Author: Vidya Saras

“We can manage what we measure, but what we mostly measure are things like money or speed,” Nduka says. “What we can’t really measure is quality. And quality is about emotions. And emotions can be sensed most sensitively with expressions.”AI VisionHumanity has been asking whether AI can truly know how people feel for a long time, and most of the answers come down to, well, probably not. Even without a bunch of advanced cameras and AI smarts, reading emotions can be tricky.“Gauging emotion through facial expressions is kind of somewhat debatable,” says Andrew McStay, a professor and director of the…

October 14, 2024 Climate change will only make future hurricane seasons worse. So why are Florida legislators pretending like nothing’s amiss? Ad Policy Residents are rescued on October 10, 2024, from a flooded apartment complex in Clearwater, Florida, after the passage of Hurricane Milton.(Bryan R. Smith / AFP via Getty Images) Hurricanes Helene and Milton were both scarier than any Halloween movie you might view this month. Scientists say both powerful storms were fueled by climate change. But for Florida state legislators, climate change is as fictional as Freddy Kreuger. This spring, Governor Ron DeSantis, with the state legislature, passed…

People use large language models for a huge array of tasks, from translating an article to identifying financial fraud. However, despite the incredible capabilities and versatility of these models, they sometimes generate inaccurate responses.On top of that problem, the models can be overconfident about wrong answers or underconfident about correct ones, making it tough for a user to know when a model can be trusted.Researchers typically calibrate a machine-learning model to ensure its level of confidence lines up with its accuracy. A well-calibrated model should have less confidence about an incorrect prediction, and vice-versa. But because large language models (LLMs) can…

The pragmatic reality is that the United States is afire with political divisiveness and primed for the efforts of China, Russia, and Iran, who are actively working to insert distrust in the election process. They do this with a steady flow of well-choreographed misinformation and disinformation and throw in the occasional cyberattack that serves to shower jet fuel upon an already incendiary political landscape. For those nations holding elections, these actions are targeting the voters and populace, sometimes to sway the vote in a certain direction, in others to sow chaos. Imagine a Venn diagram of the nation’s political spectrum,…

Paramount “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” has become a huge part of the franchise’s legacy and is considered by many to be the best “Star Trek” movie of them all, but it was a serious challenge to bring to the screen. After the relative failures of “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” franchise creator Gene Roddenberry was sidelined, allowing for a darker, grittier “Star Trek” than we had ever seen before. “The Wrath of Khan” is an operatic epic, following the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise under Admiral James T. Kirk (William…

MANILA – The Philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries said a “Chinese maritime militia” boat deliberately sideswiped one of its two vessels that were conducting a routine maritime patrol in the vicinity of Thitu island in the South China Sea last Friday. The vessel had sustained dents in its starboard bow, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said in a statement issued late on Monday. China and the Philippines have been at loggerheads over a succession of confrontations near disputed features in the South China, with Manila accusing China’s coast guard of aggression and Beijing furious over what it calls…

Rising production costs for A-list video game projects are entering the stratosphere these days, but one way for publishers to deliver new products without going bankrupt is to upscale older games with a modern makeover for next-gen consoles.While we’re still waiting to hear about the next entry in the “Predator” movie franchise, the most recent Predator video game — the four-year-old “Predator: Hunting Grounds — recently got the deluxe treatment with a shiny new update for modern consoles.” This revamped game entered into the sci-fi horror gaming sphere on digital Oct. 1, 2024, re-energized for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. The…

Paul George has suffered a hyperextended left knee during Monday’s preseason game. George’s injury occurred during the second quarter at the Atlanta Hawks. George was playing in his second preseason game since signing with the Philadelphia 76ers. George suffered a similar injury to his right knee in 2023. 

Google has signed a deal to use small nuclear reactors to generate the vast amounts of energy needed to power its artificial intelligence (AI) data centres.The company says the agreement with Kairos Power will see it start using the first reactor this decade and bring more online by 2035. The companies did not give any details about how much the deal is worth or where the plants will be built.Technology firms are increasingly turning to nuclear sources of energy to supply the electricity used by the huge data centres that drive AI.”The grid needs new electricity sources to support AI…

By Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Seven & i Holdings is betting it can boost value by hiving off underperforming businesses and focusing on mainstay 7-Eleven stores. The outcome of its strategy will determine whether it can outmanoeuvre a $47 billion Canadian takeover bid. Much depends on the retailer’s ability to roll out a new store format in Japan, and improve profit margins overseas, analysts and industry insiders say. Seven & i plans to split off its supermarket operation and some 30 other “non-core” units into a holding company, York Holdings. It will rename itself 7-Eleven Corp to emphasise…