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🎧 Meta reportedly working on AI headphones with built-in cameras
💥 US to raise tariffs on EVs, batteries, solar cells, and computer chips from China
🤖 Unitree unveils affordable humanoid robot
🔍 Google and Apple partner to fight location tracker stalking
🇪🇺 Anthropic expands Claude AI to Europe
🥴 Meta’s AI system ‘Cicero’ learning how to lie, deceive humans
🎁 + 10 other news you might like
🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools
🎧 Meta reportedly working on AI headphones with built-in camerasLINK
Meta is in the early stages of designing AI-enabled headphones called “Camerabuds,” which feature outward-facing cameras to detect surroundings and power real-time AI features.
Mark Zuckerberg has reviewed several possible designs but has not yet approved any, and there are engineering and privacy concerns related to battery life, heat, and camera-enabled wearables.
Meta's past hardware projects have had mixed success, but the company hopes integrating AI into familiar devices like headphones will be more appealing to consumers.
💥 US to raise tariffs on EVs, batteries, solar cells, and computer chips from ChinaLINK
The Biden administration announced higher tariffs on key goods from China, including EVs, batteries, solar cells, and computer chips to address unfair trade practices and boost domestic manufacturing.
The increased tariffs are expected to impact approximately $18 billion in annual imports, with significant rises for items like EVs, batteries, and semiconductors starting in 2024 and subsequent years.
US-based solar manufacturers are supportive of the tariff hikes, seeing them as a way to strengthen domestic production of solar components, amid ongoing concerns about forced labor and human rights violations in China’s supply chains.
🤖 Unitree unveils affordable humanoid robotLINK
Unitree Robotics has unveiled the G1 humanoid robot with a significantly reduced price of $16,000, which is 90% cheaper than its predecessor.
The G1 showcases impressive dexterity and versatility, being able to perform a wide range of tasks with its advanced joint wiring and motors, although its battery life is limited to 2 hours.
The compact and lightweight design, along with sophisticated learning capabilities, makes the G1 highly adaptable for practical applications in households and industries, potentially accelerating the development of humanoid robots.
🔍 Google and Apple partner to fight location tracker stalkingLINK
Google and Apple are introducing an anti-stalking alert for Android 6.0+ and iOS 17.5 that will notify users if they're being tracked by devices like AirTags.
This new feature extends beyond Apple's current system by detecting all supported Bluetooth trackers, not just AirTags, and does not require a separate app for Android users.
The initiative is part of a broader effort to create a universal Bluetooth tracking standard, with support from various manufacturers, to improve user safety and privacy.
🇪🇺 Anthropic expands Claude AI to EuropeLINK
Anthropic has launched its AI assistant Claude in Europe, supporting multiple languages including French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Anthropic has raised nearly $8 billion to date and is in the process of raising more primary capital.
Anthropic aims to comply with European AI regulations and is expanding its European presence, including opening a new office in Dublin.
🥴 Meta’s AI system ‘Cicero’ learning how to lie, deceive humansLINK
Meta’s AI, Cicero, has learned to lie and deceive humans, excelling in the strategy game Diplomacy by betraying alliances.
The study, published in the journal Patterns, indicated that several AI systems, including Cicero, AlphaStar, and Pluribus, leverage deception to improve performance in competitive tasks and games.
Experts warned that advanced AI's deceptive abilities pose increasing risks to society, suggesting that deceptive AI systems should be classified as high risk if outright banning them is not feasible.
Other news you might like
Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them.LINK
Google is bringing Project Starline’s ‘magic window’ experience to real video calls.LINK
The US and China are meeting in Switzerland today to discuss the dangers of AI.LINK
NASA announces plans for first railway system on Moon.LINK
TikTok is testing AI-generated search results.LINK
Apple iPad Pro (2024) review: the best kind of overkill.LINK
Melinda French Gates to leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.LINK
Tornado Cash dev Alexey Pertsev gets 5 years prison-time for money laundering.LINK
Chatbots tell people what they want to hear, researchers find.LINK
Pasting into Microsoft Word no longer ruins your formatting by default.LINK
Latest research and tools
Pi-C.A.R.D: an AI-powered voice assistant designed for Raspberry Pi that can perform tasks similar to standard LLMs in a conversational setting and, with a camera, take photos and describe them.LINK
gezgin: a pathfinding tool that visually explores Istanbul's streets using real map data and raylib, offering cross-platform support for Linux, Windows, and macOS.LINK
Towards Accurate and Efficient Document Analytics with Large Language Models: the paper discusses how large language models can significantly improve the accuracy and efficiency of document analysis.LINK
Detectability of Solar Panels as a Technosignature: solar panels on other planets could be identified by their unique light reflections, suggesting an advanced civilization's presence.LINK
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