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OpenAI Realizes It Made a Terrible Mistake

OpenAI claims to have figured out what's driving "hallucinations," or AI models' strong tendency to make up answers that are factually incorrect. It's a major problem plaguing the entire industry, greatly undercutting the usefulness of the tech. Worse yet, experts have found that the problem is getting ...

11 hours ago

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OpenAI Realizes It Made a Terrible Mistake

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Youth Group in Nepal Overthrows Government, Elects New Leader via Discord Poll

Nepal's government collapsed this week following an ill-advised attempt to ban social media outright. The lifting of the social media ban on Monday was unable to quell a surge in anger. Youth-led groups of "Gen Z" people clashed with police in the streets of the capital, Kathmandu, protesting growing ...

13 hours ago

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Youth Group in Nepal Overthrows Government, Elects New Leader via Discord Poll

Futurism

AI Murder Cult Hearing Devolves Into Courtroom Chaos

In a pretrial hearing for two of the so-called "Zizians," the alleged cult started by a charismatic, cape-wearing vegan named Jack "Ziz" LaSota who wanted to save the world from killer AI, a screaming defendant and a trash-talking attorney turned the otherwise serious appearance into a bona fide circus. ...

14 hours ago

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AI Murder Cult Hearing Devolves Into Courtroom Chaos

WIRED Science

The Quest to Find the Longest-Running Simple Computer Program

The Busy Beaver Challenge, a notoriously difficult question in theoretical computer science, is now producing answers so large they're impossible to write out using standard mathematical notation.

15 hours ago

WIRED Science

The Quest to Find the Longest-Running Simple Computer Program

Futurism

James Gunn Slams AI-Generated Batman

As generative AI slop is threatening to turn Hollywood on its head, not everybody in the industry is enthusiastic about the proposition. In a hilarious counter to a fan's AI-generated image of actor Brandon Sklenar dressed as the DC Comics' Batman, DC Studios filmmaker and "Superman" director James ...

15 hours ago

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James Gunn Slams AI-Generated Batman

Futurism

Fringe Movement Claims the Entirety of Modern Physics Is Wrong

It's one thing when a respected scientist has a novel idea of what dark matter or dark energy might be, or what could explain spooky quantum phenomena like entanglement and superpositions. But the wonders of the internet has brought an entire economy built on outrage and conspiracy theories, enabling ...

16 hours ago

Futurism

Fringe Movement Claims the Entirety of Modern Physics Is Wrong

Futurism

Woman Sends Money to "Stranded Astronaut" So He Can "Buy Oxygen"

The sky's the limit for how outrageously implausible some scams can get. Actually, try beyond the atmosphere. An elderly woman in Japan sent thousands of dollars to a trickster who claimed to be an astronaut trapped in space and in danger of suffocating, the Agence France-Presse reports. In fairness ...

1 day ago

Futurism

Woman Sends Money to "Stranded Astronaut" So He Can "Buy Oxygen"

WIRED Science

Big Businesses Are Doing Carbon Dioxide Removal All Wrong

The technology is needed to limit global warming. But corporations are supporting it in lieu of reducing emissions.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

Big Businesses Are Doing Carbon Dioxide Removal All Wrong

Singularity HUB

I Got an AI to Impersonate Me and Teach Me My Own Course—Here’s What I Learned About the Future of Education

I asked an AI agent to play the role of me, an Oxford lecturer on media and AI, and teach me a personal master’s course, based entirely on my own work. The post I Got an AI to Impersonate Me and Teach Me My Own Course—Here’s What I Learned About the Future of Education appeared first on SingularityHub. ...

2 days ago

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I Got an AI to Impersonate Me and Teach Me My Own Course—Here’s What I Learned About the Future of Education