Technology/Science
Wildfire-Risk Models Are Struggling to Predict LA-Style Fires
Among natural disasters, wildfires are the great unknown. Even the most-sophisticated scientific models fail to capture all the risk factors or properly account for the increasing impact of climate ...
IIHS Finds That Reflective Clothing Confuses Pedestrian Crash Prevention Sensors
Reflective clothing designed to make pedestrians stand out to human drivers may make them invisible to automated crash prevention systems, according to a new study by the Insurance Institute for ...
Las Vegas Cybertruck Driver Used ChatGPT to Plan Attack, Find Targets
The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. Nearly a ...
GlobalData Plc Acquires Celent
GlobalData Plc, a data, analytics, and insights platform, announced last month that the group signed an agreement to acquire research and advisory firm Celent. Celent was previously part of Marsh ...
The War on Wildfires Is Going High-Tech
Last December, a farmer was burning dry grapevines in his vineyard in Deir Mar Moussa, a hill town a dozen miles east of Beirut known for its 18th century monastery and stands of pine forest. Usually ...
Hiring for Attitude: What Sets Lemonade Apart
An executive speaking at Lemonade's Investor Day late last month took investors behind the scenes to watch some of its AI bots in action. The point of the demonstration, however, was to do more than ...
AI Weather Models Have Shown Promise This Hurricane Season
When Hurricane Beryl was rushing across the Atlantic basin in July, the weather forecasting tool made by Google Deepmind, the tech company's artificial intelligence unit, saw something other models ...
Global CO2 Emissions to Hit Record High in 2024, Report Says
Global carbon dioxide emissions, including those from burning fossil fuels, are set to hit a record high this year, pulling the world further off course from averting more destructive climate ...