A retired software engineer, Martin C. Martin, discovered a 55-year-old bug in the original Lunar Lander game's physics code. The game was created by Jim Storer, a 17-year-old high school student, in 1969. The game allows players to control a lunar module's descent onto the Moon's surface, requiring careful fuel management.
AI | Rating: 72 | 2024-06-14 06:15:13 PM |
Wells Fargo terminated over a dozen employees from its wealth and investment management division after an investigation into claims of faking work activity on their computers. The investigation was conducted following allegations of simulation of keyboard activity to create the impression of active work. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) was involved in the investigation and confirmed the terminations.
Business | Rating: 51 | 2024-06-13 08:55:08 PM |
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Turkish police arrested and detained a university student accused of developing an elaborate scheme to use AI and hidden devices to help him cheat on the TYT exam in Isparta. The student used a camera disguised as a shirt button connected to AI software via a router hidden in the sole of their shoe. The TYT is a nationally held university aptitude exam that determines a person's eligibility to attend a university in Turkey.
AI | Rating: 71 | 2024-06-12 08:55:14 PM |
Stability AI released weights for Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, an AI image-synthesis model that turns text prompts into AI-generated images. The model has been criticized for generating anatomically incorrect visual abominations, particularly when rendering human limbs and bodies.
AI | Rating: 42 | 2024-06-12 07:35:04 PM |
Apple premiered 'Apple Intelligence' at its Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, announcing the integration of ChatGPT into its device OSes. The company had developed its own large language models (LLMs) for a year. AI developer Benjamin De Kr expressed confusion about Apple not training a competing LLM.
AI | Rating: 80 | 2024-06-11 05:35:21 PM |
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A group of 13 former employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind, including some who chose to remain anonymous, published an open letter calling for AI companies to commit to principles allowing employees to raise concerns about AI risks without fear of retaliation. The letter, titled 'A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence', argues that AI poses serious risks including further entrenchment of existing inequalities, manipulation and misinformation, and the loss of control of autonomous AI systems potentially resulting in human extinction.
AI | Rating: 81 | 2024-06-04 10:05:22 PM |
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