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Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup

Meta may be about to lose one of its most renowned AI heads: Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at the company, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, the Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources. LeCun, a professor at New York University, senior researcher at Meta, and winner of the prestigious A.M. Turing Award, plans to leave in the coming months, and is already in…
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These photographers shot as fast as 1/3200 sec, pressed the shutter at the perfect moment – and won a sports photography award for it

Sports photography has always been one of the most challenging genres – where mastery of light, timing and instinct separates a good image from a great one. Capturing that split-second of movement and emotion demands not only technical skill but also a photographic eye for storytelling. The Hugh Russell Sports Photography Competition has revealed its first-ever winners, celebrating amateur and…
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SUPER73 launches its 'most affordable' e-bike yet to hook the next generation of riders

SUPER73 just pulled the curtain off its latest e-bike, the SUPER73-MZFT, and it looks like the brand is coming back to its roots – with a twist. Known for building retro-inspired, moto-style electric bikes that blur the line between fun and functional, SUPER73 now says the MZFT represents the first in a new generation of e-bikes that’s designed to welcome in a broader, more diverse group of…
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DefenseNews

Military experts warn security hole in most AI chatbots can sow chaos

Current and former military officers are warning that adversaries are likely to exploit a natural flaw in artificial intelligence chatbots to inject instructions for stealing files, distorting public opinion or otherwise betraying trusted users. The vulnerability to such “prompt injection attacks” exists because large language models, the backbone of chatbots that digest hordes of user text…
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