Virtual reality (VR) headsets are increasingly popular among adults and children. They are part of extended reality environments, which “enable ever more realistic and immersive experiences.” VR provides entry into computer-generated 3D worlds and games with different environments and interactions. Sometimes, this is loosely referred to as the “metaverse.” Most VR headsets have a lower ...
Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset — which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories, and enjoy entertainment” — that begins shipping to the public (in the United States) later this week. Critics have doubted the appeal of the face-worn computer, which “seamlessly blends ...
It is not easy to measure the impact of different events, such as marine heatwaves, on the abundance of marine organisms. Biological communities naturally change over time and between various locations. Scientists need to untangle these natural changes from those caused by humans and develop a new approach to do this. Marine biologists have traditionally ...
Some 9,700 years ago, on an autumn day, a group of people were camping on the west coast of Scandinavia. They were hunter-gatherers who had been fishing, hunting, and collecting resources in the area. Some teenagers, both boys and girls, were chewing resin to produce glue just after eating trout, deer, and hazelnuts. Due to ...
Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic announced the Australian government’s response to the Safe and Responsible AI in Australia consultation. The response addresses feedback from last year’s consultation on artificial intelligence (AI). It received more than 500 submissions, noting “excitement for the opportunities” of AI tools, but also raising concerns about potential risks ...
Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on the surface of our satellite on Jan. 20, 2024. Despite a power issue with the lander, the event holds political and technical importance. It’s the country’s first lunar landing — making it only the fifth country in the world to successfully land ...
NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to gather data that could revolutionize air travel, paving the way for a new generation of commercial aircraft that can travel faster than the speed of sound. “This is a major accomplishment made possible only through ...
AI is already being used in health care. It can look for patterns in medical images to help diagnose disease. It can help predict who in a hospital ward might deteriorate. It can rapidly summarize medical research papers to help doctors stay up-to-date with the latest evidence. These are examples of AI making or shaping ...
The debate on how to combat social media misinformation is as relevant as ever. In recent years, we’ve seen medical misinformation spreading alongside COVID, and political misinformation impacting the outcome of elections and national referendums. Experts have largely placed the impetus to stop misinformation on three groups: social media users, government regulators, and social media ...
Does ChatGPT ever give you the eerie sense you’re interacting with another human being? What about AI-generated faces? Artificial intelligence (AI) has reached an astounding level of realism, to the point that some tools can even fool people into thinking they are interacting with another human. The eeriness doesn’t stop there. In a study published ...