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Jan 15, 2024

Multiple AI models help robots execute complex plans more transparently

Posted by in categories: internet, robotics/AI

The HiP framework developed MIT_CSAIL creates detailed plans for robots using the expertise of three different foundation models, helping it execute tasks in households, factories, and construction that require multiple steps.


“All we want to do is take existing pre-trained models and have them successfully interface with each other,” says Anurag Ajay, a PhD student in the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and a CSAIL affiliate. “Instead of pushing for one model to do everything, we combine multiple ones that leverage different modalities of internet data. When used in tandem, they help with robotic decision-making and can potentially aid with tasks in homes, factories, and construction sites.”

These models also need some form of “eyes” to understand the environment they’re operating in and correctly execute each sub-goal. The team used a large video diffusion model to augment the initial planning completed by the LLM, which collects geometric and physical information about the world from footage on the internet. In turn, the video model generates an observation trajectory plan, refining the LLM’s outline to incorporate new physical knowledge.

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Jan 13, 2024

How Google perfected the web

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As the 14th season of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York City came to a close this fall, I found myself on Reddit, reading rumors about the marriage and divorce timeline of one of the show’s stars.


The web is filled with content designed for Google, not humans.

Jan 13, 2024

Holoconnects brings the future of holograms to CES 2024

Posted by in categories: holograms, internet

Holograms have long been a staple of science fiction, but they are now becoming a reality thanks to Holoconnects, a leading technology provider of AI-powered holographic solutions. This company is dazzling the attendees of CES 2024 with its lifelike, highly advanced hologram technology, which can create 3D holographic visualizations of people, products, or logos.

The company’s products are Holobox, the Modular Holobox, and the Holobox Mini, which can project holograms of anything you want, such as yourself, your favorite celebrity, or your brand logo. The devices are very easy to use; you need electricity and the internet to bring holograms to any location. They also have a touch system, so you can interact with and control the holograms.

Jan 13, 2024

Artifact, Instagram founders’ News app, to shut down next month

Posted by in category: internet

The app also had a social media component, where users could create their posts by finding and sharing interesting links from around the web. Users could also like and comment on other users’ posts, and follow their favorite writers.

However, Artifact struggled to define its identity and value proposition in the crowded and competitive market of news and social media platforms. The app faced competition from established players like Twitter, Pinterest, SmartNews Apple News, and Meta’s own Instagram, which recently launched a new feature called Threads, which allows users to create and join conversations around topics they care about.

Jan 13, 2024

Starlink Mini Dish Coming Later This Year, Elon Musk Says

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet

The dish will be small enough to fit into a backpack, SpaceX’s CEO says. Musk also talks about the upcoming cellular Starlink service, which will offer 7Mbps in bandwidth per cell.

Jan 13, 2024

The Wi-Fi 7 era officially begins with the introduction of certified devices

Posted by in category: internet

Ready for prime time.

Jan 13, 2024

AI Image Generators Are Spitting Out Copyrighted Characters, Raising Possibility of Catastrophic Lawsuit

Posted by in categories: entertainment, internet, law, robotics/AI

Companies like OpenAI and Midjourney have opened Pandora’s box, opening them up to considerable legal trouble by training their chatbots on the vastness of the internet while largely turning a blind eye to copyright.

As professor and author Gary Marcus and film industry concept artist Reid Southen, who has worked on several major films for the likes of Marvel and Warner Brothers, argue in a recent piece for IEEE Spectrum, tools like DALL-E 3 and Midjourney could land both companies in a “copyright minefield.”

It’s a heated debate that’s reaching fever pitch. The news comes after the New York Times sued Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging it was responsible for “billions of dollars” in damages by training ChatGPT and other large language models on its content without express permission. Well-known authors including “Game of Thrones” author George RR Martin and John Grisham recently made similar arguments in a separate copyright infringement case.

Jan 13, 2024

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are “leaking” signals

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet, physics, satellites

Thousands of satellites have been launched into Earth orbit over the past decade or so, with tens of thousands more planned in coming years. Many of these will be in “mega-constellations” such as Starlink, which aim to cover the entire globe.

These bright, shiny satellites are putting at risk our connection to the cosmos, which has been important to humans for countless millennia and has already been greatly diminished by the growth of cities and artificial lighting. They are also posing a problem for astronomers – and hence for our understanding of the universe.

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Jan 13, 2024

First unhackable shopping transactions carried out on quantum internet

Posted by in categories: computing, internet, quantum physics

A secure exchange between a merchant and a buyer has been successfully tested as a proof of concept using a small quantum computing network in China.

By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Jan 12, 2024

ETHOS unleashed: Revolutionizing 5G network testing

Posted by in categories: internet, robotics/AI

Rice engineers create innovative framework, transforming global 5G network testing standards.


Rice University engineers innovate a testing framework for 5G networks, assessing stability, interoperability, energy efficiency, and communication performance through machine learning.

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