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Futurism

US Government Displays AI-Mangled Map of Africa That Gets Every Single Country Wrong

Putting this government's wholehearted embrace of AI slop on the map. The post US Government Displays AI-Mangled Map of Africa That Gets Every Single Country Wrong appeared first on Futurism.

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US Government Displays AI-Mangled Map of Africa That Gets Every Single Country Wrong

Futurism

LinkedIn Adds Button on Every Post to Report “Seems Like AI Slop,” Which Is Definitely Going to Get a Real Workout

A button that marks posts as not being AI slop would probably be far more useful. The post LinkedIn Adds Button on Every Post to Report "Seems Like AI Slop," Which Is Definitely Going to Get a Real Workout appeared first on Futurism.

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LinkedIn Adds Button on Every Post to Report “Seems Like AI Slop,” Which Is Definitely Going to Get a Real Workout

New York Times Science

A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week

Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who’s to blame" And who pays for the damage"

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New York Times Science

A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week

Futurism

Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror ...

"It inherits the credibility of the map it was born on." The post Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It's Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks appeared first on Futurism.

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Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror ...

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A PR Firm Is Using Fake Publicists With AI-Generated Headshots to Spam Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients

Why am I getting emails from fake PR reps with AI-generated faces? The post A PR Firm Is Using Fake Publicists With AI-Generated Headshots to Spam Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients appeared first on Futurism.

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A PR Firm Is Using Fake Publicists With AI-Generated Headshots to Spam Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients

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Amazon Insiders Horrified at “Catastrophically Expensive” Internal AI Usage

There goes millions of dollars. The post Amazon Insiders Horrified at "Catastrophically Expensive" Internal AI Usage appeared first on Futurism.

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Amazon Insiders Horrified at “Catastrophically Expensive” Internal AI Usage

New York Times Science

Archaeologists Find Hundreds of Ancient Glyphs in the Amazon

The geometric earthwork structures, carved into the ground with embankments and ditches, are in some cases more than 2,500 years old, researchers said.

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New York Times Science

Archaeologists Find Hundreds of Ancient Glyphs in the Amazon

New York Times Science

‘This Is Very Strange’: Ancient Smallpox May Have Been Less Deadly

Scientists have found smallpox viruses in the remains of people in Chile from around 500 years ago, revealing how the virus may have evolved into a global killer.

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New York Times Science

‘This Is Very Strange’: Ancient Smallpox May Have Been Less Deadly

National Science Foundation

Building the future, atom by atom — NSF deploys $108M for materials science at 6 research centers

The U.S. National Science Foundation is pushing materials science beyond the state-of-the-art with an investment of $108 million in six advanced research centers. The centers will explore a broad range of scientific frontiers, such as exotic…

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National Science Foundation

Building the future, atom by atom — NSF deploys $108M for materials science at 6 research centers