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Read previewA group of AI researchers recently found that for as little as $60, a malicious actor could tamper with the datasets generative AI tools similar to ChatGPT rely on to provide accurate answers. Tramèr and a team of AI researchers then posed the question in a paper published in February on arXiv, a research paper platform hosted by Cornell University: Could someone deliberately "poison" the data an AI model is trained on? The team then monitored how often researchers downloaded from the datasets that contained domains Tramèr and his colleagues owned. as the site is a "very prime component of the training sets" for language models, Tramèr said. AdvertisementTramer also adds that data poisoning isn't even necessary at the moment due to the existing flaws of AI models.
Persons: , Florian Tramèr, Tramèr, Tramer, I'm, He's Organizations: Service, Business, ETH Zurich, Cornell University Locations: arXiv
Three students won the Vesuvius Challenge for uncovering text in the Herculaneum papyri. The students were awarded a $700,000 prize after using AI to uncover the passages. “This is the society from which the modern Western world is descended.”The Herculaneum papyri were buried thousands of years ago during the eruption of Mt. The Vesuvius Challenge hopes entrants will help uncover about 90% of the first four scrolls. AdvertisementThe founders of the Vesuvius Challenge hope they’ll be able to crack open and read the entirety of all 800 scrolls in the next few years.
Persons: , Youssef Nader, Luke Farritor, Julian Schilliger, ” Nader, Julius Caesar’s, ” Robert Fowler, Salvatore Laporta, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Brent Seales —, Seales, uncracked, Philodemus, Friedman, , fihs9ADb48 — Nat Friedman, they’ll Organizations: Service, Freie University, Wall Street, University of Nebraska, ETH Zurich, Villa, Herculaneum Society, Bloomberg Locations: Berlin, Switzerland, Vesuvius, Italian, Herculaneum
CNN —After using artificial intelligence to uncover the first word to be read from an unopened Herculaneum scroll, a team of researchers has revealed several nearly complete passages from the ancient text, giving insight into philosophy from almost 2,000 years ago. The Herculaneum scrolls are hundreds of papyri that survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. By using computer technology and advanced artificial intelligence, researchers can now analyze the Herculaneum scrolls without unrolling and risking damage to the extremely fragile documents. The first word to be decoded, the Greek word for purple, was detected in October 2023 and can be found within the newly interpreted passages. The charred documents, now referred to as the Herculaneum scrolls, were recovered from a building believed to be the house of Julius Caesar’s father-in-law, according to the University of Kentucky.
Persons: , Brent Seales, Luke Farritor, Youssef Nader —, Julian Schilliger, Farritor, Nader, Schilliger, papyrologists, Seales, Julius Caesar’s, Philodemus, “ Philodemus, Roger Macfarlane, Macfarlane, that’s, ” Macfarlane Organizations: CNN, classicists, University of Kentucky, University of Nebraska, Freie University Berlin, ETH Zürich, Institut de France, Brigham Young University Locations: Vesuvius, England, France, Italy, Naples
As the climate crisis intensifies, that ability has made them controversial: How much can we rely on trees to get us out of this mess? Dr. Crowther was the senior author of a polarizing study on forest carbon in 2019 that drew scientific backlash but also inspired an effort by the World Economic Forum to grow and conserve one trillion trees. In 2019, he acknowledged, careless language led to trees being wrongly painted as a silver bullet for climate change. “We are all terrified that this potential of nature gets misused,” Dr. Crowther said. “Nature has such spectacular potential to help us tackle global threats, but it will be devastating if major organizations use nature as an excuse to do more harm to our planet.”
Persons: Thomas Crowther, Crowther, Dr Organizations: ETH Zurich, World Locations: Switzerland
"The importance of the far side impact was to produce seismic waves that traversed the deep interior of the planet, including the core. Previously, we had not observed any seismic waves that had transited the core. Unlike Mars, Earth has no molten layer around its core. One of the two studies published on Wednesday indicates this layer is fully molten, with the other indicating that most of it is fully molten, with the top portion partially molten. "We have learned a lot about Mars by studying the unique seismic record provided by the InSight mission," Samuel said.
Persons: Amir Khan, Henri Samuel, Khan, Samuel, Will Dunham, Daniel Wallis Organizations: NASA, JPL, Caltech, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Tempe Terra, ETH, CNRS, Institut, Physique, Globe, Thomson Locations: Mars, Tempe, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, Paris
Princeton University earned the top spot on both The Wall Street Journal's and U.S. News and World Report's rankings for 2024. The University of Oxford in the United Kingdom was named the best university in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to Times Higher Education's ranking of over 1,900 universities worldwide. Oxford, the world's second-oldest university, continues to be a global leader in academic research and instruction nine centuries after its conception. Times Higher Education uses metrics across five areas — teaching, research environment, research quality, industry innovations and international outlook — to rank universities around the world. Though the U.S. doesn't hold the top spot, the next three best-ranked universities are American — but the two highest-ranked ones aren't Ivy League schools.
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AI could accurately guess a user's personal information — like gender, age, and location — based on what they type, a new study says. The study's authors say AI can be used to "infer personal data at a previously unattainable scale" and be deployed by hackers. This is very, very problematic," one of the study's authors told Wired. This is very, very problematic," Martin Vechev, a professor at ETH Zurich and one of the study's authors, told Wired in an article published Tuesday. The study's authors, Meta, Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI, did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.
Persons: It's, , Robin Staab, Mark Vero, Mislav Balunović, Martin Vechev, Meta's, Anthropic's Claude Organizations: Wired, Service, ETH Zurich, Meta, Google Locations: Melbourne
Researchers think they've found a way to use AI to translate the clucks of chickens. The Japanese researchers said their AI system could help understand chickens' emotional state. The AI system is based on a technique the researchers called "Deep Emotional Analysis Learning," which can adapt to changing vocal patterns. The study found that the system was capable of translating "various emotional states in chickens, including hunger, fear, anger, contentment, excitement, and distress." The system was able to achieve surprisingly high accuracy in identifying the birds' emotional states, the study found.
Persons: they've, they'd, Adrian David Cheok, Cheok Organizations: Service, University of Tokyo, New York, University of Copenhagen, ETH Zurich, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, Environment Locations: Wall, Silicon, Japan
“With us, you know what you get, which is rare nowadays!” Alexandre Edelmann, head of Presence Switzerland, a government agency that promotes the country abroad, says in an email. “People love our country without always knowing why,” says Jacques Pitteloud, Switzerland’s ambassador to the U.S. and a veteran diplomat. We are constantly leading the pack in terms of innovation.”This is evident in the prominent role Switzerland plays in some key areas of the global economy. Acknowledging "the elephant in the room," Pitteloud says Switzerland and the EU have "a complex relationship." And as a relatively small, landlocked country in which many areas are difficult to inhabit due to terrain, Switzerland is facing challenges related to population and resources.
Persons: Roger Federer, Philippe, , Alexandre Edelmann, , Jacques Pitteloud, Pitteloud, ” Delphine Donné, Ruag, yearslong, ” Georg Klingler, Donné Organizations: Wimbledon, U.S . News, European Union, Bank, Presence Switzerland, Nestle, Roche, Novartis, Atlas, Logitech, ETH Zurich, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, EU, Greenpeace, Associated Press Locations: Switzerland, Europe, U.S, Swiss, France, China, Canada, Lausanne, Ukraine, Greenpeace Switzerland
Here's how climate change drives these events. FINGERPRINTS OF CLIMATE CHANGETo find out exactly how much climate change affected a specific heatwave, scientists conduct "attribution studies". CLIMATE CHANGE DRIVES WILDFIRESClimate change increases hot and dry conditions that help fires spread faster, burn longer and rage more intensely. The study found that human-induced climate change played an absolutely overwhelming role in the extreme heatwaves that swept across North America, Europe and China in July. But scientists concur that without steep cuts to the greenhouse gases causing climate change, heatwaves, wildfires, flooding and drought will significantly worsen.
Persons: Alexandros Avramidis, Friederike Otto, Sonia Seneviratne, Seneviratne, Rhodes, Copernicus, Mark Parrington, Victor Resco de, Kate Abnett, Gloria Dickie, Katy Daigle, Barbara Lewis, Josie Kao, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Firefighters, REUTERS, Rights, United Nations, Imperial College London, ETH Zurich, Union, Spain's Lleida University, Thomson Locations: Sesklo, Greece, Europe, Spain, France, Netherlands, Paris, North America, China, Victor Resco de Dios
A report from Europol expects a mind-blowing 90% of internet content to be AI-generated in a few years. A report from Europol, the European Union's law-enforcement agency, expects a mind-blowing 90% of internet content to be AI-generated in a few years. And while AI bots have telltale signs now, experts indicate that they will soon get better at mimicking humans and evading the detection systems developed by Menczer and social networks. While misinformation has long been a problem with the internet, AI is going to blow our old problems out of the water. But security researchers have discovered that the AI bots in your apps and devices might steal sensitive information for the hackers.
Persons: HBO Max, haven't, ChatGPT, Christian Selig, Reddit, Martijn Pieters, He'd, NewsGuard, Gordon Crovitz, NewsGuard's, Filippo Menczer, NewsGuard's Crovitz, Christopher Cowell, Cowell, John Licato, Bing, Florian Tramèr, Toby Walsh, Walsh, Shubham Agarwal Organizations: HBO, Europol, Market, Indiana University's Observatory, Social Media, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, University of South, ETH Zürich, University of New, University of Oxford, Wired, Company Locations: Cambridge, Europol, Portland , Oregon, Etsy, University of South Florida, University of New South Wales, Ahmedabad, India
CNN —Swiss voters have approved a new law to cut the use of fossil fuels and significantly reduce levels of planet-heating pollution, as the country faces alarming levels of glacier melt. “These fossil fuels will not be available indefinitely and they place a heavy burden on the climate,” a statement on the Swiss government website said Sunday. The Swiss population sends out a strong signal: the law for bringing the country to net zero emissions was accepted today! A climate law was first introduced back in 2021, including measures to increase taxes on activities that produce high levels of planet-heating pollution, such as flying and driving gas-powered cars. This current climate bill was proposed as a response to the Glacier Initiative, set up by the Swiss Association for Climate Protection, which pushed for an end to fossil fuels in order to save the country’s glaciers.
Persons: André, R2O5BIk9xE — Matthias Huss, there’s, , Matthias Huss, ” Huss Organizations: CNN — Swiss, Swiss, Twitter, Glacier Initiative, Swiss Association for Climate Protection, ETH Zurich, CNN, Meteorological Organization Locations: Switzerland, Swiss
PARLIAMENT 'CIRCUMVENTED'The Credit Suisse/UBS merger marked the first time that parliament had withheld its support for emergency laws designed to deal quickly with crises. Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter defended the use of the emergency powers, saying Switzerland was not an "emergency dictatorship." "The emergency law is based on the federal constitution and I don't think it's correct to say it's illegal." "Politicians might have wanted to show their disapproval about what happened, but they don’t want the UBS takeover to fail." The use of such emergency legislation, overturning antitrust rules, is a problem for Swiss democracy and rule of law.
While in the United States, the snow and rain that have pummeled California have helped fill reservoirs and ease unrelenting drought, winter has been far from kind to many parts of Europe. A buoy is seen on the banks of the partially dry Lake Montbel as France faces a record winter dry spell. “Lake Montbel remains at an abnormally low level,” Franck Solacroup, the regional director of the Adour-Garonne Water Agency, which covers the area that includes Lake Montbel, told CNN. Farmers like Rouquet, who rely on the lake, are having to make tough decisions on what to grow. “This is the most extreme winter in terms of low snow cover,” she told CNN.
[1/3] Logos of Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse are seen in Zurich, Switzerland March 20, 2023. Switzerland's credibility as a stable, predictable country had been upended by moves like the decision to wipe out the holdings of Credit Suisse bondholders, he said. Under the takeover deal, holders of Credit Suisse AT1 bonds will get nothing, while shareholders, who usually rank below bondholders in compensation terms, will receive $3.23 billion. "In that sense I also see a prosperous future for the financial centre because we have hundreds of very well capitalised banks and very successful wealth management and asset management banks." Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsReuters GraphicsOthers were more skeptical about the future, highlighting a reluctance to confront mistakes at Credit Suisse or take responsibility for the aftermath.
It the first time a company has successfully taken carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, put it underground to be locked away permanently and delivered that permanent carbon removal to a paying customer. They have been scaling the technology for direct carbon removal, wherein machines vacuum greenhouse gasses out of the air. The cost of carbon dioxide removal and storage for these corporate clients is confidential and depends on what quantity of carbon dioxide the companies want to have removed and over what period of time. Climeworks' largest carbon dioxide removal facility is located in Iceland, where it partners with CarbFix, which stores the gas underground. CarbFix dissolves carbon dioxide in water then intermingles that mixture with basalt rock formations.
NASA's InSight lander on Mars isn't responding to communications from Earth, likely due to low power levels. The solar arrays on NASA's InSight lander are deployed for a test at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, on April 30, 2015. An illustration of the InSight Mars lander. An artist illustration of the InSight lander on Mars. Then they instructed the robot to scoop up dirt and slowly trickle it next to the solar panels.
NASA's InSight lander felt a powerful Mars quake. Then an orbiter took a picture of the meteor impact that caused it. The impact kicked up boulders of water ice, which will be crucial for future astronaut missions to Mars. "It was immediately clear that this is the biggest new crater we've ever seen," Ingrid Daubar, InSight impact science lead, said in a press briefing. An artist illustration of the InSight lander on Mars.
Ulm-based NVision uses quantum tech to enable MRI scanners to analyse tumors at tissue level. The startup has partnered with Siemens to use its medical-imaging technology for cancer treatments. It secured a $17 million grant from the German government using this 18-slide pitch deck. Currently, MRI scanners can only conduct imaging at an anatomical level. "We know that with cancer, tumors have different metabolisms, and this is how they keep themselves alive," said CEO Sella Brosh.
"Excluzând zonele de la periferia Groenlandei şi Antarcticii, deci păstrând în acest studiu 70% dintre gheţarii planetei, s-a trecut în 20 de ani de la o micşorare medie care depăşea cu puţin o treime de metru pe an, la o două treimi de metru pe an", a subliniat Romain Hugonnet. "În 20 de ani, s-a dublat viteza de micşorare. Este foarte îngrijorător", a adăugat el.Gheţarii din Alaska, din Alpi şi din Islanda fac parte dintre aceia care s-au micşorat cel mai repede.Concluziile generale ale studiului concordă cu cele formulate de Grupul interguvernamental de experţi în evoluţia climei (GIEC), care conţineau însă marje foarte mari de incertitudine. "Pe termen scurt, gheţarii care se topesc din ce în ce mai repede vor furniza tot mai multă apă către râuri, servind astfel ca un fel de tampon în anumite regiuni precum India sau în Anzi în perioadele aride. Dar, apoi, se va atinge un maxim, iar cantitatea de apă va scădea rapid, până când nu va mai exista deloc", a avertizat acelaşi cercetător, estimând că "peste câteva decenii, majoritatea regiunilor vor intra pe această pantă descendentă".
Persons: Romain Hugonnet Organizations: Universitatea, Universitatea Toulouse.Gheţarii tereştri Locations: Himalaya, Anzi, Alpi, Groenlanda, Antarctica, Universitatea ETH, Zurich, Elveţia, ETH Zurich, Groenlandei, Alaska, Islanda, India
Ritmul topirii gheţarilor de pe Terra, din cauza schimbărilor climatice, s-a dublat în ultimii 20 de ani, contribuind de acum la creşterea cu peste 20 % a nivelului mării, arată datele unui studiu. Pe termen scurt, apa provenită din topirea ghețarilor va ajuta unele regiuni de pe glob, însă această resursă se va epuiza, relatează AFP, citată de AGERPRES. „Existau multe regiuni în care nu ştiam felul în care evoluau gheţarii”, a declarat Romain Hugonnet, autorul principal al acestui studiu publicat în revista Nature. În plus, topirea s-a accelerat: de la o medie de 227 de miliarde de tone pe an între 2000 şi 2004, s-a ajuns la o medie de 298 de miliarde de tone pe an între 2015 şi 2019. „În 20 de ani, s-a dublat viteza de micşorare.
Persons: Romain Hugonnet Organizations: AGERPRES, Nature, Universitatea, Universitatea Toulouse Locations: Himalaya, Anzi, Alpi, Groenlanda, Antarctica, Universitatea ETH, Zurich, Elveţia, ETH Zurich, Groenlandei, Alaska, Islanda, India
Preşedintele Maia Sandu a semnat luni un decret privind numirea Cristine Gherasimov în funcţia de consilier prezidenţial în domeniul politicii externe. Cristina Gherasimov a fost cercetătoare în cadrul Centrului Robert Bosch pentru Europa Centrală şi de Est, Rusia şi Asia Centrală, Consiliul German pentru Afaceri Externe (DGAP). Totodată, Gherasimov a administrat Indicele Anticorupţie în Domeniul Apărării la Transparency International Defense and Security Program (UK) şi a lucrat ca analist in cadrul Programului Rusia şi Eurasia la Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, în Marea Britanie. Astfel, Maia Sandu are deja opt consilieri, dintre care şase sunt femei. CABINETUL PREŞEDINTELUI REPUBLICII MOLDOVA:Olesea StamateConsilier al Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova în domeniul justițieiVeaceslav NegruțaConsilier al Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova în domeniul economicAla NemerencoConsilier al Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova în domeniul sănătățiiLiliana Nicolaescu-OnofreiConsilier al Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova în domeniul educației și cercetăriiAngela Brașoveanu ErizanuConsilier al Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova în domeniul culturiiSergiu TofilatConsilier al Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova în domeniul energeticElena DruțăConsilier al Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova pentru relațiile cu diasporaCristina GherasimovConsilier al Preşedintelui Republicii Moldova în domeniul politicii externe
Persons: Maia Sandu, Cristina Gherasimov, Robert Bosch, Veaceslav Negruța, Liliana Nicolaescu, Onofrei, Angela, Sergiu Tofilat, Elena Druță, Cristina Organizations: Consiliul German, Universitatea Rutgers, Universitatea din, Transparency, Defense, Royal Institute, International Affairs, Chatham House Locations: Europa Centrală, Est, Rusia, Asia Centrală, New Jersey, Nice, Universitatea din Wroclaw, Universitatea din Mannheim, ETH Zurich, UK, Eurasia, Chatham, Republicii Moldova
Вчера президент Республики Молдова Майя Санду подписала указ о назначении Кристины Герасимов советником президента Республики Молдова по внешней политике, сообщалось в пресс-релизе Администрации президента. Портал Cotidianul пишет, что Кристина Герасимов работала исследователем в Центре Роберта Боша для Центральной и Восточной Европы, России и Центральной Азии, а также в Совете по иностранным делам Германии (DGAP). Она получила докторскую степень по политологии в Университете Рутгерса в Нью-Джерси, училась и занималась исследованиями в Европейском институте перспективных международных исследований в Ницце, Вроцлавском университете, Университете Мангейма и ETH Zurich. Герасимов также руководила Индексом антикоррупции в области обороны в Программе защиты и безопасности Transparency International (Великобритания) и работала аналитиком программы по России и Евразии в Королевском институте международных отношений в Чатем-Хаусе, Великобритания. фото: Moldova CuratăNokta
Persons: Майя Санду, Кристина Герасимов, Герасимов, Индекс Organizations: ETH Zurich, Transparency, Администрация президента, Центр Роберт Боша, Совет по иностранным делам, Университет Рутгерса, Европейский институт перспективных международных исследований, Вроцлавский университет, Университет Мангейма, Королевский институт международных отношений Locations: Moldova, Республика Молдова, Центральная, Восточная Европа, Россия, Центральная Азия, Германия (), НьюДжерси, Ницца, Великобритания, Евразия, чатемхаус
Maia Sandu și-a ales o nouă consilieră în domeniul politicii externe. Cine este aceastaPreşedinta Republicii Moldova, Maia Sandu, a semnat luni, 4 ianuarie, decretul de numire a Cristinei Gherasimov în funcţia de Consilieră a Preşedintei Republicii Moldova în domeniul politicii externe. Cristina Gherasimov a activat în calitate de cercetătoare în cadrul Centrului Robert Bosch pentru Europa Centrală şi de Est, Rusia şi Asia Centrală, Consiliul German pentru Afaceri Externe (DGAP). Din 2013 până în 2016, a fost lectoră în relații internaționale și politici europene la Universitatea Rutgers din New Jersey. La momentul de față, Maia Sandu a confirmat în funcție opt consilieri/consiliere.
Persons: Maia Sandu, Gherasimov, Anunţul, Cristina Gherasimov, Robert Bosch Organizations: Facebook, Consiliul German, Universitatea Rutgers, New Jersey ., Universitatea din, Muncă Locations: Republicii Moldova, Moldova, Europa Centrală, Est, Rusia, Asia Centrală, New Jersey, Nice, Universitatea din Wroclaw, Universitatea din Mannheim, ETH Zürich, Statele Unite
Политика Определен кандидат на пост советника Майи Санду по внешней политикеКристина Герасимова, возможно, станет новым советником президента Майи Санду по внешней политике. «Друзья, хоть 2021 год застал нас без советника президента в сфере внешней политики, похоже, нужный человек все же нашелся. Она училась и проводила исследования в Европейском институте перспективных международных исследований в Ницце, Вроцлавском университете, университете Мангейма и ETH Zurich. Г-жа Герасимова участвовала в нескольких дискуссиях / дебатах по вопросам безопасности, внешней политики, европейской интеграции и т. д., организованных различными организациями в Кишиневе. «Интересным моментом» является то, что госпожа Герасимова – коллега Мартина Зига, да-да, того, кто фигурировал в прессе в качестве советника PAS / PPDA.
Persons: Майя Санду, Герасимов, Кристина Герасимова, Гжа Герасимов, Герасимова, Мартин Зиг, Мартин Organizations: ETH Zurich, Transparency, PAS, политикеКристина, Центр Роберт Боша, Совет по иностранным делам, Университет Рутгерса, Европейский институт перспективных международных исследований, Вроцлавский университет, Индекс защиты от коррупции, Программа защиты и безопасности, Россия и Евразия, Королевский институт международных отношений Locations: Центральная, Восточная Европа, Россия, Центральная Азия, Германия (), НьюДжерси, Ницца, Мангейм, Великобритания, ЧатемХаус, Кишинев
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