Want a Fortell Hearing Aid? Well, Who Do You Know?
AI-powered startup Fortell has become a secret handshake for the privileged hearing-impaired crowd who swear by the product. Now, it wants to be in your ears.
Category: Technology
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
Amazon Has New Frontier AI Models—and a Way for Customers to Build Their Own
Nova Forge lets Amazon’s customers train frontier models for different tasks—a potential breakthrough in making AI actually useful for businesses.
AWS CEO Matt Garman Wants to Reassert Amazon’s Cloud Dominance in the AI Era
As Google and Microsoft continue to surge, the AWS chief lays out his pitch: cheaper, reliable AI delivered at hyperscale.
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
Ruby Is Not a Serious Programming Language
Ruby survives on affection, not utility. Let’s move on.
The Rare Earth Metal Driving Tensions Between the US and China
Yttrium plays a critical role in everything from aircraft engines to semiconductors. China controls the vast majority of the market—and that’s not changing any time soon.
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
Computer Vision
TL;DR Computer vision enables machines to understand and interpret images and video, enabling them to make decisions about the world around them. Computer vision is the field of AI focused on enabling computers to see, understand, and analyse visual information. It draws from imaging, physics, machine learning, and cognitive science to transform raw pixels into…
Robotics
TL;DR Robotics is about building machines that sense, decide, and act in the physical world using mechanical design, electronics, and intelligent algorithms. Robotics explores how we design and build machines that can understand their environment, make decisions, and perform tasks with precision. It sits at the intersection of engineering and intelligence, shaping everything from manufacturing…