Author: Hunter

The brain implant company cofounded by Elon Musk is moving to trademark several product names, including Telepathy and Telekinesis. Read more

This is a guest post. The views expressed here are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent positions of IEEE Spectrum, The Institute, or IEEE. Although it might seem as though there is intense interest right now in exploring Mars, many people don’t realize how important the moon is in getting to the Red… Read more

AI companies continue to reduce evidence of Biden-era AI safety policy from their communications as attitudes shift under Trump. Read more

Saturday is International Women’s Day, a day devoted to recognizing the critical role that women play across all aspects of society. It’s also an important day in technology, where women make up about 25% of the workforce. To recognize the contributions that women have made in tech and the continued need to push for equality,… Read more

Transformer models have transformed language modeling by enabling large-scale text generation with emergent properties. However, they struggle with tasks that require extensive planning. Researchers have explored modifications in architecture, objectives, and algorithms to improve their ability to achieve goals. Some approaches move beyond traditional left-to-right sequence modeling by incorporating bidirectional context, as seen in models… Read more

The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations. Read more

Deep learning faces difficulties when applied to large physical systems on irregular grids, especially when interactions occur over long distances or at multiple scales. Handling these complexities becomes harder as the number of nodes increases. Several techniques have difficulty tackling these big problems, resulting in high computational costs and inefficiency. Some major issues are capturing… Read more

You’ll feel the cool blast of air from LG’s Artcool AI Air which detects a room’s occupants and directs airflow towards them. | Image: LG The Artcool AI Air doesn’t look as artsy as LG’s previous Artcool air conditioners, but it does offer improved energy efficiency by detecting the room’s layout and the position of… Read more

Vice President JD Vance is a busy man. Over the past three weeks, he’s traveled to France and Germany, addressed the crowd at a massive conservative conference, berated the Ukrainian president, and visited the US-Mexico border. Despite his busy schedule, Vance seemingly always finds time to engage in one of his favorite hobbies: posting. During… Read more

On 1 May the IEEE Board of Directors is scheduled to announce the candidates to be placed on this year’s ballot for the annual election of officers—which begins on 15 August. The ballot includes IEEE president-elect candidates and other officer positions up for election. The Board of Directors has nominated IEEE Senior Member Jill I.… Read more