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Brits believe the bots even though study finds they're often talking nonsense
AI assistants can sometimes provide misleading or incorrect answers. However, almost half of British consumers using the services put more faith in them than they maybe should.…
Starlink’s method of dodging solar storms may make it slower, for longer
Researchers have found Starlink’s efforts to mitigate the effects of solar storms can create degraded performance that persists for a day or more after geomagnetic conditions ease.…
Alibaba releases chatbot that produces error when asked about Tiananmen Square
Chinese tech giant Alibaba yesterday launched a new chatbot that reported errors soon after launch and is very touchy about some subjects Beijing doesn’t like to discuss.…
Oops. VMware admits it over-specced storage servers for years
VMware has admitted that its guidance about the hardware needed to run its vSAN virtual storage arrays has been wrong for years.…
Scientific computing is about to get a massive injection of AI
Interview Scientific computing is about to undergo a period of rapid change as workloads inject AI.…
'Largest-ever' cloud DDoS attack pummels Azure with 3.64B packets per second
Azure was hit by the "largest-ever" cloud-based distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, originating from the Aisuru botnet and measuring 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps), according to Microsoft.…
Pentagon and soldiers let too many secrets slip on social networks, watchdog says
Loose lips sink ships, the classic line goes. Information proliferation in the internet age has government auditors reiterating that loose tweets can sink fleets, and they're concerned that the Defense Department isn't doing enough to stop sensitive info from getting out there. …
AI is actually bad at math, ORCA shows
In the world of George Orwell's 1984, two and two make five. And large language models are not much better at math.…