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Google is rolling out a redesigned document scanner for Google Drive and Files by Google on Android, introducing Smart Batch Scanning, Auto-Best Frame, and Duplicate Detection features. The on-device processing runs via …
Cosmetic surgeons report a surge in patients, including teenagers and seniors, requesting facial alterations to match AI-generated avatars, according to LiveMint. The trend, termed "AI Dysmorphia," mirrors the 2018 "Snap…
A developer replaced five 64MP cameras in a wall-mounted sensor network with 12MP cameras, calling the downgrade the best decision of the year after the higher-resolution sensors caused thermal throttling and driver conf…
Developer Matt Coles has built lgtmaybe, a provider-agnostic PR reviewer supporting six model backends with a single --provider flag, shipping as a PyPI CLI and GitHub Action. He also maintains a homelab of Raspberry Pis…
Secluso, Inc. has released an open-source, end-to-end encrypted home security camera system for Raspberry Pi that allows users to watch live video, receive alerts, and access recordings from a phone without sending foota…
Researchers have developed DiffusionBlocks, a framework that partitions transformer neural networks into independently trainable blocks to reduce memory requirements proportionally while maintaining competitive performan…
StepFun released Step 3.7 Flash, a 198-billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts vision-language model with native image understanding and improved tool-use reliability for agentic coding and search workflows. The model achie…
The UK Home Office will deploy an AI age estimation tool at the country's borders from next year to detect adult migrants posing as children, awarding a £322,000 contract to Akhter Computers Ltd for development and testi…
Data centers marketed as neutral infrastructure for cloud computing and AI workloads are increasingly powering government surveillance networks that civil liberties advocates describe as a "digital panopticon." DHS-backe…
AI training startup Shift is offering free home cleaning services in New York and other cities in exchange for permission to film the work, using the footage to train robots for domestic chores. The company joins a growi…
BusPatrol, a company that installed AI cameras on tens of thousands of school buses to catch drivers illegally passing stop arms, is now testing technology to turn those cameras into license plate readers that track ever…
A German startup, MicroAGI, is offering free home cleaning in New York City through its Shift app, sending cleaners wearing cameras to record footage for training AI-driven robots. The company claims all personal informa…
Google Cloud customers Urban Outfitters, BASF, UKG, WPP, Breuninger, Glance, and Movix deployed new AI and cloud-based solutions in May, including agentic algorithms for supply chain mapping, virtual try-on APIs, and rob…
CAPTCHAs remain effective at distinguishing humans from AI agents despite AI systems matching or exceeding human performance on the tasks. Researchers at Roundtable AI developed CogCAPTCHA30, a 30-task battery combining …
Researchers have developed a tensor similarity method that can detect changes in neural network behavior, such as backdoor attacks, by comparing the weight-space structure of models rather than just their outputs. The te…
Apple will present 14 AI research papers at the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition in Denver next week, days before introducing major new AI features at its Worldwide Developer Conference. The…
Voxel51 is hosting a June 9 virtual workshop on building high-performing fine-tuned medical foundation models for clinical imaging tasks. The session will address how expert label disagreement becomes a dominant cause of…
The Kiwibit Bird Feeder Pro 4K AI Camera, equipped with a solar panel and a companion app, has identified over 10,000 bird species and recorded visits from six species during testing. The device uses AI to notify users o…
Rail Vision, a NASDAQ-listed Israeli AI company, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Railserve, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, to deploy its AI-powered obstacle-detection sensor systems across rai…
Shift, an AI training startup, is offering free home cleaning services in New York in exchange for recording the work to train future robots. Cleaners will wear a camera-equipped "magic hat" to capture footage from their…