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In today's Techpresso:
🖥️ Samsung unveils world-first transparent display
🤔 OpenAI says it's ‘impossible’ to create AI tools without copyrighted material
🛡️ McAfee unveils tech to stop AI voice clone scams
🍎 Apple Vision Pro finally has an official release date
👔 Amazon turns to AI to help customers find clothes that fit when shopping online
🎁 + 8 other news you might like
🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools
🖥️ Samsung unveils world-first transparent displayLINK
Samsung revealed the first transparent MicroLED display with a frameless design at CES 2024.
The transparent displays provide a hologram-like visual experience and have a high pixel density for sharp images.
No price or retail release date has been given, but current MicroLED TVs suggest it may be expensive.
🤔 OpenAI says it's ‘impossible’ to create AI tools without copyrighted materialLINK
OpenAI has stated it's impossible to create advanced AI tools like ChatGPT without using copyrighted material, as the technology relies on a vast array of internet data, much of which is copyrighted. The company is facing increasing legal pressure, including a lawsuit from the New York Times for 'unlawful use' of copyrighted work, amidst a broader wave of legal actions from content creators and companies. OpenAI defends its practices under the 'fair use' doctrine, claiming copyright law doesn't prohibit AI training, but acknowledges that using only public domain materials would lead to inadequate AI systems.
🛡️ McAfee unveils tech to stop AI voice clone scamsLINK
McAfee has introduced Project Mockingbird ahead of CES 2024, a defense tool designed to detect and prevent AI-generated voice scams, boasting a success rate of over 90% using contextual, behavioral, and categorical detection models. Project Mockingbird is an AI-powered solution, aiming to address the increasing concern among Americans about the rise of deepfakes and their impact on trust online, with 33% reporting exposure to deepfake scams affecting various domains. The technology, likened to a weather forecast for predicting scams, aims to provide users with insights for informed decision-making.
🍎 Apple Vision Pro finally has an official release dateLINK
Apple's Vision Pro headset, priced at $3,499, will start shipping in the US on February 2nd, with pre-orders opening on January 19th.
The headset features 4K displays for each eye, shifts between AR and VR, and includes sensors that allow for controller-free navigation through eye, head, and hand tracking.
Running on visionOS, the Vision Pro supports popular iPhone and iPad apps and provides over 150 3D titles via the Apple TV app.
👔 Amazon turns to AI to help customers find clothes that fit when shopping onlineLINK
Amazon turns to AI to introduce features aimed at helping customers find well-fitting clothes and reduce return rates. The new AI-driven tools analyze customer reviews and size charts to provide personalized size recommendations and insightful summaries on apparel fit. These AI improvements are part of Amazon's broader strategy to enhance the online shopping experience, including product description generation and image enhancement for sellers.
Other news you might like
Carta faces accusations of misusing confidential startup data and unwanted share sale solicitations, sparking trust issues in the tech community.LINK
iPhone survives a 16,000-foot drop from Alaska Air flight 1282, found intact with battery life, amidst other debris in Oregon.LINK
Apple's iPhone sales in China dropped over 30% initially in 2024, with rivals steady.LINK
UN space tsar calls for increase in junk clean-up efforts.LINK
NASA, UAE to collaborate, set up new space station orbiting the MoonLINK
Chinese scientists developed a method to convert coal into protein for animal feed, using methanol fermentation and achieving high efficiency and cost-effectiveness.LINK
MIT and Harvard scientists significantly improved prime editing efficiency in gene therapy, successfully restoring vision in mice, a milestone in treating genetic disorders.LINK
Scientists create a DNA hydrogel-based system that uses solar energy to efficiently desalinate seawater and selectively extract uranium.LINK
Latest research and tools
GitUI: an open-source terminal-based tool that provides a comfortable graphical user interface experience for Git operations, optimized for speed and efficiency even in large repositories.LINK
MotorOS: a Rust-based operating system designed for optimized performance in x64 virtual machines, mainly used for cloud applications like web servers and edge caching.LINK
Shecc: a simple, educational compiler that turns a subset of C code into optimized 32-bit Arm or RISC-V machine code and includes a minimal C standard library for basic I/O without needing external assemblers or linkers.LINK
Pure C WebRTC: a library that lets developers control how media is processed and sent over the internet, with tools for managing video quality and network congestion.LINK
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