IEEE

Condition Sensing of Overhead Line Insulator Strings Using an Advanced CNN-Based Classifier Based on Infrared Thermography

Abstract: This letter proposes an advanced convolutional neural network (CNN)-based classifier for detecting the contamination level of in-service insulator strings. The goal is to enhance condition ...

Navigating Hollywood’s ‘boys’ club’ prepared these actors for ‘The Pitt’

Acting isn't practicing medicine, but for 'The Pitt's' Isa Briones, Supriya Ganesh and Sepideh Moafi, the challenges women of ...
MinnPost

Clean steam: How some supersized energy users are looking to save money and lower climate impact despite shifting policy headwinds

Several industrial clean energy projects continue to move forward in the Upper Midwest, but many hinge on local policy and ...
New York Post

Georgia residents stand to lose everything as homes seized by private company in $16B data center plan to power AI

A utility giant with a $16 billion expansion plan is using eminent domain to seize hundreds of Georgia properties — and furious owners say they never had a fighting chance. Ansley Brown was 5 years ...
Popular Mechanics

Scientists Think They Just Accidentally Proved String Theory

String theory attempts to unify general relativity and quantum theory. Popular in the 1990s, string theory fell out of favor as it failed to provide testable predictions and required ten dimensions ...
The Irish Times

‘He gets a bit of enjoyment out of the power’: Is this man now Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?

In a confidential memo to the Cabinet last month on Government overspending, Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers included a reminder. He told colleagues about the duties of senior civil ...
CBS News

Parents sue after student disciplined for using AI on school project in Massachusetts

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...
Phys.org

String theory is uniquely derived from basic assumptions about the universe, physicists show

If you could take an apple and break it into smaller and smaller parts, you would find molecules, then atoms, followed by subatomic particles like protons and the quarks and gluons that make them up.
SiliconANGLE

Recursive Superintelligence raises $650M to build self-improving AI models

Recursive Superintelligence Inc., a startup that hopes to develop self-improving artificial intelligence models, launched today with $650 million in funding. Alphabet Inc.’s GV fund and Greycroft led ...
IEEE

A Hybrid Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Power Transformer Failures Using Internet of Things-Based Monitoring and Explainable Artificial Intelligence

Abstract: Power transformers are critical components in ensuring the continuous and stable operation of power systems. Failures in these units can lead to significant power outages and costly downtime ...
Tech.eu

Recursive Superintelligence emerges from stealth with $650M raise

A London-based AI startup set up just months ago, which believes it’s pursuing the fastest path to surpassing human intelligence, has today come out of stealth, having raised over $650m at a $4.65bn ...