Vishal Kawadkar, Author at TechTrackr

AI can mimic human social skills in real-time, should we be scared?

December 14, 2023

Human smarts mostly rely on picking up information from other folks, gathering it over time as our culture evolves. This social learning, called cultural transmission in books, lets us copy actions and behaviors on the spot. Now, can AI pick up social learning skills in a…

Artificial Intelligence

AI influence on music might not go down well with everyone

December 13, 2023

Earlier this year, Bad Bunny slammed rumors about dropping a new track with Justin Bieber. In an interview with TIME for a cover story on his rapid success, he straight-up said, “That’s fake. You never know what I’m going to do.” But just last month, a track with…

Artificial Intelligence

Google's ChatGPT-killer Gemini AI apparently “thinks more carefully”

December 12, 2023

Google dropped a new AI model that supposedly has upgraded “thinking skills” to tackle tough questions more thoughtfully. Developers dub these made-up elements from AI content generators as “hallucinations.” Google’s highly anticipated AI model…

Artificial Intelligence

How ChatGPT could be abused by people with nefarious intentions

December 10, 2023

According to a recent BBC News investigation, the new ChatGPT feature that lets users create their own AI assistants can potentially be exploited to develop tools for cybercrime. OpenAI rolled out this feature just last month, enabling users to customize ChatGPT for a wide…

Science

Galaxies like Milky Way might be rare in our cosmic neighborhood

December 7, 2023

The Milky Way is like a twisty, maybe even fancy spiral galaxy, but it’s hard to say for sure from where we’re looking. What we do know is that there aren’t a lot of galaxies shaped like a disk in our neck of the cosmic neighborhood known as the…

Artificial Intelligence

AI hallucinations could be a huge threat to science, experts warn

December 5, 2023

Chatty AI systems, like the ones in chatbots, often have a worrisome habit of making things up. In simpler terms, they tend to create fake information and pass it off as real. The Oxford Internet Institute researchers are sounding the alarm about how these AI fabrications…

Science

What will happen to Earth if a rogue star comes in close proximity?

December 4, 2023

Stars are kind of stuck to their galaxies because of gravity and go along with the flow of their surroundings. But every now and then, something messes up this connection. Like, if a star gets too cozy with a supermassive black hole, the black hole might kick it out into…

Science

Saturn to lose its rings in 2025 only to get them back

December 2, 2023

Saturn’s rings are like the rockstars of the night sky—super famous and stunning to look at. You can catch these beauties with just a regular telescope or some really good binoculars because they’re that massive. But here’s the plot twist: Every now and…

Science

Next-gen space telescopes could leverage deformable mirrors

December 1, 2023

Checking out faraway objects isn’t a walk in the park, all thanks to our planet’s dense and hazy atmosphere. When light travels through the upper layers of our atmosphere, it gets bent and messed up, making it a real challenge to spot things that are really far…

Headphones Wearables

What sets active noise cancellation apart from passive noise cancellation

November 27, 2023

Right now, the headphone and earbud game is off the charts. Whether you’re rocking a phone, computer, TV, or whatever else, you’ve got an insane variety to pick from. No matter your budget, there’s a perfect fit for everyone, loaded with all the cool, smart…

Science

How is NASA’s Ingenuity Mars chopper still functional after 50 flights

November 25, 2023

Getting more details is great, especially for space projects funded by the public. It’s cool when a NASA engineer takes a break from their busy schedule to give us an update on the beloved Mars helicopter, Ingenuity. The little chopper has been going through a tough…

Science

Civilization-threatening asteroids could be hiding in Sun’s glare

November 23, 2023

On February 15, 2013, a massive meteor, about the size of a semitrailer, zoomed in from the direction of the rising sun and burst into a fiery explosion above the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. For a hot minute, that meteor lit up even more than the sun and blew up with a…

Science

ISS turns 25: Some interesting facts about the space laboratory

November 22, 2023

Recently, the International Space Station (ISS) celebrated its 25th anniversary since the first module blasted off into space. The Zarya module made its way to low-Earth orbit in November 1998, and the Unity module joined it in less than a month. Over the past 25 years, the…

Vishal Kawadkar

AI can mimic human social skills in real-time, should we be scared?

AI influence on music might not go down well with everyone

Google's ChatGPT-killer Gemini AI apparently “thinks more carefully”

How ChatGPT could be abused by people with nefarious intentions

Galaxies like Milky Way might be rare in our cosmic neighborhood

AI hallucinations could be a huge threat to science, experts warn

What will happen to Earth if a rogue star comes in close proximity?

Saturn to lose its rings in 2025 only to get them back

Next-gen space telescopes could leverage deformable mirrors

What sets active noise cancellation apart from passive noise cancellation

How is NASA’s Ingenuity Mars chopper still functional after 50 flights

Civilization-threatening asteroids could be hiding in Sun’s glare

ISS turns 25: Some interesting facts about the space laboratory

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