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What’s needed, Birch argues, when faced with such staggering uncertainty about the sentience stature of other beings, is a precautionary framework that outlines best practices for decision-making regarding their care. And in The Edge of Sentience, he provides exactly that, in meticulous, orderly detail. Over more than 300 pages, he outlines three fundamental framework principles and 26 specific case proposals about how to handle complex situations related to the care and treatment of sentience-edgers. For example, Proposal 2 cautions that “a patient with a prolonged disorder of consciousness should not be assumed incapable of experience” and suggests that medical decisions … Read more

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The recent release of OpenAI o1 has brought great attention to large reasoning models (LRMs), and is inspiring new models aimed at solving complex problems classic language models often struggle with. Building on the success of o1 and the concept of LRMs, researchers at Alibaba have introduced Marco-o1, which enhances reasoning capabilities and tackles problems with open-ended solutions where clear standards and quantifiable rewards are absent. OpenAI o1 uses “inference-time scaling” to improve the model’s reasoning ability by giving it “time … Read more

The first golfing irons to be built using 3D printing are no gimmick. These clubs offer a unique design and a level of performance that are making both amateurs and pros fall in love. Stephen Holmes speaks to the team at Cobra Golf about the work that went into its Limit3D range While drivers are expected to deliver big hits off the tee, and putters must finish the job on the green, it’s irons that enable players to navigate some of the most challenging areas of the golf course. Each iron has a unique angled loft design, designed to enable … Read more

Nvidia is showing keen interest in the Top500 list and says it will put more systems with its GPUs and technologies on the list. However, Nvidia’s interest is to give credibility to its networking technologies, not to prove the performance of its GPUs. Two supercomputing systems with Nvidia’s Spectrum-X networking are debuting in the Top 50 on the latest Top500 list. The systems include Nvidia’s own Israel-1 system, which benchmarks at 42 petaflops, and another 38-petaflop system built by GMO Internet Group. Dell built both systems with the Bluefield-3 data processing unit and the Spectrum X800 switch. The 42-petaflop Israel-1 … Read more

Titanium Apple Watch Series 10, Milanese Loop band, Reflections watch face Andy Boxall / Digital Trends Tracking health and fitness can be a real chore, especially when you don’t have any tech to assist you. Fortunately, we’re always on the lookout for smartwatch deals, and we came across this fantastic offer on the Apple Watch 10: For a limited time, when you purchase the Apple Watch 10 (Jet Black with a 42mm band), you’ll pay $350. Usually, this model sells new for $400. It’s one of the fastest-charging smartwatches Apple has ever made, and we had the opportunity to take … Read more

An overwhelming 91% of financial services industry (FSI) companies are either assessing artificial intelligence or already have it in the bag as a tool that’s driving innovation, improving operational efficiency and enhancing customer experiences. Generative AI — powered by NVIDIA NIM microservices and accelerated computing — can help organizations improve portfolio optimization, fraud detection, customer service and risk management. Among the companies harnessing these technologies to boost financial services applications are Ntropy, Contextual AI and NayaOne — all members of the NVIDIA Inception program for cutting-edge startups. And Silicon Valley-based startup Securiti, which offers a centralized, intelligent platform for the … Read more

It could take a year or two for this all to come together Using iOS 18.1, it’s clear that Apple’s large language models are not as effective or reliable as Claude or ChatGPT. It takes time to train models like these, and it looks like Apple started late. Based on my hours spent with both Apple Intelligence and more established tools from cutting-edge AI companies, I feel the other models crossed a usefulness and reliability threshold a year or so ago. When ChatGPT first launched, it was more of a curiosity than a powerful tool. Now it’s a powerful tool, … Read more

Unity reported that its third-quarter revenues and adjusted profits beat expectations, with revenue falling 2% to $429 million.Read More

Range Rover, the brand made famous for its British-styled, luxury, all-terrain SUVs, is keen to show it means business about going electric. And, according to the most recent investor presentation by parent company JLR, that’s all because Range Rover fans are showing the way. Not only was demand for Range Rover’s hybrid vehicles up 29% in the last six months, but customers are buying hybrids “as a stepping stone towards battery electric vehicles,” the company says. As proof, JLR says there are already 48,000 pre-orders for the Range Rover Electric, the brand’s first fully electric vehicle to be launched before … Read more

Among the artists using AI to enhance and accelerate their creative endeavors is Sabour Amirazodi, a creator and tech marketing and workflow specialist at NVIDIA. Using his over 20 years of multi-platform experience in location-based entertainment and media production, he decorates his home every year with an incredible Halloween installation — dubbed the Haunted Sanctuary. The project is a massive undertaking requiring projection mapping, the creation and assembly of 3D scenes, compositing and editing in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, and more. The creation process was accelerated using the NVIDIA Studio content creation platform and Amirazodi’s NVIDIA RTX 6000 … Read more