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Enlarge / Some of the optical hardware needed to get QuEra's machine to work.QuEra reader comments 0 There's widespread agreement that most useful quantum computing will have to wait for the development of error-corrected qubits. Error correction involves distributing a bit of quantum information—termed a logical qubit—among a small collection of hardware qubits. The disagreements ... Xem chi tiết

Enlarge / A photo of the Microsoft Azure Maia 100 chip that has been altered with splashes of color by the author to look as if AI itself were bursting forth from its silicon substrate.Microsoft | Benj Edwards reader comments 55 On Wednesday at the Microsoft Ignite conference, Microsoft announced two custom chips designed for accelerating in-house AI workloads through its Azure ... Xem chi tiết

reader comments 2 Researchers demonstrate how adding a splash of water reduces static electricity when grinding coffee. Credit: University of Oregon Researchers demonstrate how adding a splash of water reduces static electricity when grinding coffee. Credit: University of Oregon Scientific inspiration can strike at any time. For Christopher Hendon, a ... Xem chi tiết

Enlarge / The Microsoft Copilot logo.Microsoft reader comments 107 On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that Bing Chat—its famously once-unhinged AI chatbot—has been officially renamed "Microsoft Copilot." The company also announced it will support OpenAI's recently released GPTs, which are custom roles for its ChatGPT AI assistant. Further ReadingMicrosoft 365’s Copilot assistant for ... Xem chi tiết

EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 48 On Tuesday, YouTube announced it will soon implement stricter measures on realistic AI-generated content hosted by the service. "We’ll require creators to disclose when they've created altered or synthetic content that is realistic, including using AI tools," the company wrote in a statement. The changes will roll out over the coming months and ... Xem chi tiết

Enlarge / This image reveals intricate details of the Herbig Haro object number 797 (HH 797).ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, T. Ray (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) reader comments 2 Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We'll let other publications offer ... Xem chi tiết

Enlarge / Dispensers for Charged Lemondade, a caffeinated lemonade drink, at Panera Bread, Walnut Creek, California, March 27, 2023.Getty | Smith Collection/Gado reader comments 33 A second person has died after drinking Panera's caffeinated "Charged Lemonade" drinks, which contain caffeine levels comparable to strong coffee and are sold in cups as large as 30 fluid ounces that are ... Xem chi tiết

Enlarge / Eight images used in the study; four of them are synthetic. Can you tell which ones? (Answers at bottom of the article.)Nightingale and Farid (2022) reader comments 142 A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Psychological Science on Monday found that AI-generated faces generated with three year-old technology, particularly those representing white individuals, were ... Xem chi tiết

Enlarge reader comments 40 Intel on Tuesday pushed microcode updates to fix a high-severity CPU bug that has the potential to be maliciously exploited against cloud-based hosts. The flaw, affecting virtually all modern Intel CPUs, causes them to “enter a glitch state where the normal rules don’t apply,” Tavis Ormandy, one of several security researchers inside Google who discovered ... Xem chi tiết

Enlarge / "Oobleck" is a classic kitchen science example of a shear-thickening non-Newtonian fluid.Screenshot/PBS reader comments 0 Oobleck has long been my favorite example of a non-Newtonian fluid, and I'm not alone. It's a hugely popular "kitchen science" experiment because it's simple and easy to make. Mix one part water to two parts corn starch, add a dash of food coloring for ... Xem chi tiết