Chatbots · March 2024Gaffe level: Blunder
AI bots hallucinate software packages and devs download them
Researchers asked chatbots for coding advice and the bots kept recommending software packages that do not exist. One researcher registered the most-hallucinated name on PyPI and watched over 15,000 developers install it, including inside an Alibaba repo. It was a harmless test this time, but the next dream package could ship with real malware.
Source: The Register
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