Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Harvard’s ‘RoboBee’ Project Finally Lifts Off as a Surgical-Tech Company
“When Robert Wood came to Harvard University 17 years ago, he wanted to design an insect-sized robot that could fly,” reports the Boston Globe. And finally Last month, technology from Wood’s “RoboBee” project was commercialized for the first time, “spinning out as a surgical-robot startup backed by venture capital firm Read more…
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GitHub Copilot Labs Add Photoshop-Style ‘Brushes’ for ML-Powered Code Modifying
“Can editing code feel more tactile, like painting with Photoshop brushes?” Researchers at GitHub Next asked that question this week — and then supplied the answer. “We added a toolbox of brushes to our Copilot Labs Visual Studio Code extension that can modify your code…. Just select a few lines, Read more…
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Airbus Close To Landing Fully Automated Passenger Jets
UpNext, Airbus’s future technology-focused subsidiary, reported on Thursday that it has entered the final three months of testing tech it hopes will automate the process of getting a plane from the air to the gate. The system, called DragonFly, tackles automated operations like diversions, landings, and taxi procedures through a Read more…
Creativity Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Research Summaries Written By AI Fool Scientists
An artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot can write such convincing fake research-paper abstracts that scientists are often unable to spot them, according to a preprint posted on the bioRxiv server in late December1. “I am very worried,” says Sandra Wachter, who studies technology and regulation at the University of Oxford, UK, and Read more…