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AI is universally bad at knowing when to chime in during a conversation: Researchers discover some of the root causes

Nov 11, 2024 | techxplore.com | Mike Silver

When you have a conversation today, notice the natural points when the exchange leaves open the opportunity for the other person to chime in. If their timing is off, they might be taken as overly aggressive, too timid, or just plain awkward. The back-and-forth is the social element to the exchange of information that occurs in a conversation, and while humans do this naturally—with some exceptions—AI language systems are universally bad at it.
High-resolution, nanoscale imaging method could accelerate the discovery of more durable materials

Oct 23, 2024 | phys.org | Mike Silver

Take a photo with your phone and you might see wonderful details—leaves on a tree, strands of hair blowing in the wind. The width of that strand of hair is 100,000 nanometers wide. The best traditional laboratory microscope that uses light may capture details as small as 200 nanometers—the size of a large virus. The most advanced light microscope might discern features as small as 20–50 nanometers, or about the size of a large protein molecule.
Rams Shopping Cooper Kupp For 2nd Round Pick

Oct 22, 2024 | football.realgm.com | Dianna Russini |Mike Silver |Jourdan Rodrigue

The Los Angeles Rams have contacted multiple teams about a potential trade of Cooper Kupp ahead of the NFL trade deadline. The Rams have expressed a willingness to take on some of his 2024 salary and are seeking a second round pick back in return. The Rams currently have a 2-4 record and are in last place in the NFC West. Kupp has caught 18 balls against 27 targets for 147 yards and one touchdown this season. Kupp suffered an ankle injury in Week 2.
Why Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs look capable of a three-peat

Oct 21, 2024 | nytimes.com | Mike Silver

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - He got picked off twice, failed to throw a touchdown pass and had a passer rating lower than the speed limit on some Silicon Valley surface streets. And that made sense, given that three of Patrick Mahomes ' most explosive options are sidelined with serious injuries - and his favorite target, a very accomplished tight end with an extremely famous girlfriend, admits he's no longer as swift as he once was.
Ricky Pearsall's emotional return to the 49ers included a refreshing dose of levity

Oct 17, 2024 | nytimes.com | Mike Silver

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Ricky Pearsall's return to the San Francisco 49ers' practice field was understandably emotional, given the scary circumstances that delayed the rookie receiver's NFL debut. Yet Pearsall, a first-round draft pick who was shot through the chest during a daytime robbery attempt in San Francisco's Union Square on Aug. 31, also provided some levity during Monday's light workout by exhibiting a very relatable frailty. He was too gassed to string together a sentence. Hilarity ensued.
The mission for covering the NFL has never been clearer

Oct 15, 2024 | nytimes.com | Mike Silver |Alison Cotsonika |George Dohrmann |Marcus Thompson II

The hug was heartfelt, fortified by a three-day, multi-state, exhilarating and enervating odyssey of trust and truthfulness. And when I pulled away from Dennis Rodman at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas in May 1995 and began walking toward my gate, I knew I was headed back to Northern California armed with an abundance of compelling material that would grab people's attention like the idiosyncratic NBA star's multi-hued hair dye.
Real-Life Spider-Man Tech: Tufts Engineers Create Web-Slinging Device [Video]

Oct 11, 2024 | scitechdaily.com | Mike Silver

Liquid stream of silk solution solidifies to a fiber, adheres to and lifts a glass laboratory beaker. Credit: Marco Lo Presti, Tufts UniversityInspired by the fantastical abilities of comic book superheroes, researchers at Tufts University have developed a real-life web-slinging technology using silk fibroin.
CFPB's AI Stance Backslides On Innovation Issues

Sep 3, 2024 | law360.com | Mike Silver

By Mike Silver (September 3, 2024, 4:33 PM EDT) -- Under the Dodd Frank Act, one of the statutory objectives of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is ensuring that "markets for consumer financial products and services operate transparently and efficiently to facilitate access and innovation."[1]... Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence.
Report: Commanders Back In Play For Brandon Aiyuk

Aug 23, 2024 | football.realgm.com | Mike Silver

The Washington Commanders may be back in play for Brandon Aiyuk. After trading Jahan Dotson to the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, a report mentioned the Commanders as a potential suitor for the San Francisco 49ers wide receiver. After several weeks of trade rumors surrounding Aiyuk, things have gotten quiet. Aiyuk is due to make $14.1 million this year. The 49ers had chances to trade him before the draft, but they refused to accept any offers.
New, sustainable method for manufacturing microchips

Aug 1, 2024 | electronicsonline.net.au | Mike Silver

Putting 50 billion transistors into a microchip the size of a fingernail is a feat that requires manufacturing methods of nanometre level precision — layering of thin films, then etching, depositing or using photolithography to create the patterns of semiconductor, insulator, metal and other materials that make up the tiny working devices within the chip.