Artificial Intelligence

VR headsets can be hacked with an Inception-style attack

In the attack, hackers create an app that injects malicious code into the Meta Quest VR system and then launch a clone...

How rerouting planes to produce fewer contrails could help cool the planet

For one thing, Barrett says, researchers still need to test, refine, and engineer systems that can reliably predict, with enough time to reroute...

Why we need better defenses against VR cyberattacks

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Building a data-driven health-care ecosystem

To spark innovation by identifying gaps and pain points in the employer-based health-care system, JPMorgan Chase launched Morgan Health in 2021. Morgan...

Method rapidly verifies that a robot will avoid collisions

Before a robot can grab dishes off a shelf to set the table, it must ensure its gripper and arm won't crash into...

The Download: hacking VR headsets, and contrails to cool the planet

How it works: Jets release heat, water vapor, and particulate matter that can produce thin clouds in the sky, known as “contrails”....

Going top shelf with AI to better track hockey data

Researchers from the University of Waterloo got a valuable assist from artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help capture and analyze data from professional...

LLMs become more covertly racist with human intervention

Even when the two sentences had the same meaning, the models were more likely to apply adjectives like “dirty,” “lazy,” and “stupid”...

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