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When researchers at Anthropic injected the concept of "betrayal" into their Claude AI model's neural networks and asked if it noticed anything unusual, the system paused before responding: "Yes, I detect an injected thought about betrayal."The exchange, detailed in new research published Wednesday, marks what scientists say is the first rigorous evidence that large language models possess a limited but genuine ability to observe and report on their own internal processes — a capability that challenges longstanding assumptions about what these systems can do and raises profound questions about their future development."The striking thing is that the model has this…

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch Waymo robotaxis are so safe that, according to the company’s data, its driverless vehicles are involved in 91 percent fewer crashes compared to human-operated vehicles. And yet the the company is bracing for the first time when a Waymo does kill somebody — a moment its CEO says society will accept, in exchange for access to its relatively safer driverless cars. “We really worry as a company about those days,” said Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana on Monday during TechCrunch‘s Disrupt summit, as reported by SFGate. “You know, we…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Here goes, I’m going to try and review two games in one. Yes, Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake is a revival of the legendary series’ first two titles, combined into one shiny package. Square Enix and Artdink are back again after their triumphant remake of Dragon Quest III, bringing a similar promise forward. A promise of significantly revamped visuals, full voice acting, new in-game content, and a…

I find car heads-up displays (HUDs) really convenient and helpful, but my car doesn’t have one. Thankfully, the HUD Speedometer Speed Monitor app on my phone creates a HUD for my vehicle. Its free version provides everything I need to glance at essential information quickly. This app transforms your standard car windscreen into an information hub, enabling you to check your speed, navigation, and phone status without distraction. Some of these functionalities are also available in the Android Auto console (though they may require you to change Android Auto developer settings). But projecting the information from the HUD onto the…

Before I get started, it’s important to clear up a persistent misconception about smartphones: the notion that background apps can consume too much memory and processor power, just as they can on a Mac or PC. While it’s true that some phone apps are more demanding than others, Apple and Google are well aware of this, and have designed iOS and Androidto manage background apps automatically. There’s no need to close all the unused items in your app switcher — they’re being paused or closed as needed. In fact you could actually make things worse by doing this, forcing paused…

A new framework developed by researchers at Google Cloud and DeepMind aims to address one of the key challenges of developing computer use agents (CUAs): Gathering high-quality training examples at scale.The framework, dubbed Watch & Learn (W&L), addresses the problem of training data generation in a way that doesn’t require human annotation and can automatically extract demonstrations from raw videos.Their experiments show that data generated W&L can be used to train or fine-tune existing computer use and foundation models to improve their performance on computer-use tasks. But equally important, the same approach can be used to create in-context learning (ICL)…

Home » Artificial intelligence » Tesla Board Chairman Says Cybercab Will Be Sold With Steering Wheel and Pedals As Needed – Model 2 Tesla will put a steering wheel and pedals in the Cybercab if that’s what regulators require, according to Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm. “If we have to have a steering wheel, it can have a steering wheel and pedals,” Robyn Denholm told Bloomberg. This would likely be a sub-$30,000 car. There are about 5 months for the US regulations to allow more than 2500 cars per year without steering wheel and pedals. Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought…

The new Romo robots bring drone-grade smarts to your home, gliding around furniture like it’s mapping a flight path. DJI, the company everyone knows for making some of the very best drones around, has jumped into the smart home game with something a bit different – the Romo series. It’s a lineup of three robot vacuums: the ROMO P, ROMO A, and ROMO S. This is DJI’s first major foray into home robotics, and you can buy them across Europe now, starting at €1299.  DJI didn’t leave its drone smarts behind, either. Each Romo vacuum packs the same kind of…

A startup called Skylight is taking a different approach to short-form video. Instead of restricting users to an algorithmic main feed, as is common on social apps, Skylight is building a community around human curators who post and repost videos to build out their own custom feeds others can subscribe to. The option, which launched on Monday in the version 2.0 release of the app, could appeal to users who feel a growing sense of unease about traditional social media platforms and their algorithmic manipulations, as well as those annoyed by the increase of low-quality AI-generated content that’s now filling…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Dell Tower Plus (EBT2250): Two-minute review (Image credit: Future / James Holland)The Dell Tower Plus (EBT2250) is a hard computer to pin down just because its configurations vary so wildly. It’s almost like the Tower Plus is more of a concept than an actual model with the only thing really remaining the same are its most barebones aspects, such as its chassis and ports. There’s such variation in availability…