Google Deepmind's GenCeption repurposes a video generator for classic vision tasks such as depth estimation and segmentation, matching state-of-the-art systems with far less training data. The model …
https://the-decoder.com/google-deepmind-argues-video-generators-already-contain-the-world-models-computer-vision-has-been-missing/Alibaba has unveiled Qwen 3.8, a multimodal AI model with 2.4 trillion parameters that the Qwen team says rivals leading models and trails only Fable 5. A preview is available now. The article Alibab…
https://the-decoder.com/alibabas-qwen-takes-on-kimi-k3-with-open-weight-qwen-3-8-says-model-is-second-only-to-fable-5/Moonshot's Kimi K3 is the first Chinese model to top the Code Arena: Frontend rankings, beating Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol by a wide margin. But on advanced math, the gap is stark: Kimi K3 scores…
https://the-decoder.com/moonshots-kimi-k3-outperforms-fable-5-in-frontend-code-but-lags-far-behind-in-complex-math/Epoch AI tested three leading AI text detectors (Pangram, GPTZero, and Originality.ai) using style-imitated texts. Up to 18 percent of AI-generated passages went undetected. For scientific writing, t…
https://the-decoder.com/ai-text-detectors-struggle-when-language-models-mimic-an-authors-style/The RadLE 2.0 benchmark tests whether AI models in radiology can tell when they should leave a diagnosis to a human. Many models deliver wrong findings with full confidence, and human radiologists ar…
https://the-decoder.com/ai-chatbots-reading-x-rays-can-be-dangerously-confident-even-when-theyre-wrong/Exploitation of the new WordPress vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2026-60137 and CVE-2026-63030 started soon after disclosure. The post WP2Shell WordPress Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild appeare…
https://www.securityweek.com/wp2shell-wordpress-vulnerabilities-exploited-in-the-wild/We have been following issues with Hikvision cameras for a long, long time. Like many similar products, Hikvision cameras have a long history of vulnerabilities and are often targeted by internet-wid…
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/331641010Benja won’t apologize for using AI. | Image: 1010Benja / Instagram I would never go so far as to say there's no place for AI in music (I'm a fan of Holly Herndon, after all). But I generally find…
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/967678/1010benja-semiramis-dream-suno-ai-musicGrand Theft Auto VI release won’t offer a disc. | Image: Rockstar Games This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on video games and ph…
https://www.theverge.com/column/967179/physical-discs-gta-vi-playstation-rockstar-gamesThe 2018 Solar Car Challenge was the last time participants took their designs out on the open road. | Image: Lehman Marks / Solar Car Challenge On July 19th, dozens of teams of high school students …
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/966701/solar-car-challenge-high-school-student-race-texasICE agents hide behind masks while skulking through the halls of immigration court | Image: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images According to the New York Times, federal agents ha…
https://www.theverge.com/policy/967674/fbi-wont-investigate-ice-assaultsA modern tribute to electric chord organs which were basically giant harmonicas connected to a fan. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge In 2017, I bought an old Magnus chord organ off Craigslist fo…
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/967485/telepathic-instruments-orchid-tame-impala-synth-reviewSure is a lot of porcelein in there. | Image: Kieran Hebden Just why? ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂:̴͓̞̑̌̂̆̊͋̀:̸͎̟̯̂̓̌ ҉ ͡ ͞ ͞ ͞ ҉● ࿀ ● ࿀ ● ҉⃝ ⃝͢ ͞ ͘ ͞⃝̕ ͢ ̛ ⃝ ̸ ̡ ͢⃝̧ ͡ ͡ ̀ ̧ ̢⃝͜ ҉ ͞ ͞ ⃝͞ ͞ ͡⃝ ⃝҉…
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/967696/four-tet-wingdings-album-reviewI’m partial to that avocado green one. | Image: Reto Project Following the success of its $99 Kodak-branded Snapic A1, Reto Project is releasing the Kodak EC35, an even more affordable 35mm film came…
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/967687/kodak-ec35-point-and-shoot-film-cameraAndrew and Tristan Tate talk to the media on March 23, 2025 in Romania. | Image: Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images The manosphere influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami by U…
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