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Expert ‘shepherds’ will decide how best to share the latest breakthroughs in computer science and physics.
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MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.
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Researchers from ETH Zürich’s Robotic Systems Lab used reinforcement learning through simulations and “teacher-student distillation” to teach a quadruped robot how to independently solve an oversized Rubik’s Cube. The feat is even more impressive given the bot has to use its stubby legs and feet to reorient the cube and rotate its sides. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFdRsFiE68c]
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Meta is suspending the sharing feature while it investigates its privacy.
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Hysteria over the agent's appearance in a 7,500-person group reveals that internet experts have outdated notions of privacy.
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In an open letter, hundreds of researchers from around the globe raise concerns about the wave of rogue AI hacks on third-party companies. They urge AI companies to “adopt high-assurance containment systems,” as well as call for the development of an international body that keeps track of containment failures. [Media: https://bsky.app/profile/yoshuabengio.bsky.social/post/3mxrkxf6vos2l]