Tag: software

A killswitch has been pitched for the Linux kernel that could shut down vulnerable functions while users wait for patches

A killswitch has been…

If you’ve ever felt anxious about the security of your machine while you wait for a solution to some…
Roblox wants AI to make its games photorealistic, but the devs making those games aren’t sold on the idea: ‘I don’t think that your average player right now wants to do that’

Roblox wants AI to…

When Nvidia comes out with something like DLSS 5, promising that AI can be used to make realistic videogames…
No, Richard Dawkins, AI is bloody well not conscious

No, Richard Dawkins, AI…

Jacob Fox, PhD in Philosophy, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Flitting between a 600 Hz…
Google and Qualcomm are prepping ‘desktop’ Android to enable ‘mobile and PC’ in one device, but should Windows and x86 be afraid?

Google and Qualcomm are…

So, Google and Qualcomm are bigging up what’s basically a desktop version of the former’s Android OS for smartphones…
A zero-water, zero-emissions, off-grid AI data center sounds like science fiction, but it’s actually real and already running

A zero-water, zero-emissions, off-grid…

AI data centers are some of the largest consumers of electrical energy in the world of computing, and with…
AI chatbots often can’t read between the lines and commit cultural cringe that even tourists in Italy ordering coffee in the afternoon couldn’t manage

AI chatbots often can’t…

From time to time, I rely on machine translation. From time to time, machine translation reminds me why it…
Folks falling for LLM chatbots often end up with AI girlfriends ‘unintentionally,’ claims new study

Folks falling for LLM…

A new study out of MIT offers a first-of-its-kind large-scale computational analysis exploring the how and why of folks…
Microsoft might be all-in on OpenAI now, but back in 2018 thought it was just ‘motivated by a need to show how Al can crush humans’

Microsoft might be all-in…

Remember when OpenAI created a bot that could beat humans at Dota 2? As PCG reported last week, that…
Chrome is installing a 4 GB local AI model on some of your PCs without asking for permission and will just download it again if you delete it

Chrome is installing a…

Google’s Chrome browser has been quietly downloading a 4 GB local AI model onto user’s devices without asking permission.…
Microsoft exec

Microsoft exec. confirms Windows…

You know those clunky old dialogue boxes that get exposed if you click a few too many layers deep…