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OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI

WIRED

The company behind ChatGPT is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears to be hiring roboticists who work specifically on humanoids. OpenAI appears to be ramping up its efforts in robotics, hiring researchers who work on humanoid systems as it explores new ways to advance artificial intelligence . The company has recently recruited a number of researchers with expertise in developing AI algorithms for controlling humanoid and other types of robots. Job listings show that the company is putting together a team capable of creating systems that can be trained through teleoperation and simulation. Sources with knowledge of the company's efforts also say OpenAI is recruiting people to work specifically on humanoid robots, or robots with a partial or full human form.


WIRED Health Recap: Cancer Vaccines, CRISPR Breakthroughs, and More

WIRED

This year's WIRED Health summit in Boston featured Moderna CEO Stรฉphane Bancel, CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, and a day's worth of insights and provocative conversations. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. At the WIRED Health summit in Boston on September 9, we hosted some of the leading experts in CRISPR, whole-genome sequencing, vaccines, and more for a series of eye-opening conversations and keynotes. If you weren't able to join us in person, no worries; you can watch them all right here.


Watch: Winning moments from the 77th Emmy Awards

BBC News

The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards have taken place in Los Angeles on Sunday night, with shows The Studio, The Pit and Adolescence dominating the awards. Owen Cooper became the youngest ever male Emmy winner at 15-years-old, for his breakout role in the Netflix miniseries Adolescence. Seth Rogan's comedy series The Studio scooped up four Emmys, while The Pitt beat out the likes of Severance and The White Lotus to win Best Drama. 'No doubt' Russia will cross Nato border if Ukraine falls, former US VP says Former US Vice-President Mike Pence calls for security guarantees in Ukraine to help deliver "just and lasting peace". The US House Oversight Committee has released new surveillance footage recorded hours before the convicted paedophile's death.


Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,299

Al Jazeera

How is Russia replenishing its military? What is a'coalition of the willing'? How China forgot promises and'debts' to Ukraine How are Europe, the US pulling apart on Ukraine? Despite Russian drone strikes, Kharkiv's factories stand firm for Ukraine's security Russian forces killed two people in Ukraine's Kherson, including a 49-year-old woman who was found dead in the rubble of her home, authorities said, a day after Russian attacks killed six people across the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian soldiers were advancing in the border areas of the northern Sumy region, and said Russian forces had suffered significant losses in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions along the 1,000km (620-mile) front line.


Generating Energy-Efficient Code via Large-Language Models -- Where are we now?

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Context. The rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) has led to their widespread adoption in development pipelines. Goal. We empirically assess the energy efficiency of Python code generated by LLMs against human-written code and code developed by a Green software expert. Method. We test 363 solutions to 9 coding problems from the EvoEval benchmark using 6 widespread LLMs with 4 prompting techniques, and comparing them to human-developed solutions. Energy consumption is measured on three different hardware platforms: a server, a PC, and a Raspberry Pi for a total of ~881h (36.7 days). Results. Human solutions are 16% more energy-efficient on the server and 3% on the Raspberry Pi, while LLMs outperform human developers by 25% on the PC. Prompting does not consistently lead to energy savings, where the most energy-efficient prompts vary by hardware platform. The code developed by a Green software expert is consistently more energy-efficient by at least 17% to 30% against all LLMs on all hardware platforms. Conclusions. Even though LLMs exhibit relatively good code generation capabilities, no LLM-generated code was more energy-efficient than that of an experienced Green software developer, suggesting that as of today there is still a great need of human expertise for developing energy-efficient Python code.


Pragmatic Frames Evoked by Gestures: A FrameNet Brasil Approach to Multimodality in Turn Organization

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

This paper proposes a framework for modeling multimodal conversational turn organization via the proposition of correlations between language and interactive gestures, based on analysis as to how pragmatic frames are conceptualized and evoked by communicators. As a means to provide evidence for the analysis, we developed an annotation methodology to enrich a multimodal dataset (annotated for semantic frames) with pragmatic frames modeling conversational turn organization. Although conversational turn organization has been studied by researchers from diverse fields, the specific strategies, especially gestures used by communicators, had not yet been encoded in a dataset that can be used for machine learning. To fill this gap, we enriched the Frame2 dataset with annotations of gestures used for turn organization. The Frame2 dataset features 10 episodes from the Brazilian TV series Pedro Pelo Mundo annotated for semantic frames evoked in both video and text. This dataset allowed us to closely observe how communicators use interactive gestures outside a laboratory, in settings, to our knowledge, not previously recorded in related literature. Our results have confirmed that communicators involved in face-to-face conversation make use of gestures as a tool for passing, taking and keeping conversational turns, and also revealed variations of some gestures that had not been documented before. We propose that the use of these gestures arises from the conceptualization of pragmatic frames, involving mental spaces, blending and conceptual metaphors. In addition, our data demonstrate that the annotation of pragmatic frames contributes to a deeper understanding of human cognition and language.


The three-word phrase to get people to listen 'instantly,' according to a public speaking expert

Daily Mail - Science & tech

HGTV's Erin Napier erupts at fans after being slammed for refusing to'celebrate' Charlie Kirk's death Truth about America's murder hotspots... as map reveals surprising cities Trump may send National Guard City of vanishing children: Dark truth behind the THOUSANDS of missing kids in Rust Belt town... and the underworld they are plunged into Monkees musician Bobby Hart who wrote the band's theme and Last Train To Clarksville dies at 86 I didn't air any dirty laundry in public - my conscience is clear, says Prince Harry during visit to Ukraine: Duke reveals he wants to spend more time in the UK in the next year as'the focus really has to be on my dad' FBI tried to hide trans identity of Charlie Kirk suspect's lover after his chilling four-word response to investigators I've been lying to my husband about the thing he loves most. If I come clean, he'll be humiliated: DEAR JANE My HOA from hell fined me $1,000 per day for the pettiest issue imaginable inside my $600k home... then I realized they were spying on me Teen arrested'destroying' Charlie Kirk memorial as chilling copycat fantasy exposed Hollywood insiders lay bare'intimidation' tactics by woke celebrities branded worse than the Ku Klux Klan: 'Everyone is living in fear' NFL fans left in disbelief as Russell Wilson launches'mind blowing' touchdown pass for New York Giants Islanders claim they know the sinister truth about Amelia Earhart... and demand the proof is finally released Urgent warning as toxic fumes on major airlines' flights cause devastating brain injuries I dropped from a size 20 to a size 12 in five months - these'healthy' foods were making me overweight Who are the shortest actresses in Hollywood? Emotional Tucker Carlson reveals'close call' on his life as he breaks silence on Charlie Kirk: 'We're in a civil war' People are just realizing that they're pronouncing the name of America's biggest holiday wrong The three-word phrase to get people to listen'instantly,' according to a public speaking expert Capturing people's attention during a presentation, or in any crowded room, is often half the battle, and one many fail to win. Now, a public speaking expert has shared a three-word phrase he claimed will get people listening to you'instantly.' John Bowe, a speech trainer, said that starting with'Imagine this scenario...' will have the room perk up and pay attention. 'It works every time,' Bowe wrote for CNBC, breaking down how each word is highly engaging.


Ukraine targets key Russian oil refinery as Moscow tests hypersonic missile

Al Jazeera

How is Russia replenishing its military? What is a'coalition of the willing'? How China forgot promises and'debts' to Ukraine How are Europe, the US pulling apart on Ukraine? Russia and Ukraine have been engaging in major aerial battles, targeting energy and transportation infrastructure, as Moscow presses its fierce ground assault in the Ukrainian east in the war's fourth year and tests a type of hypersonic weapon. Russia's Ministry of Defence announced on Sunday that its air defences shot down 361 drones, four guided aerial bombs, and rockets from a US-made high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) overnight.


Romania becomes second Nato country to detect Russian drone in its airspace

BBC News

Romania says a Russian drone has breached its airspace - the second Nato country to report such an incursion. Romanian fighter jets were in the air monitoring a Russian attack in Ukraine on Saturday and were able to track the drone near Ukraine's southern border, the defence ministry said in a statement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the incursion could not be a mistake - it was an obvious expansion of the war by Russia. Moscow has not commented on the Romanian claims. On Wednesday, Poland said it had shot down at least three Russian drones which had entered its airspace.


From 'Orwell 2 2 5' to 'Frankenstein': TIFF's Films on Power, Creation, and Survival Are a Warning

WIRED

From to: TIFF's Films on Power, Creation, and Survival Are a Warning These are WIRED's picks for some of the most urgent and unsettling films from the 50th annual Toronto International Film Festival. Some of the most urgent films at this year's Toronto International Film Festival aren't here to soothe. Together,,, and play like sizzle reels of caution, and at their best, they're award-worthy symbols of alarm. These films, the first two of which are documentaries, don't just entertain--they confront fractured humanity, closeness and distance under Israel's siege of Gaza, and a creation we've set loose, growing beyond our control. That's the one muscle of film--to interrogate rather than facilitate.