Tue.Mar 18, 2025

article thumbnail

Go home GPT-4o, you’re drunk: emergent misalignment as lowered inhibitions

The AI Alignment Forum

Published on March 18, 2025 2:48 PM GMT Replicating the Emergent Misalignment model suggests it is unfiltered, not unaligned We were very excited when we first read the Emergent Misalignment paper. It seemed perfect for AI alignment. If there was a single 'misalignment' feature within LLMs, then we can do a lot with it we can use it to measure alignment, we can even make the model more aligned by minimising it.

Model 52
article thumbnail

Governance Is a Journey: How APICS Built Trust, Resilience, and Growth

.orgSource

This post is adapted from Association 4.0 Positioning for Success in an Era of Disruption , originally published in 2018. At the time of this interview, Abe Eshkenazi, CSCP, CPA, CAE , servedand continues to serveas the CEO of APICS (now the Association for Supply Chain Management ). While the governance landscape has evolved, the strategies and leadership insights shared here remain timeless.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Webb telescope just snapped direct image of worlds many light-years away

Mashable Tech

You don't see this every day. It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James Webb Space Telescope has captured four of them in the stellar system HR 8799. These large, gaseous worlds are located 130 light-years away in the Milky Way galaxy (a light-year is nearly 6 trillion miles).

Images 144
article thumbnail

Tesla’s self-driving capabilities are now a Looney Tunes cartoon joke

Fast Company Tech

Lidar has long been considered the gold standard of self-driving technology. Most car companies use the technology, alongside cameras, radar, and AI, to fully assess a vehicles’ environment. Except for one notable exception: Tesla. Elon Musk has always had it out for Lidar, calling it a a crutch, a losers technology and too expensive. After experimenting with Lidar in early autonomous driving prototypes, Musk went a different direction.

Camera 133
article thumbnail

A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

article thumbnail

New Tech Bends Sound Through Space So It Reaches Only Your Ear in a Crowd

Singularity Hub

Audible enclaves are local pockets of sound no one else can hearno headphones required. What if you could listen to music or a podcast without headphones or earbuds and without disturbing anyone around you? Or have a private conversation in public without other people hearing you? Newly published research from our team at Penn State introduces a way to create audible enclaves localized pockets of sound that are isolated from their surroundings.

Sound 131

More Trending

article thumbnail

AI on the Menu: Yum! Brands and NVIDIA Partner to Accelerate Restaurant Industry Innovation

NVIDIA AI Blog

The quick-service restaurant industry is a marvel of modern logistics, where speed, teamwork and kitchen operations are key ingredients for every order. Yum! Brands is now introducing AI-powered agents at select Pizza Hut and Taco Bell locations to assist and enhance the team member experience. Today at the NVIDIA GTC conference, Yum! Brands announced a strategic partnership with NVIDIA with a goal of deploying multiple AI solutions using NVIDIA technology in 500 restaurants this year.

Industry 133
article thumbnail

Tesla Competitor Reveals Electric Car That Can Charge in Five Minutes

Futurism

As slumping EV giant Tesla's sales slow to a crawl , rival Chinese company BYD is starting to eat its lunch. Yesterday, the Shenzhen-based corporation revealed a lineup of cars it claims can soak up nearly 250 miles' worth of battery charge in just five minutes just a hair longer than the time it takes to pump a traditional car full of gasoline. The buzzy new tech will be available next month in BYD's flashy new Han L sedan.

article thumbnail

Farewell Photoshop? Google’s new AI lets you edit images by asking

Ars Technica

There's a new Google AI model in town, and it can generate or edit images as easily as it can create textas part of its chatbot conversation. The results aren't perfect, but it's quite possible everyone in the near future will be able to manipulate images this way. Last Wednesday, Google expanded access to Gemini 2.0 Flash's native image generation capabilities, making the experimental feature available to anyone using Google AI Studio.

Images 139
article thumbnail

New NVIDIA Software for Blackwell Infrastructure Runs AI Factories at Light Speed

NVIDIA AI Blog

The industrial age was fueled by steam. The digital age brought a shift through software. Now, the AI age is marked by the development of generative AI, agentic AI and AI reasoning, which enables models to process more data to learn and reason to solve complex problems. Just as industrial factories transform raw materials into goods, modern businesses require AI factories to quickly transform data into insights that are scalable, accurate and reliable.

Software 120
article thumbnail

The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

article thumbnail

People in this career are better at seeing through optical illusions

Ars Technica

Optical illusions are great fun, and they fool virtually everyone. But have you ever wondered if you could train yourself to unsee these illusions? Our latest research suggests that you can. Optical illusions tell a lot about how people see things. For example, look at the picture below. The Ebbinghaus illusion. Credit: Hermann Ebbinghaus The two orange circles are identical, but the one on the right looks bigger.

People 132
article thumbnail

Where AI and Graphics Converge: NVIDIA Blackwell Universal Data Center GPU Accelerates Demanding Enterprise Workloads

NVIDIA AI Blog

The first NVIDIA Blackwell-powered data center GPU built for both enterprise AI and visual computing the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition is designed to accelerate the most demanding AI and graphics applications for every industry. Compared to the previous-generation NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture L40S GPU, the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU will deliver a multifold increase in performance across a wide array of enterprise workloads up to 5x higher large language mode

article thumbnail

Nvidia announces DGX desktop “personal AI supercomputers”

Ars Technica

During Tuesday's Nvidia GTX keynote, CEO Jensen Huang unveiled two "personal AI supercomputers" called DGX Spark and DGX Station, both powered by the Grace Blackwell platform. In a way, they are a new type of AI PC architecture specifically built for running neural networks, and five major PC manufacturers will build the supercomputers. These desktop systems, first previewed as " Project DIGITS " in January, aim to bring AI capabilities to developers, researchers, and data scientists who need to

Personal 133
article thumbnail

AI Factories, Built Smarter: New Omniverse Blueprint Advances AI Factory Design and Simulation

NVIDIA AI Blog

AI is now mainstream and driving unprecedented demand for AI factories purpose-built infrastructure dedicated to AI training and inference and the production of intelligence. Many of these AI factories will be gigawatt-scale. Bringing up a single gigawatt AI factory is an extraordinary act of engineering and logistics requiring tens of thousands of workers across suppliers, architects, contractors and engineers to build, ship and assemble nearly 5 billion components and over 210,000 miles of

Design 123
article thumbnail

Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

article thumbnail

New EV battery boasts 5-min charge time, adding 250 miles of range

Ars Technica

Time and again, studies and surveys identify the time it takes to charge an electric vehicle as one of the most significant hurdles affecting EV adoption. For generations, drivers have gotten used to being able to refuel their cars in five minutes using energy-dense liquid hydrocarbons, and plenty of them balk at the idea of having to drive a car where recharging a battery takes half an hour or more.

Time 114
article thumbnail

The best laptop deals ahead of the Amazon Big Spring Sale — its all about MacBooks so far

Mashable Tech

While Amazon isn't normally the best place to score laptop deals on any given day, it tends to beef up its selection and ramp up its discounts for certain sitewide sales it puts on throughout the year. Prime Day and Black Friday are the main ones, of course, but don't sleep on the retail giant's Big Spring Sale, either. Amazon has just confirmed that its seasonal savings event is returning for the second year in a row from March 25 to 31.

Laptop 111
article thumbnail

Gemini gets new coding and writing tools, plus AI-generated “podcasts”

Ars Technica

On the heels of its release of new Gemini models last week, Google has announced a pair of new features for its flagship AI product. Starting today, Gemini has a new Canvas feature that lets you draft, edit, and refine documents or code. Gemini is also getting Audio Overviews, a neat capability that first appeared in the company's NotebookLM product, but it's getting even more useful as part of Gemini.

article thumbnail

Inspired by nature, this robot morphs to overcome almost any obstacle

Mashable Tech

GOAT is a shape-shifting robot designed to move across almost any terrain by changing its form in real time. It can switch between a flat, rover-like mode for driving and a spherical mode for rolling, saving energy and adapting to different environments. Inspired by animals, GOAT’s flexible design allows it to navigate obstacles without complex sensors, relying instead on simple navigation and its ability to work with the environment.

Disaster 114
article thumbnail

Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

article thumbnail

The 10 most innovative computing companies of 2025

Fast Company Tech

The heated race to develop and deploy new large language models and AI products has seen innovation surgeand revenue soarat companies supporting AI infrastructure. This years Most Innovative Companies in computing include TSMC; the Taiwan-based fabricators N3P chip offers the smallest, most densely packed transistor size yet, while the company Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate (CoWoS) packaging technology is integral to AI accelerator chips, including Nvidias Blackwell GPU.

Companies 111
article thumbnail

Happy Gilmore 2 trailer: Adam Sandler is back on the golf course

Mashable Tech

It's been nearly 30 years since hockey player Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) first swung a golf club and became an unlikely champ. Now, he's back on the golf course for Happy Gilmore 2. According to the sequel's first trailer, Happy hasn't been golfing for a while. "I haven't swung a club in years," he says. SEE ALSO: Adam Sandler's 'Happy Gilmore' sequel Instagram post harnesses the good energy, blocks out the bad Still, that's not going to stop him from facing off against new top golfers —

Course 126
article thumbnail

SpiderBot experiments hint at “echolocation” to locate prey

Ars Technica

It's well understood that spiders have poor eyesight and thus sense the vibrations in their webs whenever prey (like a fly) gets caught; the web serves as an extension of their sensory system. But spiders also exhibit less-understood behaviors to locate struggling prey. Most notably, they take on a crouching position, sometimes moving up and down to shake the web or plucking at the web by pulling in with one leg.

article thumbnail

Materialists trailer: Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans, and Dakota Johnson fall into a love triangle

Mashable Tech

Celine Song has come to tangle us up in an enticing love triangle all over again. The celebrated writer/director of the critically acclaimed Past Lives returns with Materialists, a tantalizing three-way romance starring Pedro Pascal , Chris Evans, and Dakota Johnson. The logline from A24 teases: "A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.

article thumbnail

Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

article thumbnail

Accelerating AI Development With NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell Series GPUs and NVIDIA NIM Microservices for RTX

NVIDIA AI Blog

As generative AI capabilities expand, NVIDIA is equipping developers with the tools to seamlessly integrate AI into creative projects, applications and games to unlock groundbreaking experiences on NVIDIA RTX AI PCs and workstations. At the NVIDIA GTC global AI conference this week, NVIDIA introduced the NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell series, a new generation of workstation and server GPUs built for complex AI-driven workloads, technical computing and high-performance graphics.

Develop 119
article thumbnail

Apple Secretly Working on AirPod Feature That Translates Speech in Real-Time

Futurism

It's late to the party, but behind the scenes, Bloomberg reports that Apple is secretly working on a new feature for its AirPods that could translate face-to-face conversations in real-time. The live translation tech will be tied to iOS 19, Apple's upcoming update to its operating system used on the iPhone and other mobile devices, which is anticipated to be one of its most dramatic software overhauls in the company's history, according to more Bloomberg reporting.

Work 121
article thumbnail

GM and Nvidia collaborate on AI for self-driving cars and vehicle manufacturing

VentureBeat

GM, the largest U.S. automaker, has extended its collaboration with Nvidia to develop self-driving cars and enhance vehicle manufacturing through simulation and accelerated computing.

article thumbnail

The 10 most innovative augmented and virtual reality companies of 2025

Fast Company Tech

Innovative organizations are finding ways to make augmented and virtual reality a more efficient, and even more practical, way to interact with technologies and tools, including letting people learn complex skills through virtual training. The businesses in Fast Company s Most Innovative Companies in AR/VR reflect that trend. Texas A&M University has brought AR/VR production into its celebrated Visualization program , letting students learn to build state-of-the-art virtual productions befor

Virtual 106
article thumbnail

How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!