Gizmodo Australia
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AI Can Track Bees on Camera and It’s Going to Help Farmers
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming. In a new study, we installed miniature digital cameras and computers inside a greenhouse at a strawberry farm in Victoria, Australia, to track bees and other insects as they flew from plant to plant pollinating flowers. Using custom AI software,…
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You Can Already Save Almost $800 on the Galaxy S23 Ultra
If you’re thinking about picking up Samsung’s latest and greatest phones, there are plenty of great deals running during the pre-order period. Optus has a clear standout, offering a $799 discount on the 1TB Galaxy S23 Ultra. This brings the effective cost down to $1,850. That’s $100 cheaper than you’d pay for the entry-level Galaxy…
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Scams, Deepfake Porn and Romance Bots: Advanced AI Is Exciting but Incredibly Dangerous
The generative AI industry will be worth about A$22 trillion by 2030, according to the CSIRO. These systems – of which ChatGPT is currently the best known – can write essays and code, generate music and artwork, and have entire conversations. But what happens when they’re turned to illegal uses? Last week, the streaming community…
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Animal Clitorises Are More Varied Than Originally Thought
The sometimes astonishing sex lives of animals are well known, especially the huge range in penis structures, evolved to increase the number of offspring that males father. For example, ducks have corkscrew-shaped penises, and echidnas (also known as spiny anteaters) have a four-headed penis. But what about female genitalia? For hundreds of years, scientists assumed…