Frontiers

Comprehensive AI framework for automated classification, detection, segmentation, and severity estimation of date palm diseases using vision-language models and generative AI

Department of Computer Engineering, College of Computer Sciences and Information Technology, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a vital crop in ...
Frontiers

A privacy-preserving, on-board satellite image classification technique incorporating homomorphic encryption and transfer learning

Satellite image classification is an important and challenging task in the modern technological age. Satellites can capture images of danger-prone areas with very little effort. However, the size and ...
blockchain

Meta Releases Open-Weights SAM 3 Image Segmentation and 3D Object Suite: Outperforms Rivals in 2025 AI Benchmarks

According to DeepLearning.AI, Meta has launched a comprehensive open-weights image segmentation suite featuring SAM 3 for segmenting images and videos—including from text prompts—SAM 3D Objects for ...
CNN

Here’s what the US military is using to strike alleged drug boats

The US military has undertaken a campaign against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea using a variety of drones, gunships, and fighter jets, according to people ...
The New York Times

How Trump Is Using Fake Imagery to Attack Enemies and Rouse Supporters

The era of A.I. propaganda is here — and President Trump is an enthusiastic participant. After nationwide protests this weekend against Mr. Trump’s administration, the president posted an ...
Semiconductor Engineering

New Frontiers In Fault Detection And Classification

IC manufacturers are increasingly relying on intelligent data processing to prevent downtime, improve yields, and reduce scrap. They are integrating that with fault detection and classification (FDC) ...
NPR

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...
NPR

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship or knows someone who has

New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone ...
Pew Research Center

1. AI in Americans’ lives: Awareness, experiences and attitudes

This chapter looks at Americans’ exposure to artificial intelligence and views on its use in their lives. How much have Americans heard about AI and how often do they think they interact with it? How ...
The Atlantic

I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education.

AI has transformed my experience of education. I am a senior at a public high school in New York, and these tools are everywhere. I do not want to use them in the way I see other kids my age using ...
MIT Technology Review

Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT. Clients are triggered.

Some therapists are using AI during therapy sessions. They’re risking their clients’ trust and privacy in the process. Declan would never have found out his therapist was using ChatGPT had it not been ...