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🤖 ChatGPT told 2M people to get their election news elsewhere
😅 New self-learning robot mimics humans
🏴☠️ Hackers use police emails to trick tech companies
📱 Police baffled by iPhones mysteriously rebooting
🔍 Google experiments with real-time Search conversations
🛰️ SpaceX practices ISS destruction
🎁 + 5 other news you might like
🔮 + 3 handpicked research papers and tools
🤖 ChatGPT told 2M people to get their election news elsewhereLINK
OpenAI revealed that ChatGPT redirected around 2 million users to established news agencies like Reuters and the Associated Press for election news instead of supplying direct information itself.
ChatGPT referred about a million individuals to CanIVote.org for voting-related inquiries and denied 250,000 attempts to create candidates' images during the election period.
While CNN's digital platforms attracted approximately 67 million visitors on Election Day, AI services showed importance in the election by drawing millions of users to seek information from them.
😅 New self-learning robot mimics humansLINK
The team at TU Wien in Vienna has created a self-learning robot capable of mimicking humans to perform tasks like cleaning washbasins, moving one step closer to useful housecleaning robots.
By using a sensor-impregnated sponge, researchers combined observation with tactile feedback to teach the robot to perform household chores, like cleaning, much like human apprentices learn from their mentors.
This innovative learning approach, applicable to various industrial tasks, involves processing data to train a neural network to recognize essential movement elements, enabling the robot to clean complex surfaces efficiently after training.
🏴☠️ Hackers use police emails to trick tech companiesLINK
The FBI has issued a warning that hackers are exploiting government and police email addresses to send fake emergency data requests to U.S. tech companies, leading to unauthorized access to users' private data like emails and phone numbers.
Federal authorities have seen an increase in fraudulent activities, with hackers using compromised law enforcement accounts to request personal information from companies under the pretense of urgent threats such as human trafficking or imminent harm.
The FBI advises law enforcement agencies to enhance their cybersecurity with measures like multi-factor authentication, and urges tech companies to critically evaluate emergency data requests to avoid falling victim to these scams.
📱 Police baffled by iPhones mysteriously rebootingLINK
Apple introduced an "inactivity reboot" feature in iOS 18.1 that restarts iPhones if not unlocked for a certain period, complicating law enforcement efforts to access stored information.
Experts revealed that the reboot occurs independently of network or charging status, debunking initial suspicions about external factors causing the sudden resets in stored devices.
This feature is part of Apple's strategy to enhance data protection, presenting challenges to law enforcement while offering additional security against theft for regular users.
🔍 Google experiments with real-time Search conversationsLINK
Google is developing a real-time, conversational voice-to-search feature within its Search app that allows users to verbally interact and receive dynamic search results.
This function enables continuous dialogue with Google Search, letting users ask multiple questions without needing to restart the voice-to-search process each time.
The conversational search feature is not yet available to the public, but as competition from AI firms grows, Google will likely soon introduce similar updates.
🛰️ SpaceX practices ISS destructionLINK
SpaceX is testing its Dragon cargo spacecraft's engines while docked at the ISS to prepare for the space station's eventual retirement around 2030 and collect crucial data.
This is the first time a SpaceX capsule has fired thrusters for "reboosting" the ISS, historically a job done by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, as part of a plan to maintain its orbit stability.
NASA has partnered with SpaceX to develop a vehicle for safely pushing the International Space Station out of orbit and ensuring its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere concludes safely over the ocean.
Other news you might like
OpenAI loses another lead safety researcher, Lilian Weng.LINK
Leaked docs suggest Google seemingly aware of Tensor's overheating.LINK
Google rolls out its Gemini AI-powered video presentation app.LINK
The voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve got mail!’ has died at 74.LINK
NASA Remains Stubbornly Silent on Why Crew Went to Hospital After Dragon Splashdown.LINK
Latest research and tools
Delta: a tool that enhances readability of Git command outputs by adding syntax highlighting, clickable links to commits and file paths, and custom styling options for diff displays.LINK
HTML-to-Markdown: a tool that converts HTML content, including entire websites, to clean and readable Markdown format, offering features like smart escaping, blockquotes, and the ability to include or exclude specific HTML tags, enhanced with customizable plugins for tailored output.LINK
Maxun: an open-source, no-code platform that facilitates the creation of custom robots to automatically extract data from the web, providing features for capturing lists, text, or screenshots, and supports proxy integration for anti-bot evasion.LINK
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