Flu season is coming—and so is the risk of an all-new bird flu
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AI models let robots carry out tasks in unfamiliar environments
It’s tricky to get robots to do things in environments they’ve never seen before. Typically,…
The Download: training robots for unfamiliar environments, and all-new bird flu
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AI-generated content doesn’t seem to have swayed recent European elections
AI-generated falsehoods and deepfakes seem to have had no effect on election results in the…
Why virologists are getting increasingly nervous about bird flu
Bird flu has been spreading in dairy cows in the US—and the scale of the…
How AI can help spot wildfires
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The Download: bird flu concerns, and tracking AI’s impact on elections
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Here’s what I made of Snap’s new augmented-reality Spectacles
Before I get to Snap’s new Spectacles, a confession: I have a long history of…
There are more than 120 AI bills in Congress right now
More than 120 bills related to regulating artificial intelligence are currently floating around the US…
The Download: Congress’s AI bills, and Snap’s new AR spectacles
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