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All those videos people make of police misbehavior? This researcher says the police end up using them to target bystanders. https://spectrum.ieee.org/unintended-consequences-video-surveillance?share_id=9515044
A single hand-labeled image per glacier, plus smart priors, was enough for an AI model to track 145 glacier calving fronts.
Curiosity runs Mars missions on less than 1 percent of its original memory and shrinking power; the software and ops strategy is the real story.
A team of researchers has shown how tweaking GPU clock frequency can cut LLM training energy by up to 14 percent with negligible slowdown. Here’s what they changed.
A custom OS called Fractal lets researchers see how chips really handle privilege levels, memory, and speculation on real hardware.
Gene Therapy and Sound Waves Team up to Steady Failing Hearts
Emily Bender described #AI agents as “stochastic parrots” that can only repeat patterns they find in training data. The folks at @medialab.bsky.social were inspired to create a robotic parrot companion. This AI parrot keeps you on track, reminding you of tasks and challenging you.
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Imran Khan — who leads our work on psychosocial evaluations of AI — spoke to @spectrum.ieee.org on the need for benchmarks that measure how AI products impact society, not just their raw capability.
Read the full article here: https://spectrum.ieee.org/measuring-ai-societal-impact-khan
