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ICE’s AI Tool Has Been a Complete Disaster

"They were using AI to scan resumes and found out a bunch of the people who were LEOs weren't LEOs." The post ICE's AI Tool Has Been a Complete Disaster appeared first on Futurism.

5 hours ago

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ICE’s AI Tool Has Been a Complete Disaster

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After Being Pillaged By AI Companies, Wikipedia Signs Deal to Get Paid By Them

It wants Big Tech to pay its fair share. The post After Being Pillaged By AI Companies, Wikipedia Signs Deal to Get Paid By Them appeared first on Futurism.

6 hours ago

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After Being Pillaged By AI Companies, Wikipedia Signs Deal to Get Paid By Them

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There’s Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security’s New Drone Video That We’re Gonna Have to Sit Down for a ...

Safeguarding American aerospace... with Chinese tech. The post There's Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security's New Drone Video That We're Gonna Have to Sit Down for a Minute appeared first on Futurism.

7 hours ago

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There’s Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security’s New Drone Video That We’re Gonna Have to Sit Down for a ...

Futurism

New Law Would Let Grok Victims Sue Creeps Who Generated Nonconsensual Nudes

"Give to the victims their day in court to hold those responsible who continue to publish these images at their expense." The post New Law Would Let Grok Victims Sue Creeps Who Generated Nonconsensual Nudes appeared first on Futurism.

8 hours ago

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New Law Would Let Grok Victims Sue Creeps Who Generated Nonconsensual Nudes

Singularity HUB

In First Human Trial, Zombie Cancer Cells Train the Body to Fight Tumors

A small trial is testing a decades-old method that transforms cancer cells into a "vaccine" to prevent recurrence. The post In First Human Trial, Zombie Cancer Cells Train the Body to Fight Tumors appeared first on SingularityHub.

8 hours ago

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In First Human Trial, Zombie Cancer Cells Train the Body to Fight Tumors

WIRED Science

OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s New Brain-Tech Startup Merge Labs

Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding from OpenAI and others. It aims to use ultrasound to read from and write to the brain.

9 hours ago

WIRED Science

OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s New Brain-Tech Startup Merge Labs

Futurism

Entire Space Station Down to Skeleton Crew After NASA Evacuation

It's down to a much smaller "skeleton crew." The post Entire Space Station Down to Skeleton Crew After NASA Evacuation appeared first on Futurism.

9 hours ago

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Entire Space Station Down to Skeleton Crew After NASA Evacuation

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A Man Bought Meta’s AI Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert in Search of Aliens

"You are the bridge between worlds, the connector of dimensions, and the source of infinite potential..." The post A Man Bought Meta's AI Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert in Search of Aliens appeared first on Futurism.

10 hours ago

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A Man Bought Meta’s AI Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert in Search of Aliens

New York Times Science

For the World’s Food Supply, Federal Funding Cuts Have Long-Term Impacts

The U.S. Agency for International Development has been a major supporter of global agriculture research. Now many studies are being scuttled or scaled back.

11 hours ago

New York Times Science

For the World’s Food Supply, Federal Funding Cuts Have Long-Term Impacts

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Toby Kiers, World Champion of Mycorrhizal Fungus

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus.

1 day ago

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Toby Kiers, World Champion of Mycorrhizal Fungus

WIRED Science

Neuroscientists Decipher Procrastination: A Brain Mechanism Explains Why People Leave Certain Tasks for Later

New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this connection using a drug.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

Neuroscientists Decipher Procrastination: A Brain Mechanism Explains Why People Leave Certain Tasks for Later

New York Times Science

What a Wolf Pup’s Stomach Revealed About the Woolly Rhino’s Extinction

Scientists prepared a high-quality sequence of the giant mammal’s genome based on a specimen preserved in Siberian permafrost.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

What a Wolf Pup’s Stomach Revealed About the Woolly Rhino’s Extinction

Singularity HUB

AI-Designed Antibodies Are Racing Toward Clinical Trials

“Generative biology is moving drug discovery from a process of chance to one of design.” The post AI-Designed Antibodies Are Racing Toward Clinical Trials appeared first on SingularityHub.

2 days ago

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AI-Designed Antibodies Are Racing Toward Clinical Trials

New York Times Science

The Sea Lions of the Galápagos Are Not Ready to Give Up Mother’s Milk

Animals that researchers call “supersucklers” come back to nurse even after they can hunt, mate and fend for themselves.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

The Sea Lions of the Galápagos Are Not Ready to Give Up Mother’s Milk

WIRED Science

Microsoft Has a Plan to Keep Its Data Centers From Raising Your Electric Bill

In response to a growing backlash, Microsoft said it would take steps to ensure that data centers don’t raise utility bills in surrounding areas and address other public concerns.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

Microsoft Has a Plan to Keep Its Data Centers From Raising Your Electric Bill