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ChatGPT will show image ads next to the pictures it generates
OpenAI is testing labeled visual ads in its image generator in the US this month. ChatGPT now has 1.2 billion weekly users.
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New Spectre attack pulls a Linux root password hash in minutes
Branch Target Reuse abuses stale branch predictions left behind when JIT engines reuse memory. It works on Intel, AMD and Arm chips.
Security
Ransomware tools found in South Africa's air traffic weather systems
ATNS says it contained the attack on systems that supply weather data to air traffic control. Data appears to have left for IP addresses in China.
Science
Animals may be 200 million years older than their oldest fossils
A new molecular clock analysis puts the first animals at 800 to 700 million years ago. A well-preserved fossil site in Mongolia helped explain the gap.
AI
An optical illusion shows what AI vision still misses
After watching motion, people and monkeys see a still object in a shifted place. Nine AI vision networks did not.
Science
NASA's Roman telescope sees first light with its planet-hunting camera
The telescope also proved it can stay pointed to within 1/100,000 of a degree for hours.
Sport
PoseForge turns a single video into a 3D model of a cricket shot
Coaches can edit the pose on screen or in plain language and see the numbers change.
AI
UCLA's light-based detector checks 15 videos for deepfakes at once
Part of the work is done by light passing through passive layers, which need no electricity while it runs.
Sport
No single water temperature is safe for every open-water swimmer
A Stanford and UCSF model shows the same water can cool one swimmer and warm another.
Sport
In soccer, the ball pulls players in like a weak form of gravity
Tracking data from 10 matches shows players drift toward the ball at almost the same speed from 15 to 65 meters away.
Science
Chang'e-6 Moon soil holds iron that can keep a magnetic record
Chinese researchers found a form of iron never seen before in natural lunar samples, in tiny particles inside impact glass.
AI
Boston Dynamics gives Atlas a four-fingered hand and drops the pinky
The new hand has 13 joints that move on their own, touch sensors and no cables across the joints.