This new book is a one-sided attempt to puncture the AI bubble
The AI Con by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna wants to expose the hype generated…
Global study reveals the surprising habit behind tough decisions
An international study surveying people in a dozen countries found that when it comes to making complex decisions, people all over the world tend to reflect on their own, rather than seek advice. Researchers from the University of Waterloo led the new study that surveyed more than 3,500 people from megacities to small Indigenous communities…
Tiny ancient whale with a killer bite found in Australia
With large eyes, razor sharp teeth and a compact body built for hunting, Janjucetus dullardi is nothing like the gentle giants we know today, but this newly discovered ancient whale is one of their earliest cousins. Scientists at Museums Victoria’s Research Institute have described a new species of ancient whale from a 26-million-year-old fossil found…
What if dark matter came from a mirror universe?
One theory proposes a hidden physical realm with its own versions of particles and forces that gave birth to tiny, stable black hole-like objects that would account for all the dark matter observed today. The other theory explores whether dark matter could be a product of the universe’s own expansion, created by quantum radiation near…
The road to artificial general intelligence
Artificial intelligence models that can discover drugs and write code still fail at puzzles a lay person can master in minutes. This phenomenon sits at the heart of the challenge of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Can today’s AI revolution produce models that rival or surpass human intelligence across all domains? If so, what underlying enablers—whether…
Voyager missed it, but now we know Uranus has a fiery secret
A new study led by University of Houston researchers, in collaboration with planetary scientists worldwide, suggests Uranus does have its own internal heat — an advance that not only informs NASA’s future missions but also deepens scientists’ understanding of planetary systems, including processes that influence Earth’s climate and atmospheric evolution. The discovery resolves a long-standing…
Betelgeuse’s hidden companion star found after centuries of searching
Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and the closest red supergiant to Earth. It has an enormous volume, spanning a radius around 700 times that of the Sun. Despite only being ten million years old, which is considered young by astronomy standards, it’s late in its life. Located in the…
Twice a day, Mars may briefly host water that could support life
Due to extreme temperatures and the dryness of Mars, it’s thought to be impossible for liquid water to form on the planet’s surface, a critical precondition for habitability. The only hope of finding liquid water appears to be in the form of brines, which are liquids with high concentrations of salts that can freeze at…
Tiny chip could unlock gamma ray lasers, cure cancer, and explore the multiverse
A University of Colorado Denver engineer is on the cusp of giving scientists a new tool that can help them turn sci-fi into reality. Imagine a safe gamma ray laser that could eradicate cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue. Or a tool that could help determine if Stephen Hawking’s multiverse theory is real by revealing…
CVE-2017-11882 Will Never Die – SANS Internet Storm Center
One of the key messages broadcasted by security professionals is: “Patch, patch and patch again!”. But they are nasty vulnerabilities that remain exploited by attackers even if they are pretty old. CVE-2017-11882 is one of them: this remote code execution affects Microsoft Office and, more precisely, the good old “Equation Editor”. This tool was even killed…
Automate AIOps with Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio projects, Part 1: Solution architecture
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio represents the evolution towards unifying the entire data, analytics, and artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) lifecycle within a single, governed environment. As organizations adopt SageMaker Unified Studio to unify their data, analytics, and AI workflows, they encounter new challenges around scaling, automation, isolation, multi-tenancy, and continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)….
