“The biggest [drawback] is that they are probabilistic prediction machines and will get it wrong in ways that aren’t just ‘that’s the wrong word’,” Willis explains. “LLMs will sometimes skip a line in larger documents where the layout repeats itself, I’ve found, where OCR isn’t likely to do that.” AI researcher and data journalist Simon… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 10 with Security researchers have unearthed a rare malware find: malicious Android apps that use optical character recognition to steal credentials displayed on phone screens. The malware, dubbed CherryBlos by researchers from security firm Trend Micro, has been embedded into at least four Android apps available outside of Google Play, specifically… Read More »
Enlarge / Rewind reportedly lets you search your Mac’s usage history for what you’ve seen, said, or heard. reader comments 74 with 66 posters participating Share this story Yesterday, a company called Rewind AI announced a self-titled software product for Macs with Apple Silicon that reportedly keeps a highly compressed, searchable record of everything you… Read More »