OpenAI unveils amazing new generative video model called Sora
Will Douglas Haven | MIT Technology Review
“OpenAI has built an impressive new generative video model called Sora that can take short text descriptions and turn them into detailed, high-resolution film clips up to 1 minute long. …OpenAI’s Sora sample video is It’s high-resolution and full of detail. OpenAI also says it can generate videos up to a minute long. In one video of a Tokyo street scene, Sora learns how objects fit together in 3D. The camera swoops into the scene and follows the couple as they walk past a row of stores.”
Google’s flagship AI model gets a much faster upgrade
Will Knight | Wired
“Google says Gemini Pro 1.5 can ingest and understand 1 hour of video, 11 hours of audio, 700,000 words, or 30,000 lines of code at once. It’s powered by OpenAI, which powers ChatGPT. Several times more than other AI models, such as GPT-4.” …Gemini Pro 1.5 is more capable, at least for its size, as measured by the model’s scores on several popular benchmarks. The new model leverages techniques previously invented by Google researchers to squeeze out more performance without requiring more computing power. ”
Surgery in space: Small remotely controlled robot completes first simulated surgery on space station
Taylor Nicioli and Kristin Fisher | CNN
“The robot, known as SpaceMIRA (short for Miniaturized In Vivo Robotic Assistant), performs several tests against simulated tissue in an orbiting laboratory while being remotely controlled by a surgeon from approximately 250 miles (400 kilometers) below Lincoln, Nebraska. This milestone has implications not only for the success of long-duration human space travel, where surgical emergencies may occur, but also for establishing access to medical care in remote areas of the planet. This is a step forward in the development of technology that has the potential to provide
An unbiased take on Mark Zuckerberg’s biased Apple Vision Pro review
Kyle Orlando | Ars Technica
“Zuckerberg’s thoughts on the Vision Pro posted on Instagram are hardly an unbiased look at the device’s strengths and weaknesses. Still, Zuckerberg’s short review does not gloss over the Quest’s relative shortcomings. It contained quite a few valid points, along with some careful shifts in language. I thought I’d consider each point Zuckerberg made in his review to determine which ones are which. That gives us a good perspective on the very different angles that Meta and Apple are approaching mixed reality headset design.”
Things get weird when AI starts training itself.
Mateo Wong | Atlantic
“Over the past few months, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Apple, OpenAI, and various academic research institutions have all published research using AI models to improve other AI models, or themselves. and in many cases lead to significant improvements. Many technology executives are proclaiming this approach as the future of technology.”
Single-dose gene therapy could halt deadly brain damage in its tracks
Paul McClure | New Atlas
“Researchers have removed a protein blockade that causes motor neuron disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and frontotemporal dementia, two incurable neurodegenerative diseases that ultimately lead to death. They have developed a single-dose gene therapy that can…Researchers found that a single dose of CTx1000 targets only the “bad” ones in mice. [version of the protein] Leave the healthy version of TDP-43 alone. Not only was it safe, but it was also effective even if symptoms were present at the time of treatment. ”
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Spike Jonze’s “She Still Holds Up After 10 Years”
Shon Hung | The Verge
“Spike Jonze’s sci-fi love story depicts AI better than many of its contemporaries. …Watched again, this pre-AlphaGo film holds up beautifully and still offers a wealth of insight. Nor do we shy away from the ambiguous and inevitably complex feelings we might have toward AI, which Jones first expressed more than a decade ago. is.”
OpenAI wants to eat Google search lunch
Maxwell Zeff | Gizmodo
“Wednesday’s The Information reports that OpenAI is developing a search app that will compete directly with Google Search. An AI search engine could be a new feature for ChatGPT, or it could be a completely different app. Microsoft Bing is said to be enhancing Sam Altman’s service, which could be the most serious threat Google Search has ever faced.
What does a solar eclipse look like on Mars?
Isaac Schulz Gizmodo
“Normally, the Perseverance rover looks down, searching the Martian landscape for rocks that might reveal aspects of Mars’ ancient past. But in recent weeks, the The robot looked up and caught it. two A remarkable sight: a solar eclipse on the Red Planet as the moons Phobos and Deimos passed in front of the sun. ”
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