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The 88% Accurate AI That Just Proved Fish Never Stop Talking
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (351+ words) University of Victoria team achieves 88% accuracy identifying eight species from over 1,000 recorded sounds Dead silence underwater? Not quite. Fish have been chatting this whole time, and University of Victoria researchers just figured out how to eavesdrop with startling precision. Their…...
Google’s “Project Nightingale”: The Secret AI That Makes Medically Deadly Mistakes
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (375+ words) Ascension health system shares millions of patient files with Google across 21 states without patient knowledge The kicker? Patients using Ascension's network of hospitals and clinics across 21 states had no idea their intimate medical details were being shipped to Google's servers....
YouTube Secretly Manipulated Your Videos With AI, Then Got Caught
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (231+ words) Platform applied machine learning enhancements to Shorts without creator consent, altering visual quality and sparking trust concerns Creators found their work transformed by invisible algorithms that smoothed, sharpened, and manipulated video quality. YouTube simply decided your content needed improvement and…...
Nvidia and National Science Foundation Drop $152 Million on Open AI Science Infrastructure
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (418+ words) National Science Foundation partners with Nvidia and Allen Institute to create transparent AI platform for researchers nationwide. The Open Multimodal AI Infrastructure to Accelerate Science (OMAI) represents everything current AI leaders aren't building. You'll get access to training data, source…...
Stanford Just Turned Inner Monologues into Real Speech
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (281+ words) Stanford team achieves 74% accuracy decoding silent thoughts from paralyzed patients using brain implants. The technology works even when patients cannot move their facial muscles at all. Here's what makes this different from earlier brain-computer interfaces: you don't need to try…...
AI Use Rapidly Erodes Doctors' Cancer Detection Skills, Landmark Study Shows
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (487+ words) Your gastroenterologist just got a lot better at spotting pre-cancerous growths'but only when the AI is watching. Remove that digital assistant, and detection rates plummet by 20%, even among doctors who've performed thousands of colonoscopies. This jarring finding comes from groundbreaking…...
Only the Top 1% Use This Clever Math Trick
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1408+ words) Mental math shortcuts turn intimidating calculations into instant answers without reaching for your calculator. Math shouldn't be harder than finding the last matching sock in your laundry. These clever shortcuts convert head-scratching problems into quick mental wins. You'll conquer calculations…...