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Margaret Mitchell, an AI ethics researcher at Hugging Face, tells WIRED about a new dataset designed to test AI models for bias in multiple languages. Read more

We’re used to seeing Predators do the hunting — it’s in the name, after all. But it looks like the roles will be reversed somewhat in Predator: Badlands, at least according to this new teaser trailer. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg — who also helmed the excellent Predator spinoff Prey — Badlands follows a young Predator… Read more

Challenges in Localized Captioning for Vision-Language Models Describing specific regions within images or videos remains a persistent challenge in vision-language modeling. While general-purpose vision-language models (VLMs) perform well at generating global captions, they often fall short in producing detailed, region-specific descriptions. These limitations are amplified in video data, where models must account for temporal dynamics.… Read more

Swissport ditches legacy tech, deploying a global, Zero Trust SASE architecture with Cato Networks securing 26,000 users, unlocking real-time control.Read More Read more

Three men and two women wearing black combat gear and standing together side by side on a dirt road. | Image: Netflix It only took five years, but Netflix has finally locked in its plan to premiere The Old Guard’s long awaited sequel. Today, Netflix announced that director Victoria Mahoney’s (You, Lovecraft Country) The Old… Read more

OpenAI’s upgraded image generator in ChatGPT brought a surge of users to the AI service thanks to its ability to create Studio Ghibli-style images and really dull dolls, and now it’s coming to other apps. The company says the same “natively multimodal model” powering the image generator will be accessible in its API via “gpt-image-1,”… Read more

Enterprises can now make Studio Ghibli-inspired images through OpenAI’s API.Read More Read more

Sony has brought back its classic PlayStation console themes to PS5 as part of a new update, the company announced on Wednesday. The classic themes, originally introduced to celebrate PlayStation’s 30th anniversary, were supposed to be a limited time promotion. But shortly before the themes were set to go away, Sony promised that it would… Read more

Nestled between the crowd-pleasing guns and gore of Xbox’s 2024 summer showcase, was an eyebrow-raising, painterly role playing game. As its party of grimacing adults urgently sprints across a shimmering, surrealist landscape, a voiceover depicts a world terrorized by an omnipotent being called the Paintress. Each year, she daubs a new descending number on a… Read more

Following a brief delay stemming from the Trump’s administration’s ongoing tariff policy, Nintendo is finally opening up preorders for the Switch 2. Most major retailers — including Walmart, Best Buy, and Target — will open preorders at 12AM ET on April 24th / 9PM PT on April 23rd, offering gamers a chance to reserve Nintendo’s… Read more