Author: Hunter

Instead of relying on specialized APIs, the system leverages screenshots for visual input and uses virtual mouse and keyboard actions to complete tasks.Read More Read more

In the race to develop autonomous vehicle technology, some companies are steering away from robotaxis to explore a different avenue: driverless buses. With an anticipated shortage of qualified bus drivers looming and concerns growing about the relative inefficiency of robotaxis, companies are opting to equip city buses with advanced levels of autonomy. This a far… Read more

After weeks of buzz, OpenAI has released Operator, its first AI agent. Operator is a web app that can carry out simple online tasks in a browser, such as booking concert tickets or filling an online grocery order. The app is powered by a new model called Computer-Using Agent—CUA (“coo-ah”), for short—built on top of… Read more

AdTech platforms are swimming in data. Managing it isn’t cheap. Traditional in-memory databases that offer millisecond latency are great for real-time bidding, but they become insanely expensive when you scale up to billions of data points. On the flip side, waiting days or weeks for batched reports no longer cuts it in an AdTech world… Read more

Proteins, essential macromolecules for biological processes like metabolism and immune response, follow the sequence-structure-function paradigm, where amino acid sequences determine 3D structures and functions. Computational protein science AIms to decode this relationship and design proteins with desired properties. Traditional AI models have achieved significant success in specific protein modeling tasks, such as structure prediction and… Read more

Fresh out of federal prison, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio suggests he’s still in charge as the far-right organization looks to regroup. Read more

Pipeshift has a Lego-like system that allows teams to configure the right inference stack for their AI workloads, without extensive engineering.Read More Read more

IT professionals have been striving to manage cloud costs effectively since the inception of cloud computing. Those efforts have evolved into FinOps, a business discipline and a set of best practices to optimize cloud spending. Today, many organizations are applying automation to FinOps practices, which can produce even greater cost savings. Successful FinOps automation requires… Read more

Each January for more than a decade, the editors of IEEE Spectrum have delivered an issue that tries to predict the future. Specifically, we bring you a selection of important technology projects that we think will reach a significant milestone in the coming year. Sometimes we get it right. Sometimes we miss the mark. Test… Read more

AI is set to transform business operations, with the complex area of procurement ripe for digital innovation that will drive tangible impact. Procurement plays a crucial role in organizational success because it directly impacts operational efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and customer satisfaction. However, supply chains are becoming more complex, and teams often lack real-time visibility into the… Read more