related penalties. Fortunately, an undetectable AI writer can help. As the name implies, an undetectable AI writing tool is designed to … Read more

Somehow This $10,000 Flame-Thrower Robot Dog Is Completely Legal in 48 States

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[ad_1] If you’ve been wondering when you’ll be able to order the flame-throwing robot that Ohio-based Throwflame first announced last summer, that day has finally arrived. The Thermonator, what Throwflame bills as “the first-ever flamethrower-wielding robot dog” is now available for purchase. The price? $9,420. Thermonator is a quadruped robot with an ARC flamethrower mounted … Read more

The next HomePod could be more like a soundbar according to this Apple patent – and it hints at fixing the HomePod 2’s biggest issue

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[ad_1] The next Apple HomePod might have a much longer and thinner horizontal design than previous models, making it look more like a soundbar, according to an Apple patent spotted by AppleInsider. The patent details the design of what appears to be a horizontal HomePod with speakers and a central display that reminds us of the design of … Read more

A high-density and high-confinement tokamak plasma regime for fusion energy

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[ad_1] Fusion energy is the ultimate energy source for humanity16. A promising approach is a steady-state fusion reactor using magnetic confinement in the tokamak configuration17,18. With a deeper understanding of tokamak plasma physics and the development of reactor-relevant technologies, many fusion reactor designs have been proposed3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. When the ion temperature is above 13 keV (1.5 × 108 K) in … Read more