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Futurism

Study: New York Times Has Published Extensive AI-Generated Articles

And it's not alone. The post Study: New York Times Has Published Extensive AI-Generated Articles appeared first on Futurism.

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Study: New York Times Has Published Extensive AI-Generated Articles

Futurism

With the Metaverse Canceled and Zuckerberg Training AI to Run the Company, Meta Is Slashing Its Headcount

Meta's AI pivot continues to inflict human casualties. The post With the Metaverse Canceled and Zuckerberg Training AI to Run the Company, Meta Is Slashing Its Headcount appeared first on Futurism.

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Futurism

With the Metaverse Canceled and Zuckerberg Training AI to Run the Company, Meta Is Slashing Its Headcount

Futurism

Those Viral Posts About the Brave Kidnapped Dogs Escaping and Finding Their Homes Together Are Fake, You Gullible Buffoons

Come on. The post Those Viral Posts About the Brave Kidnapped Dogs Escaping and Finding Their Homes Together Are Fake, You Gullible Buffoons appeared first on Futurism.

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Those Viral Posts About the Brave Kidnapped Dogs Escaping and Finding Their Homes Together Are Fake, You Gullible Buffoons

Futurism

There’s Something Incredibly Weird About Two Delivery Robots Crashing Through Glass Bus Shelter in Chicago Within a Few ...

Again?! The post There's Something Incredibly Weird About Two Delivery Robots Crashing Through Glass Bus Shelter in Chicago Within a Few Days of Each Other appeared first on Futurism.

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There’s Something Incredibly Weird About Two Delivery Robots Crashing Through Glass Bus Shelter in Chicago Within a Few ...

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OpenAI Cancels Spicy “Adult Mode” Chatbot as Crisis Deepens

It's probably for the best. The post OpenAI Cancels Spicy "Adult Mode" Chatbot as Crisis Deepens appeared first on Futurism.

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OpenAI Cancels Spicy “Adult Mode” Chatbot as Crisis Deepens

New York Times Science

Glass Threads Spun From a Volcano’s Bubbly Magma

A volcanic formation known as Pele’s hair is produced when air-filled magma is stretched, according to a new study by a team of scientists and glass artists.

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New York Times Science

Glass Threads Spun From a Volcano’s Bubbly Magma

Futurism

Why Is Everyone Losing Their Minds Over This Little Old Mars Pyramid?

Nothing to see here. The post Why Is Everyone Losing Their Minds Over This Little Old Mars Pyramid? appeared first on Futurism.

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Why Is Everyone Losing Their Minds Over This Little Old Mars Pyramid?

Singularity HUB

What We Actually See—and Don’t See—Shows Consciousness Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg

Visual experiments suggest just a small fraction of the information our brains process enters awareness. The post What We Actually See—and Don’t See—Shows Consciousness Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg appeared first on SingularityHub.

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What We Actually See—and Don’t See—Shows Consciousness Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg

New York Times Science

How to Turn a Chicken Egg Into a Drug Factory

A biotech start-up is testing a novel way of efficiently producing pharmaceutical drugs.

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New York Times Science

How to Turn a Chicken Egg Into a Drug Factory

WIRED Science

Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use

In a letter sent Thursday morning, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley press the Energy Information Agency to mandate annual electricity disclosure for data centers.

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Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use

New York Times Science

Ancient Grapes Reveal Long History of Modern Wines

Genetic material preserved in ancient grape seeds reveals when, and how, humans meddled with wine grapes.

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New York Times Science

Ancient Grapes Reveal Long History of Modern Wines

New York Times Science

Humans Had Dogs Before They Had Farming, Ancient DNA Confirms

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another.

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New York Times Science

Humans Had Dogs Before They Had Farming, Ancient DNA Confirms

National Science Foundation

NSF initiative aims to make every American worker, business and community AI-ready

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new funding opportunity as part of an effort to enable all Americans to understand, apply and create with artificial intelligence. The NSF TechAccess: AI-Ready America (NSF AI-Ready America) initiative…

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National Science Foundation

NSF initiative aims to make every American worker, business and community AI-ready

New York Times Science

NASA Sets Out New Plans and Timelines for Moon Base and Nuclear Mars Mission

The agency’s leader said new plans and timelines for the coming decade aim to create a permanent foothold by humans on another world and inspire Americans.

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New York Times Science

NASA Sets Out New Plans and Timelines for Moon Base and Nuclear Mars Mission

Singularity HUB

These Mini Brains Just Learned to Solve a Classic Engineering Problem

In a step toward biological computing, brain organoids rewired their networks as they learned to balance a digital pole on a cart. The post These Mini Brains Just Learned to Solve a Classic Engineering Problem appeared first on SingularityHub.

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These Mini Brains Just Learned to Solve a Classic Engineering Problem

National Science Foundation

NSF announces winners of the U.S. critical minerals challenge to secure key domestic supply chain

The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) announced eight winners of the Tech Metal Transformation Challenge launched by STRIDE Ventures...

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National Science Foundation

NSF announces winners of the U.S. critical minerals challenge to secure key domestic supply chain

New York Times Science

We’ve Been Underestimating Flying Foxes

Australia used to incinerate the large fruit bats, but research suggests they bring hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits to the country’s economy.

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New York Times Science

We’ve Been Underestimating Flying Foxes

WIRED Science

The Trip to the Far Side of the Moon

As soon as April 1, four people will embark on a journey that will take them farther from the Earth than anyone has ever traveled before.

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WIRED Science

The Trip to the Far Side of the Moon

WIRED Science

A Billionaire-Backed Startup Wants to Grow 'Organ Sacks' to Replace Animal Testing

R3 Bio has a bold idea for replacing lab animals: genetically-engineered whole organ systems that lack a brain. The long-term goal, says a cofounder, is to make human versions.

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WIRED Science

A Billionaire-Backed Startup Wants to Grow 'Organ Sacks' to Replace Animal Testing