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OpenAI Just Hired a Guy Accused of Terrible Things

OpenAI hired the cofounder Character.AI, a startup linked to a spate of minor suicides. The post OpenAI Just Hired a Guy Accused of Terrible Things appeared first on Futurism.

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OpenAI Just Hired a Guy Accused of Terrible Things

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Cop Accused of Using AI to Fake Evidence

The officer allegedly used AI to "create evidential material in a number of cases." The post Cop Accused of Using AI to Fake Evidence appeared first on Futurism.

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Cop Accused of Using AI to Fake Evidence

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Weather So Brutal That Dean Passes Out at College Graduation

Outdoor surface temperatures reached 155 degrees Fahrenheit. The post Weather So Brutal That Dean Passes Out at College Graduation appeared first on Futurism.

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Weather So Brutal That Dean Passes Out at College Graduation

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College Students Consumed by “Resignation and Despair” as They’re Relentlessly Pressured to Use AI

"They feel like there's no escaping it." The post College Students Consumed by "Resignation and Despair" as They're Relentlessly Pressured to Use AI appeared first on Futurism.

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College Students Consumed by “Resignation and Despair” as They’re Relentlessly Pressured to Use AI

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Microsoft Announces New Feature That Narcs on You to Your Boss

"Why is Teams designed to tattle on employees at every turn?" The post Microsoft Announces New Feature That Narcs on You to Your Boss appeared first on Futurism.

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Microsoft Announces New Feature That Narcs on You to Your Boss

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Google’s AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real

Google's AI Overviews are having severe trouble distinguishing between fact and fiction. The post Google's AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real appeared first on Futurism.

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Google’s AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real

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Sports Journalists Asked Microsoft’s Copilot to Predict World Cup Matches, and the Results May Surprise You

Can AI predict the outcomes of sports games? The post Sports Journalists Asked Microsoft’s Copilot to Predict World Cup Matches, and the Results May Surprise You appeared first on Futurism.

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Sports Journalists Asked Microsoft’s Copilot to Predict World Cup Matches, and the Results May Surprise You

New York Times Science

François Englert, Nobelist Who Helped Predict the ‘God Particle,’ Dies at 93

His work paved the way for the discovery of the Higgs boson, which explained how particles acquire mass, solving one of the deepest mysteries in physics.

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François Englert, Nobelist Who Helped Predict the ‘God Particle,’ Dies at 93

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Scientists Building World’s Most Powerful Radio Telescope Deep in the Nevada Desert

"Radio astronomy is about to go from sketch to photograph." The post Scientists Building World's Most Powerful Radio Telescope Deep in the Nevada Desert appeared first on Futurism.

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Scientists Building World’s Most Powerful Radio Telescope Deep in the Nevada Desert

New York Times Science

In Ancient Pits Near Stonehenge, Scientists See Hints of Solstice Ritual

British archaeologists may have found the remains of a site where people celebrated the solstice thousands of years ago, a few miles from the famed stone circle.

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New York Times Science

In Ancient Pits Near Stonehenge, Scientists See Hints of Solstice Ritual

WIRED Science

The Most Promising Ebola Vaccine Has Been Sitting on the Shelf for 15 Years

Years after initial tests, researchers are now racing to see if a vaccine developed in 2011 can help fight the current Bundibugyo outbreak in Congo.

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The Most Promising Ebola Vaccine Has Been Sitting on the Shelf for 15 Years

New York Times Science

A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death

The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was mild.

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A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death