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Phantom Neuro grabs $19M to help amputees put their phantom limbs to use

The science fiction trope of humans superpowered by computer and bionic implants is fast becoming a reality, and today, a startup hoping for a role in how that plays out is announcing some funding.  Phantom Neuro, which is developing a wristband-like device that gets implanted under the skin to let a person control prosthetic limbs,… Continua a leggere Phantom Neuro grabs $19M to help amputees put their phantom limbs to use

Fusion power has a fuel problem; Hexium has a laser-powered solution

Hexium has emerged from stealth with $8 million in seed funding.

Fusion power has a fuel problem; Hexium has a laser-powered solution

Hexium has emerged from stealth with $8 million in seed funding.

Google’s newest AI model is designed to help study dolphin ‘speech’

Google’s AI research lab, Google DeepMind, says that it has created an AI model that can help decipher dolphin vocalizations, supporting research efforts to better understand how dolphins communicate. The model, called DolphinGemma, was trained using data from the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP), a nonprofit that studies Atlantic spotted dolphins and their behaviors. Built on… Continua a leggere Google’s newest AI model is designed to help study dolphin ‘speech’

Google Classroom gives teachers an AI feature for quiz questions

Google Classroom introduced a new AI-powered feature designed to help teachers generate questions. Launched on Monday, this tool lets educators create a list of questions based on specific text input. Using this text-dependent question-generation tool, which utilizes Gemini, teachers can either upload files from Google Drive or manually enter text for the AI to generate… Continua a leggere Google Classroom gives teachers an AI feature for quiz questions

Meta to start training its AI models on public content in the EU

Meta announced on Monday that it’s going to train its AI models on public content, such as posts and comments on Facebook and Instagram, in the EU after previously pausing its plans to do so in response to regulatory pressure due to data privacy concerns. The company will start training its AI on users’ content… Continua a leggere Meta to start training its AI models on public content in the EU

Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup

AI dev platform Hugging Face has acquired Pollen Robotics, a robotics startup based in France, for an undisclosed amount. Wired reports that Hugging Face plans to sell Pollen’s humanoid robot, Reachy 2, and let developers download and suggest improvements to its code. Pollen Robotics, which aims to bring affordable humanoid robots to the home, was… Continua a leggere Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup

Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg’s voices

The crosswalk buttons, which include audio alerts, were hacked over the weekend.

Jim Zemlin on taking a ‘portfolio approach’ to Linux Foundation projects

The Linux Foundation has become something of a misnomer through the years. It has extended far beyond its roots as the steward of the Linux kernel, emerging as a sprawling umbrella outfit for a thousand open source projects spanning cloud infrastructure, security, digital wallets, enterprise search, fintech, maps, and more. Last month, the OpenInfra Foundation… Continua a leggere Jim Zemlin on taking a ‘portfolio approach’ to Linux Foundation projects

Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter (now X) and Square (now Block), sparked a weekend’s worth of debate around intellectual property, patents, and copyright, with a characteristically terse post declaring, “delete all IP law.” X’s current owner Elon Musk quickly replied, “I agree.” It’s not clear what exactly brought these comments on, but they come at… Continua a leggere Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’