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Anthropic Let an AI Agent Run a Small Shop and the Result Was Unintentionally Hilarious

Anthropic ran an experiment where its Claude chatbot was put in charge of a tiny, automated "shop" inside its San Francisco headquarters — and the results were nothing short of hilarious. Despite claims in an Anthropic post that "Claudius," the name given to the AI agent in charge of stocking the ...

1 hour ago

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Anthropic Let an AI Agent Run a Small Shop and the Result Was Unintentionally Hilarious

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"Truly Psychopathic": Concern Grows Over "Therapist" Chatbots Leading Users Deeper Into Mental Illness

Mental health professionals have started looking into supposed "AI therapists" — and what they've found has left them unsettled. In an interview with Washington, DC's WJLA, psychiatrist Andrew Clark described his shock at discovering just how harmful therapy-themed chatbots can be. As Clark told Time ...

6 hours ago

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"Truly Psychopathic": Concern Grows Over "Therapist" Chatbots Leading Users Deeper Into Mental Illness

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Meta Is Being Incredibly Sketchy About Training Its AI on Your Private Photos

Meta is demanding access to all of your photos, even the ones you haven't uploaded anywhere yet — and it's being incredibly shifty about what it intends to do with them. As The Verge reports, the Mark Zuckerberg-owned company refuses to rule out the possibility that it will use your phone's camera ...

7 hours ago

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Meta Is Being Incredibly Sketchy About Training Its AI on Your Private Photos

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An "Indie Rock Band" That Appears to Be Entirely AI-Generated Is Making Alarming Amounts of Money on Spotify

While real artists struggle to earn money on Spotify, a seemingly AI-generated band has garnered enough streams to actually make a buck. As Music Ally reports, the band in question, The Velvet Sundown, recently appeared out of the blue on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, and even YouTube ...

10 hours ago

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An "Indie Rock Band" That Appears to Be Entirely AI-Generated Is Making Alarming Amounts of Money on Spotify

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Scientists Genetically Engineer Tobacco Plants to Pump Out a Popular Cancer Drug

Newly discovered genes could make powerful drug, Taxol, cheaper and more sustainable to produce. The post Scientists Genetically Engineer Tobacco Plants to Pump Out a Popular Cancer Drug appeared first on SingularityHub.

12 hours ago

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Scientists Genetically Engineer Tobacco Plants to Pump Out a Popular Cancer Drug

Futurism

Scientists Detect Deep, Rhythmic Pulse Coming From Inside the Earth

DJ Earth Scientists have discovered a heartbeat-like pulse emanating from inside the Earth beneath the continent of Africa, which they believe will one day rip the continent into pieces. In a new study published today in the journal Nature Geoscience, a team of European and African scientists explain ...

1 day ago

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Scientists Detect Deep, Rhythmic Pulse Coming From Inside the Earth

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Scientists Investigate What Happens If You Snort Moon Dust

The Good Stuff Wondering whether snorting Moon dust will kill you? Don't worry: science is on it. A recent study conducted by a team of Australian researchers and published in the journal Life Sciences in Space Research found that lunar dust is probably way less dangerous than space science previously ...

1 day ago

Futurism

Scientists Investigate What Happens If You Snort Moon Dust

WIRED Science

Student Solves a Long-Standing Problem About the Limits of Addition

A new proof illuminates the hidden patterns that emerge when addition becomes impossible.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

Student Solves a Long-Standing Problem About the Limits of Addition

Singularity HUB

How Was the Wheel Invented? Computer Simulations Reveal Its Unlikely Birth Nearly 6,000 Years Ago

The wheel changed the course of history for all of humanity. But its invention is shrouded in mystery. The post How Was the Wheel Invented? Computer Simulations Reveal Its Unlikely Birth Nearly 6,000 Years Ago appeared first on SingularityHub.

2 days ago

Singularity HUB

How Was the Wheel Invented? Computer Simulations Reveal Its Unlikely Birth Nearly 6,000 Years Ago

WIRED Science

The World Is Producing More Food than Ever—but Not for Long

Even America’s richest farmlands can’t outrun climate collapse. That’s everyone’s problem.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

The World Is Producing More Food than Ever—but Not for Long

New York Times Science

Stars Passing Near the Sun Could Cause Planets to Collide or Be Ejected, Paper Says

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

Stars Passing Near the Sun Could Cause Planets to Collide or Be Ejected, Paper Says