• New AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches

    Researchers developed a hybrid AI approach that can generate realistic images with the same or better quality than state-of-the-art diffusion models, but that runs about nine times faster and uses fewer computational resources. The tool uses an autoregressive model to quickly capture the big picture and then a small diffusion model to refine the details of the image.
  • AI-driven weather prediction breakthrough reported

    AI-driven weather prediction breakthrough reported
    Researchers say Aardvark Weather uses thousands of times less computing power and is much faster than current systemsA single researcher with a desktop computer will be able to deliver accurate weather forecasts using a new AI weather prediction approach that is tens of times faster and uses thousands of times less computing power than conventional systems.Weather forecasts are currently generated through a complex set of stages, each taking several hours to run on bespoke supercomputers, requir
  • More than 110 child sextortion attempts reported each month to UK police forces

    More than 110 child sextortion attempts reported each month to UK police forces
    National Crime Agency launches awareness campaign, saying criminals are adapting methods and using AIUK police forces are receiving more than 110 reports of child sextortion attempts every month, according to the National Crime Agency, as a new awareness campaign is launched about the online scourge.The NCA said the use of artificial intelligence in sextortion attacks had also increased “substantially” over the past three years as criminals adapted their methods. Continue reading...