Tech Xplore

Is artificial general intelligence already here? A new case that today's LLMs meet key tests

Will artificial intelligence ever be able to reason, learn, and solve problems at levels comparable to humans? Experts at the University of California San Diego believe the answer is yes—and that such ...
IEEE

General Test-Time Backdoor Detection in Split Neural Network-Based Vertical Federated Learning

Abstract: As a new distributed machine learning framework, vertical federated learning (VFL) has been widely applied in the industry. However, recent studies have demonstrated that VFL faces serious ...
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Four-Year Effects of a Computer-Based Brief Alcohol Intervention Targeting Alcohol Users in the General Population: Randomized Controlled Trial

The intervention comprised up to three computer-generated individualized feedback letters based on the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change at baseline and after 3 and 6 months. The control group ...
primetimer

General Hospital: Which character are you, based on your MBTI? (Personality test)

ABC’s General Hospital has numerous characters and personalities for viewers to relate to. The soap that debuted in April 1963 played out lives of residents of the fictional town of Port Charles. That ...
Bleeping Computer

New ShadowV2 botnet malware used AWS outage as a test opportunity

A new Mirai-based botnet malware named ‘ShadowV2’ has been observed targeting IoT devices from D-Link, TP-Link, and other vendors with exploits for known vulnerabilities. Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs ...
Interesting Engineering

Japan tests new space-based system to track hypersonic missiles, reports claim

Japanese engineers have reportedly developed a hypersonic space-based missile tracking technology. Called the HTV-X, the new tech has been built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Aerospace ...
Science Daily

Twin black hole collisions put Einstein’s general relativity to its most extreme test

Two recently observed black hole mergers, occurring just weeks apart in late 2024, have opened an extraordinary new window into the universe’s most extreme events. These collisions not only revealed ...
TechCrunch

General Intuition lands $134M seed to teach agents spatial reasoning using video game clips

Medal, a platform for uploading and sharing video game clips, has spun out a new frontier AI research lab that’s using its trove of gaming videos to train and build foundation models and AI agents ...
Defense News

General Atomics successfully tests next-gen artillery round

A controlled artillery round that can hit targets from 120 kilometers away in GPS-denied environments was successfully tested at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. General Atomics Electromagnetic ...
Chalkbeat

Math gaps narrowing, but reading scores remain stagnant, new research shows

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. U.S. students are doing slightly better in math, and test ...
Business Wire

General Micro Systems (GMS) Introduces the World’s Smallest Open Standards Rugged Mission Computer Under $10,000 USD

Backed by 26 patents-pending, the rugged X7 RAPTOR is intended for value-priced, high-volume “swarm” UAVs; wearable computing; portable and mobile applications Based on GMS’ X9 distributed computing ...