Amazon's Zoox Files Patent for Robotaxis That Warn You About Ice and Crowds
Your robotaxi could scan the sidewalk for ice and crowds while you're still inside, then send your phone a safer walking route…
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IBM Patents a Dimpled Chip Surface That Helps Sensors Spot Proteins in Blood
Blood is salty, and that salt can hide the very proteins a sensor is trying to find. IBM's patent application tries to…
Wing Patents a Drone Pickup Stand With Barbs That Hold On in the Wind
A drone hovers, lowers a hook on a line, and picks up a package without ever landing. This patent application adds the…
IBM Files Patent for a Secret Quiz That Proves an AI Model Is the Real One
IBM's filing describes a hidden quiz trained into an AI model: ask the right secret question, and only the genuine model gives…
OpenAI Patents a Rulebook Its AI Reads Only When a Touchy Topic Comes Up
Most chatbots answer from their training plus one standing set of instructions. OpenAI's patent application describes a rulebook that speaks up only…
Amazon Files Patent for a Fact-Check on the Links AI Chatbots Cite
Chatbots sometimes cite sources that don't exist. Amazon's filing describes a way to check each cited link against the data the AI…
Samsung Files Patent for Phone Video That Lets You Change Its Star After Filming
Your phone's auto-zoom can lock onto the wrong star of a video, and today that choice usually sticks. A new Samsung patent…
A New IBM Patent Lets Chips Skip Steps When Crunching Encrypted Data
IBM has filed a patent application for a chip design that lets some encrypted calculations finish in as few as 1 or…
Adobe Files Patent for Turning and Moving Objects Inside AI-Generated Images
Ask an AI to turn a car in your picture and it often hands back a different car. Adobe's patent application describes…
Adobe Files Patent for Wrapping Images Around Smooth 3D Shapes in Real Time
Giving a smooth, formula-based 3D shape a texture normally means converting it into triangles first. Adobe's patent filing describes a way to…
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