OpenAI has announced DALL-E 3, the third iteration of its acclaimed text-to-image model. DALL-E 3 promises significant enhancements over its predecessors and introduces seamless integration with ChatGPT. One of the standout features of DALL-E 3 is its ability to better understand and interpret user intentions when confronted with detailed and lengthy prompts: “A middle-aged woman …
Our creation of artificial intelligence has unleashed a third evolutionary process that we don’t understand and can’t control, warns Susan Blackmore, author of The Meme Machine Source link
An illustration of the pasta-shaped robot, which moves in response to an external sound field Yong Deng Sound can propel a microscopic robot shaped like a piece of pasta through artificial blood vessels, which could eventually lead to a new way of delivering drugs inside the human body. You can feel the sound from a …
Spider silk fibres produced by silkworms Junpeng Mi, Donghua University Silkworms have been genetically engineered with CRISPR to produce pure spider silk for the first time. The worms could offer a scalable way to create things like surgical thread or bulletproof vests from spider silk, which is prized for its strength, flexibility and lightness. Spider …
Encryption used by messaging apps is a key sticking point for the UK’s Online Safety Bill PA Images/Alamy The UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill has passed through Parliament and will soon become law. The wide-ranging legislation, which is likely to affect every internet user in the UK and any service they access, has taken years …
A cyborg cockroach controlled by an electronic backpack, which attaches to its antennae and abdomen without injuring it, could be used for building inspections or search-and-rescue missions. Electronically controllable cockroaches aren’t new, but all previous work required invasive surgeries to implant an electrode directly into the insect’s nervous system. As well as potentially causing pain, …