Algorithms · June 2024Gaffe level: Blunder
A news site with millions of readers and a Microsoft deal turned out to be an AI chop shop
BNN Breaking had millions of readers, an international team of journalists, and a publishing deal with Microsoft. It was actually an AI chop shop pumping out error-ridden content. The masthead was real; the newsroom was not.
Source: The New York Times
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah