Sora.com is launching a video generation model that creates realistic videos from text, available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro users. The model, Sora Turbo, allows users to generate videos up to 1080p resolution and has various features, but still has limitations and safeguards to prevent abuse.

Google announced Willow, a quantum chip that achieved two major breakthroughs: reducing errors exponentially as qubits scale up and performing a standard benchmark computation in under five minutes that would take a supercomputer 10 septillion years. Willow brings Google closer to running practical, commercially-relevant algorithms that can't be replicated on conventional computers.

Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider observed the first evidence of antihyperhelium-4, a bound state of two antiprotons, an antineutron and an antilambda. The discovery confirms the statistical hadronisation model's ability to describe the production of hypernuclei in heavy-ion collisions.

Researchers introduce TRELLIS, a 3D generative model that creates high-quality 3D assets with versatile output formats. TRELLIS uses a unified Structured Latent representation and Rectified Flow Transformers to surpass existing methods in 3D generation.

The article discusses the security risks of Direct Memory Access (DMA) attacks, which allow malicious devices to access and manipulate memory on a computer, and how the industry has struggled to address these risks despite the development of technologies like IOMMU. The article also explores the potential for new devices like SD Express and microSD Express to introduce new DMA attack vectors, ...

A scientific study found that home storage system fires in Germany have a 0.0049% probability, which is 50 times lower than general house fires. The study compared fire risks of home storage systems to other home appliances and vehicles, concluding they are relatively safe.

You want to be an AI Engineer? Do you even have the right skills? What do they do? All great questions. I’ve had this same conversation several times, so I figured it would be best to write it down. Here I answer all those, and break down the job into archetypes that should help you understand how you’ll contribute. An AI engineer is a specialized software engineer that integrates GenAI ...

Bazel 8.0 is a major LTS release with new features and backwards incompatible changes. It includes changes to Android, C++, Protobuf, and Java rules, as well as improvements to Bzlmod, symbolic macros, and the build event protocol.

The user discusses the concept of viewing information at different levels of abstraction, similar to how we view maps or photographs, and proposes applying this principle to text to provide a more comprehensive understanding of information. They envision a "fish eye lens" for text that allows users to see detailed information alongside its broader context, making it easier to learn and ...

Across the sun-drenched landscapes of Southern Italy and other olive-growing regions in Europe, a deadly bacterium is wreaking havoc on olive trees, with devastating consequences for local economies and the global olive oil market. Xylella fastidiosa, a microscopic pathogen, has been silently causing the destruction of millions of olive trees since its discovery in Italy in 2013. This ...

Himalaya CLI is a Rust application that relies on cargo features for enabling or disabling functionalities. It can be installed using various methods, including a pre-built binary from GitHub or cargo install.

Now available (May 2007) from World Scientific Press . Browse the online HTML version or download the PDF or Postscript version, or the HTML as a gzipped TAR file . Here are the known errata.

The author shares useful evaluation metrics for common tasks like classification, summarization, and translation, focusing on simple and effective methods to save time and improve model performance. They also discuss the importance of human evaluation, calibration of evaluation criteria, and mitigating the Innovator's Dilemma in building reliable LLM applications.

We've just received word that Luigi Mangione will appear in a Pennsylvania court in the town of Hollidaysburg at 18:00 local time (23:00 GMT) for a preliminary arraignment on the gun charges he faces in the state. He has still not been charged in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, although New York police have referred to him as the "suspect". No ...

The user discovered a vulnerability in the sysupgrade.openwrt.org service that allowed for command injection and SHA-256 collision attacks, which could be used to compromise devices by forcing them to upgrade to malicious firmware. The OpenWrt team was notified and fixed the issues within 3 hours, releasing a patched version and notifying users to ensure no devices were compromised.

Embodied is shutting down due to financial difficulties, affecting its AI-powered social robot Moxie. Moxie will soon cease to function as its cloud-based services are discontinued.

A video game historian suggests using whole integer nearest neighbor scaling vertically and bilinear scaling horizontally to mimic CRT display blur. This approach creates a subtle blur consistent with CRT and VGA display systems.

Kafka's "Investigations of a Dog" is a philosophical tale of a dog's quest for knowledge and freedom, poking fun at the follies of metaphysical speculation. The story is a satire on the university discourse, highlighting the gap between knowledge and power, and the dog's futile attempts to uncover the truth.

last change: December 09, 2024 Hello everyone! I've been working on this project for a while now. What is it about? You should know that I am primarily a software developer, who as a good "veteran" knows (and appreciates) low-level languages ​​(assembly) that inevitably reflect the hardware architecture of the processor to which they refer. My experience as a programmer, ...

Ken Thompson built a chess machine named Belle that won a World Computer Chess Championship, and he created endgame databases that showed the queen vs rook endgame is a win for the queen. However, Ken predicted that the game of chess itself is a draw, and this has been confirmed by recent experiments with AlphaZero.

Starlark is a Python-like language for configuration and scripting, designed for embedding in applications with hermetic execution and parallel evaluation. It's a simple, dynamically typed language with a focus on tooling and safety.

The 1€ Filter is a low pass filter for real-time signals with two configurable parameters: minimum cutoff frequency and speed coefficient. It uses exponential smoothing with an adaptive smoothing factor to balance jitter and lag.

Laylo powers drops for top creators and brands with a leading CRM platform combining landing pages, messaging, and link tracking. As a UK Account Manager, you'll manage client relationships, provide support, and identify growth opportunities to drive sales and streams.

A mysterious illness dubbed Disease X has killed 31 people in DR Congo, with over 400 cases reported since late October. The WHO has sent a rapid response team to investigate the outbreak, which is centered in a remote rural area.

In 1969, the British government planned to detonate a nuclear bomb in North Yorkshire's North York Moors National Park for 'peaceful purposes', to create gas storage facilities. The plan was abandoned and nuclear explosions for peaceful uses were eventually banned in 1976 due to environmental concerns and insincerity.

The user is implementing a PDP-11/20 emulator to run the Knight TV system, a terminal system connected to the AI KA10, and is writing a new emulator in C instead of using simh. The emulator is designed to model the PDP-11's Unibus and devices, including the KE11 extended arithmetic module and the TV hardware, and will be used to connect to the ITS system.

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This article has been reviewed according to Science X's and . have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Being a captain of industry, a politician, or a celebrity won't automatically make you a cheat. But chances of infidelity are significantly higher among the more powerful, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Sex ...

On December 8, 1660, a woman played Desdemona in the King's Company production of Othello, marking the first time a woman acted on a professional English stage. This milestone occurred during a landmark year for British theater, following the restoration of the monarchy and the revival of the English stage.