I had ChatGPT build me a free PDF editor because I didn't trust it to change my files - it worked!

The smartest way to use AI may not be letting it touch your files, but asking it to write software that handles them safely - ...
Biometric Update

Notre Dame researchers release open-source iris recognition tools built for NIST testing

The work addresses a gap in biometric testing, as NIST’s IREX has focused primarily on closed-source commercial iris ...
Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranians Are Back Online After a Monthslong Shutdown but Still Face Heavy Restrictions

Iranians began to regain internet access on Wednesday after authorities ended a monthslong shutdown. But users said service was slow and spotty in some areas, with apps like YouTube and Instagram ...

Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package

Millions of AI agents and tools around the world have been imperiled by a critical vulnerability that can allow hackers to ...
IEEE

Hybrid Bat and Salp Swarm Algorithm for Feature Selection and Classification of Crisis-Related Tweets in Social Networks

Abstract: Twitter is a useful tool for effectively tracking and managing crisis-related incidents. However, due to many irrelevant features in textual data, the problem of high dimensionality arises, ...
IEEE

A novel time-series rate of penetration model utilizing bat algorithm and long short-term memory neural network

Abstract: As drilling rate of penetration serves as a critical metric in assessing deep geological drilling, establishing an appropriate rate of penetration model holds significant importance for ...