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Adobe Starts Roll-Out of AI Video Tools, Challenging OpenAI and Meta

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Adobe (ADBE.O), opens new tab on Monday said it has started publicly distributing an AI model that can generate video from text prompts, joining the growing field of companies trying to upend film and television production using generative artificial intelligence. The Firefly Video Model, as the technology...

Tue Oct 15, 2024 00:49
UK Considering Making USB-C the Common Charging Standard, Following the EU

Following moves by both the European Union and India to implement USB-C as the default charging port for all consumer devices, the British government has now begun a consultation on whether it should follow suit and implement a common standard for charging, and if this should be USB-C. From a report: The consultation has been started by the Office for...

Mon Oct 14, 2024 21:37
Chinese Scientists Report Using Quantum Computer To Hack Military-grade Encryption

schwit1 writes: Chinese scientists have mounted what they say is the world's first effective attack on a widely used encryption method using a quantum computer. The breakthrough poses a "real and substantial threat" to the long-standing password-protection mechanism employed across critical sectors, including banking and the military, according to the...

Mon Oct 14, 2024 21:01
NASA Launches Europa Clipper To Probe Jupiter's Icy Moon for Signs of Life

NASA's Europa Clipper mission lifted off successfully on Monday, marking the agency's first mission to Jupiter in over a decade. The $5.2 billion spacecraft aims to investigate whether Europa, Jupiter's fourth-largest moon, could harbor conditions suitable for life. Europa Clipper, NASA's largest-ever interplanetary craft, weighs 12,500 pounds...

Mon Oct 14, 2024 19:27
'Open Source Royalty and Mad Kings'

WordPress.org has seized control of WP Engine's Advanced Custom Fields plugin, renaming it "Secure Custom Fields" and removing commercial elements, according to WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. The move, justified by alleged security concerns and linked to ongoing litigation between WP Engine and Automattic, marks an unprecedented forcible takeover...

Mon Oct 14, 2024 18:57
AI Threats 'Complete BS' Says Meta Senior Research, Who Thinks AI is Dumber Than a Cat

Meta senior research Yann LeCun (also a professor at New York University) told the Wall Street Journal that worries about AI threatening humanity are "complete B.S." When a departing OpenAI researcher in May talked up the need to learn how to control ultra-intelligent AI, LeCun pounced. "It seems to me that before 'urgently figuring out how to...

Mon Oct 14, 2024 15:29

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