2+ hour, 7+ min ago  (288+ words) Advances in thermoelectric material growth improve their usability in data centers The company Pyro Delta Energy has developed a method to grow crystals of the thermoelectric material bismuth telluride in a variety of shapes and sizes by using capillary action…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1152+ words) Sparse computing enables leaner, faster AI When it comes to AI models, size matters. Even though some artificial-intelligence experts warn that scaling up large language models (LLMs) is hitting diminishing performance returns, companies are still coming out with ever larger…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (697+ words) Multiple layers of verification and human oversight are a start Malicious actors are now exploiting generative AI to carry out cyberattacks: scamming victims using AI-generated deepfakes, deploying malware developed with the help of AI coding tools, using chatbots to pull…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (733+ words) Startup Verkor. io's agentic AI orchestrated the entire design process from a 219-word prompt Matthew S. Smith is a contributing editor for IEEE Spectrum and the former lead reviews editor at Digital Trends. A large language model called Design Conductor came…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (372+ words) Hack the airwaves with some of the best tech of the 1980s Stephen Cass is the special projects editor at IEEE Spectrum. Using a computer's sound card to generate and listen to digital tones, teletext pages can be exchanged via ham…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (793+ words) Startup Verkor. io's agentic AI orchestrated the entire design process from a 219-word prompt In 2020 researchers fine-tuned a GPT-2 model to design fragments of logic circuits; in 2023 researchers used GPT-4 to help design an 8-bit processor with a novel instruction…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1004+ words) Vue Buds integrate low-res cameras and visual AI as a smart glasses alternative Gwendolyn Rak is an assistant editor at IEEE Spectrum covering consumer electronics and careers. Earbuds with low-resolution cameras and a connection to a local visual AI model…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1049+ words) Vue Buds integrate low-res cameras and visual AI as a smart glasses alternative Smartphone cameras and some smart glasses allow users to query AI models and receive answers about what they're looking at. Soon, that capability could expand to other…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (1261+ words) Sensor networks could improve capacity faster than they grow Picture a highway with networked autonomous cars driving along it. On a serene, cloudless day, these cars need only exchange thimblefuls of data with one another. Now picture the same stretch…...

4+ week, 1+ hour ago  (603+ words) The company has contributed to tech in more ways than people realize This month, Apple celebrates its 50th anniversary, having survived five decades of ups and downs. Whether you love or hate the company, its products have had a massive influence…...