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Apparent UFO images leak from Pentagon's secret data retrieval program 'Immaculate Constellation'

Daily Mail - Science & tech

An email containing incredible UFO images allegedly from US military UFO sightings has been leaked online by an anonymous source. The leaker claimed that they had accessed an alleged top secret UFO'data retrieval program' known as'Immaculate Constellation' -- made famous this past November in a blockbuster public hearing before Congress. The black-and-white images show ornately spiked'cruciform' UFOs, boomerang-shaped flying wings, a floating'hot' cube, traditional flying saucers and several other craft that look straight out of classic science fiction. The screengrabs are said to be from infrared and thermal camera footage taken by military'heads up displays,' but details were redacted to protect both sensitive US national security interests. These unsettling depictions of highly varied craft were first made public by Nathan Latvaitis, who runs a YouTube channel called'Strange Mysteries.'


Reddit's latest AI update makes finding the answers you want much easier

ZDNet

Reddit continues to grow in popularity as a search engine alternative, with millions of Redditors contributing answers, perspectives, and summaries on the hottest topics. Now, the social platform is making it easier to find the insights you need with help from artificial intelligence (AI). Also: OpenAI's Sora AI video generator is here - how to try it Starting today, we're rolling out a limited test in the U.S. of Reddit Answers--an AI-powered way to get the information, recommendations, and hot takes you only go to Reddit for. Users can then visit the full conversation from where the answers were generated using the inline footnotes or the area beneath the answer. Reddit shares that this experience is part of a longer-term vision to improve the Search experience on the platform, making it "faster, smarter, and more relevant."


Drone sighting reported over New Jersey's largest reservoir as feds investigate unnerving phenomenon

FOX News

Fox News correspondent Nate Foy breaks down what witnesses are saying about the drones flying over New Jersey on'Your World.' Officials in New Jersey say they're taking mystery drone sightings, now reported in 10 counties across the state, "seriously," with the suspicious aircraft recently confirmed to have been spotted near the state's largest reservoir. The reason for the drones' presence near the Round Valley Reservoir in Hunterdon County, near the Garden State's border with Pennsylvania, is unclear, according to NJ.com. Similarly unclear are any potential connections to other drones spotted in the recent onslaught of suspicious activity that's taken the state by storm, the outlet continues. The drone sighting near the reservoir wasn't the only recent one in Hunterdon County โ€“ another was reported near its 911 Center in Flemington. "There have been reports of single drones hovering over people's houses for hours at a time," Hunterdon County Commissioner John Lanza noted at a Tuesday board meeting.


Get ready to build your own Lego masterpieces with this new tech

FOX News

Lego and McLaren collaborated on a fully drivable, life-sized replica of the McLaren P1 hypercar made almost entirely out of Lego Technic pieces. Imagine being able to turn any object into a Lego masterpiece with just your phone. Well, that's exactly what Brick My World offers. This innovative app is here to make custom Lego creation fun and accessible for everyone, whether you're a seasoned builder or just getting started. By using advanced artificial intelligence and mobile scanning technology, Brick My World opens up a world of creative possibilities.


OpenAI may launch Sora, its text-to-video model, very soon

Engadget

OpenAI will start announcing new features and demos tomorrow for 12 days through livestreams. Sources familiar with the matter told The Verge that these new products will allegedly include OpenAI's long-awaited text-to-video tool, Sora, and a new reasoning model. The announcement for "12 Days of OpenAI", as the company puts it, was made public on X yesterday. The first livestream will broadcast tomorrow, but the announcements themselves remain unconfirmed That said, in addition to the sources that spoke more recently with The Verge, the Wall Street Journal previously reported Sora was likely to come out before the end of 2024. Sora was revealed early this year, and shared with a small group of testers. But 20 or so of those artists leaked the model to the public in protest of "unpaid labor," The Washington Post reported.


Fox News AI Newsletter: AI catches cancer that mammogram misses

FOX News

MAMMO MISHAP: A U.K. woman is thanking artificial intelligence for saving her life. The technology picked up cancer cells in the patient's screening that were undetectable by the human eye, according to SWNS. READY AND WILLING: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, on Sunday said he is looking forward to working with the incoming Trump administration, adding that he thinks President-elect Trump will succeed at helping to make America a world-leading force in artificial intelligence infrastructure. SEEING IS REPEATING: In a groundbreaking development, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University have successfully trained a robotic surgical system to perform complex tasks with the skill of human doctors. "Like all technology, there's the potential for incredible innovation and a real threat and obviously needs to be highly regulated," she told Fox News Digital.


Meta says AI-generated content was less than 1 precent of election misinformation

Engadget

AI-generated content played a much smaller role in global election misinformation than what many officials and researchers had feared, according to a new analysis from Meta. In an update on its efforts to safeguard dozens of elections in 2024, the company said that AI content made up only a fraction of election-related misinformation that was caught and labeled by its fact checkers. "During the election period in the major elections listed above, ratings on AI content related to elections, politics and social topics represented less than 1% of all fact-checked misinformation," the company shared in a blog post, referring to elections in the US, UK, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, France, South Africa, Mexico and Brazil, as well as the EU's Parliamentary elections. The update comes after numerous government officials and researchers for months raised the alarm about the role generative AI could play in supercharging election misinformation in a year when more than 2 billion people were expected to go to the polls. But those fears largely did not play out -- at least on Meta's platforms -- according to the company's President of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg.


Canadian publishers take OpenAI to court

Mashable

In the newest legal battle between artificial intelligence and pretty much everybody else, OpenAI is once again on the chopping block. The group is seeking up to 20,000 Canadian for each article used by OpenAI, The Guardian reported. "Rather than seek to obtain the information legally, OpenAI has elected to brazenly misappropriate the News Media Companies' valuable intellectual property and convert it for its own uses, including commercial uses, without consent or consideration," the filing, which The Verge published, reads. The filing goes on to allege that OpenAI has "capitalized on the commercial success of its GPT models, building an expansive suite of GPT-based products and services, and raising significant capital -- all without obtaining a valid license from any of the News Media Companies. In doing so, OpenAI has been substantially and unjustly enriched to the detriment of the News Media Companies."


Artificial intelligence changes across the US

FOX News

Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier has the latest on regulatory uncertainty amid AI development on'Special Report.' An increasing number of companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) for everyday tasks. Much of the technology is helping with productivity and keeping the public safer. However, some industries are pushing back against certain aspects of AI. And some industry leaders are working to balance the good and the bad.


Five Canadian news media outlets sue OpenAI for copyright breach

Al Jazeera

Microsoft is OpenAI's major backer. In a statement, Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada said OpenAI was scraping large swaths of content to develop its products without getting permission or compensating content owners. "Journalism is in the public interest. OpenAI using other companies' journalism for their own commercial gain is not. A New York federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on November 7 against OpenAI that claimed it misused articles from news outlets Raw Story and AlterNet.