[ The Airbnb app icon is seen on an iPad screen on May 8, 2021, in Washington. Airbnb reports earnings on Wednesday, April 8, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File Airbnb’s profit more than doubled last quarter, but management’s disappointing revenue forecast sparked a roughly 7% drop fort its stock in after-market trading Wednesday. The … Read more
[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Whether you’re apping someone or scrolling through Instagram… all your online behavior is being monitored. In fact, others decide what you actually see. Ph.D. candidate Aleksandre Zardiashvili investigated the impact of online advertising and the power of the companies behind it. As much as we want to believe it, the … Read more
[ by Sina Seidenstücker, Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF The turn signal is projected onto the road in a dynamic movement and indicates when the car is changing direction. Thanks to the high luminous intensity, the signal is clearly visible even in daylight. Credit: Fraunhofer IOF In recent years, micro-optical projectors have become … Read more
[ A visualisation of a fictional company called MaNana, one of the design scenarios used in the paper to illustrate the potential ethical issues in the emerging digital afterlife industry. Credit: Dr. Tomasz Hollanek Without design safety standards, artificial intelligence that allows users to hold text and voice conversations with lost loved ones runs the … Read more
[ Credit: University of Glasgow Equipping self-driving cars with external displays that use colored lights to communicate their next maneuver could help keep cyclists safe on the roads of the future, researchers say. With autonomous vehicles becoming more common, reducing active human involvement in driving in the process, researchers from the University of Glasgow have … Read more
[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Beauty brand Dove recently announced it would not use models generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in its advertising campaigns. But is this really an anti-AI stance or merely the marketing of “inclusive” and “realistic” AI-generated images? In other words, is Dove attempting to shape the beauty ideals AI shows consumers, … Read more
[ Credit: arXiv (2023). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2309.03835 Getting robots to perform even a simple task requires a great deal of behind-the-scenes work. Part of the challenge is planning and executing movements, everything from turning wheels to lifting a robotic arm. To make this happen, roboticists collaborate with programmers to develop a set of trajectories—or pathways—that are … Read more
[ OpenAI has announced the launch of a new tool aimed at detecting whether digital images have been created by artificial intelligence. OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence company behind the popular image generator DALL-E, on Tuesday announced the launch of a new tool aimed at detecting whether digital images have been created by AI. Authentication … Read more
[ A number of foreign firms have announced tech partnerships un China as they try to get a hold in the world’s biggest electric vehicle market. Struggling foreign automakers in China are looking for help from local tech giants to try to stay competitive in the world’s biggest electric car market, where shiny smart screens, … Read more
[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain South Korean tech giant Samsung said Wednesday it will buy French artificial intelligence company Sonio to boost its cutting-edge medical diagnostic systems. The use of AI has exploded in recent years in a wide range of disciplines and industries, including medical care, and firms around the world are investing heavily … Read more
