Empowering an AI foundation model to accelerate plant research

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a new method that more than doubles computer processing speeds while using 75% less memory to analyze plant imaging ...
Yardbarker

Alabama football using blinding shades to train before playoff game

Alabama football is taking further measures to help their wide receivers train visual focus ahead of the Crimson Tide’s College Football Playoff matchup against Oklahoma. This week, ESPN’s Holly Rowe ...
The New York Times

Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos

The deal is a watershed for Hollywood, which has been trying to sort through the possible harms and upsides of generative artificial intelligence. By Brooks Barnes and Cade Metz In a watershed moment ...
Charlotte Observer

Charlotte train stabbing victim told man to ‘stop yelling’ before attack

A Honduran man accused of stabbing another man on Charlotte’s light rail Friday had previously been “officially banned” from using the train, a prosecutor revealed in a court hearing Monday. During ...
Variety

‘Train Dreams’ Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso Shot the Film Using 99% of Natural Light

Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams” follows the Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker living in the Pacific NorthWest. Set in the late 1960s, “Train Dreams” is directed by “Sing ...
New York Post

How to transfer your Metrocard balance to OMNY before the New Year

It’s the end of an era. December is the last month for MetroCards before New York City’s public transit system is taken over by OMNY. With the big change quickly approaching, it’s time for New Yorkers ...
The Verge

Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI

Viral posts claim you need to opt out of Gmail’s ‘smart features’ to avoid having your emails used to train AI, but Google says it doesn’t use the content of your emails for AI training. Viral posts ...
Mashable

Google says it isn't using your Gmail to train AI

Google says the claims about training Gemini AI with users' emails from Gmail are false. Credit: Mustafa Hatipoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images You may have seen the now-viral warnings that Google is ...
tech2geek

How to Stop Gmail from Using Your Emails to Train Google’s AI

Google has quietly started enabling a feature in Gmail that allows it to read your emails and attachments to train its AI models. Officially, this is meant to make your inbox “smarter” with features ...
Wired

Meet the Chinese Startup Using AI—and a Team of Human Workers—to Train Robots

AgiBot, a humanoid robotics company based in Shanghai, has engineered a way for two-armed robots to learn manufacturing tasks through human training and real-world practice on a factory production ...
PC Magazine

LinkedIn Is Using More User Data Than Ever to Train Its AI. Here's How to Opt Out

LinkedIn Is Using More User Data Than Ever to Train Its AI. Here's How to Opt Out As of Nov. 3, LinkedIn is now using data from members in the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Canada, and Hong Kong to train its ...