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AIs fail at the game of visual “telephone”

Researchers found that AIs consistently converged on 12 common themes despite diverse prompts, suggesting biases in training data. The models failed to generate novel or creative outputs, highlighting the need for anti-convergence mechanisms and human input for AI's creative potential.

Skia: Shedding light on shadow branches

Skia identifies and decodes shadow branches, storing them in a memory area to alleviate bottlenecks and improve throughput. The technique can lead to quicker performance and less power consumption for data centers.

Meta Quest 3 512GB

Meta Quest 3 512GB enables immersive mission planning, terrain rehearsal, and interactive STEM demos with high-resolution mixed-reality experiences.

Improvisation and creativity in professional jazz musicians

A study by Aarhus University researchers found that expert jazz musicians store linked audio and motor representations in the brain, which are drawn upon to create improvisations. These improvisation vocabularies vary between players and exhibit stylistically appropriate and novel characteristics, hallmarks of creativity.

Computer experts identify 14 themes of creativity

Researchers at the University of Kent have identified 14 components of creativity using language-analysis software. These clusters can be used to evaluate the creativity of computational systems and provide a basis for the automated evaluation of creative systems.