Water officials in California’s Central Valley plan to cover some of their canals with solar panels, hoping the devices will conserve water by preventing evaporation.
Art generated by artificial intelligence has gone viral recently, with the help of human art on the internet. As the technology expands, some artists are sounding the alarm about what they call unethical practices.
3D printing can potentially be a faster and cheaper method of building homes. But it may require more than technology to take these dwellings mainstream.
Computer science professor Mark Finlayson says “generative artificial intelligence” tools like ChatGPT can create coherent material and may produce new jobs for people in creative occupations.
Researchers could face obstacles trying to study the social media platform, and officials might be prevented from communicating with its millions of users.
A beta version of a Roomba snapped a photo of a person on a toilet and sent it to the cloud. That and other leaked photos shed light on the data supply chain that powers smart home automation.
At CES 2023, automakers and tech companies demonstrated their efforts to keep pace with electric vehicle demand and help consumers make the most of the time devoted to charging their cars.