NASA just released a stunning new image of the Sombrero galaxy captured by the JWST

NASA just released a stunning new image of the Sombrero galaxy captured by the JWST

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is back to once again paint a glorious portrait of the heavens. This time, the powerful telescope , otherwise called Messier 104 or M104. The end result? A gorgeous image that reframes our understanding of that particular region of space.Upon closer inspection using the JWST’s mid-infrared view, the Sombrero galaxy no longer truly resembles its namesake. It looks more like an archery target, complete with a bullseye in the center. That bullseye? It’s actually a supermassive black hole.The sharp resolution offered by Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) finally gives us a detailed glimpse of the…
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Character.AI Is Hosting Pro-Anorexia Chatbots That Encourage Young People to Engage in Disordered Eating

Character.AI Is Hosting Pro-Anorexia Chatbots That Encourage Young People to Engage in Disordered Eating

Content warning: this story discusses disordered eating behaviors, including potentially triggering details about weights and calories.The youth-beloved AI chatbot startup Character.AI is hosting pro-anorexia chatbots that encourage users to engage in disordered eating behaviors, from recommending dangerously low-calorie diets and excessive exercise routines to chastising them for healthy weights.Consider a bot called "4n4 Coach" — a sneaky spelling of "ana," which is longstanding online shorthand for "anorexia" — and described on Character.AI as a "weight loss coach dedicated to helping people achieve their ideal body shape" that loves "discovering new ways to help people lose weight and feel great!""Hello," the bot…
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Privacy-Preserving Video Anomaly Detection: A Survey

Privacy-Preserving Video Anomaly Detection: A Survey

arXiv:2411.14565v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Video Anomaly Detection (VAD) aims to automatically analyze spatiotemporal patterns in surveillance videos collected from open spaces to detect anomalous events that may cause harm without physical contact. However, vision-based surveillance systems such as closed-circuit television often capture personally identifiable information. The lack of transparency and interpretability in video transmission and usage raises public concerns about privacy and ethics, limiting the real-world application of VAD. Recently, researchers have focused on privacy concerns in VAD by conducting systematic studies from various perspectives including data, features, and systems, making Privacy-Preserving Video Anomaly Detection (P2VAD) a hotspot in…
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AI that mimics human problem solving is a big advance – but comes with new risks and problems

AI that mimics human problem solving is a big advance – but comes with new risks and problems

OpenAI recently unveiled its latest artificial intelligence (AI) models, o1-preview and o1-mini (also referred to as “Strawberry”), claiming a significant leap in the reasoning capabilities of large language models (the technology behind Strawberry and OpenAI’s ChatGPT). While the release of Strawberry generated excitement, it also raised critical questions about its novelty, efficacy and potential risks. Central to this is the model’s ability to employ “chain-of-thought reasoning” – a method similar to a human using a scratchpad, or notepad, to write down intermediate steps when solving a problem. Chain-of-thought reasoning mirrors human problem solving by breaking down complex tasks into simpler,…
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Inside ‘Project Black Walnut’ that sheds light on how Google thinks about Apple’s ad business

Inside ‘Project Black Walnut’ that sheds light on how Google thinks about Apple’s ad business

Apple, which avoided the ad business for years, might finally be getting serious about it.Or will they? Google would like to know.You can see how Google strategists are gaming out Apple's ad ambitions in a newly surfaced document.Apple used to hate the ad business. Now, it looks like it's taking it more seriously. So, how big could Apple's ad business get?That's a question lots of people in the advertising world have been wondering. And that includes Google. And now, thanks to documents unearthed during Google's antitrust court case, we can see how Google has been thinking about Apple's potential as…
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Large Language Models Show Human-like Social Desirability Biases in Survey Responses

Large Language Models Show Human-like Social Desirability Biases in Survey Responses

[Submitted on 9 May 2024 (v1), last revised 21 Nov 2024 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled Large Language Models Show Human-like Social Desirability Biases in Survey Responses, by Aadesh Salecha and 5 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:As Large Language Models (LLMs) become widely used to model and simulate human behavior, understanding their biases becomes critical. We developed an experimental framework using Big Five personality surveys and uncovered a previously undetected social desirability bias in a wide range of LLMs. By systematically varying the number of questions LLMs were exposed to, we demonstrate their…
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Chunk-Busters: Don’t cross the Streams!

Chunk-Busters: Don’t cross the Streams!

⚠️ If you have photosensitivity, you probably want to skip this.See the static image below, those lights will start blinking real fast! How does the internet work? Remember the title… we are talking about streams here. I could talk about protocols, packets, ordering, acks, and nacks… but we are talking about streams here, and as you probably guessed right (I believe in you =D) with streams… it’s either binary or strings. Yes, strings are zipped before being sent… but for what we usually care about in front and backend development… strings and binary. In the following examples, I’ll be using…
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John Snow Labs Medical LLMs are now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart | Amazon Web Services

John Snow Labs Medical LLMs are now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart | Amazon Web Services

Today, we are excited to announce that John Snow Labs’ Medical LLM – Small and Medical LLM – Medium large language models (LLMs) are now available on Amazon SageMaker Jumpstart. Medical LLM is optimized for the following medical language understanding tasks: Summarizing clinical encounters – Summarizing discharge notes, progress notes, radiology reports, pathology reports, and various other medical reports Question answering on clinical notes or biomedical research – Answering questions about a clinical encounter’s principal diagnosis, test ordered, or a research abstract’s study design or main outcomes For medical doctors, this tool provides a rapid understanding of a patient’s medical…
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