Dex Hunter-Torrike, former head of Google DeepMind, a leading AI research company, has issued a stark warning about a gl…
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Professor Ivan San of the University of Delaware told the Daily Mail that robotic police officers could be patrolling our streets by 2031. These real-life ‘Robocops’ would be capable of…
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Science & Technology
Anthropic Warns Today’s AI Could Help Plan Catastrophic Crimes — Urgent Safeguards Needed
The risk of artificial intelligence becoming a tool for catastrophic crimes is no longer just theoretical—companies are calling for urgent security measures, reports ZME Science. Anthropic’s new report says current…
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For most people, estimating a bear’s weight or fur color isn’t a top priority during an unexpected encounter in the woods. However, for ecologists and zoologists, these details are crucial…
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British police are entering a high-tech era: AI-powered tools will now be part of their crime-fighting arsenal. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says these new technologies will “increase the number of…
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Researchers at Stanford University and collaborators developed an AI system that predicts the risk of developing numerous diseases by analyzing data from just one night of sleep. By examining a…
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Google Maps has a new competitor. Using a machine-learning model, engineers at the Technical University of Munich have built an interactive map that displays 3D models of 2.75 billion buildings…
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A new eccentric menu at the Dubai restaurant WooHoo has been crafted by an artificial intelligence system known as Aiman. Although Chef Aiman doesn’t physically prepare the dishes in the…
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A groundbreaking technology employed by astrobiologists and planetary scientists at the Carnegie Science research organization in the U.S. has unveiled some of Earth’s oldest secrets and may soon be tested…
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You might think you know the roar — the one from the iconic MGM logo that opens films. However, the famous roar was actually voiced by a tiger. Compared to…
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Olaf is alive! Those who witnessed the unveiling of the holiday gift Disney prepared for park guests say the robot Olaf is truly impressive. Even more credit goes to his…
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Science & Technology
How AI Helped Decode Sperm Whale ‘Vowels’ — Their Clicks Include Diphthongs Like Human Speech
By decoding the acoustic communication of sperm whales, a team of scientists from the Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI) and the University of California, Berkeley discovered common patterns in the language…
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The term “poisoning” usually brings to mind the human body. Lately, though, it’s being used for artificial intelligence too. AI “poisoning” threatens AI models—especially large ones like ChatGPT and Claude.…
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Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich have taught a robot dog named ANYmal to swiftly navigate a badminton court, track the shuttlecock’s movement, reach for it with…
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A team of British and American scientists has outlined a range of plausible ways AI could go off the rails. In total, they identified 32 scenarios. During their research, the…
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AI is a hot topic of discussion among nearly all demographics. However, it might seem that only young, socially active individuals are utilizing it. Surprisingly, older Americans are using it…
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Teams training AI models to pilot spacecraft were surprised when ChatGPT, a large language model, performed so well it finished second in a competitive test of autonomous piloting. The researchers…
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Famous artists often ran large workshops of students who helped create their masterpieces. So this story matters not just because an assistant may have worked on the painting, but because…
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Using AI and fresh radiocarbon dating, researchers at the University of Groningen say some Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than previously believed. In the mid-20th century, Bedouin shepherds discovered…
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This scroll is one of hundreds discovered in the library of an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum, a city on Italy’s western coast that, along with Pompeii, was destroyed by…
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AI has generated a portrait of Jesus using the faint facial imprint on the Shroud of Turin, a burial cloth long believed to have wrapped the crucified Messiah. In the…
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Italian papyrologist Graziano Ranocchia from the University of Pisa has announced that he and his team have discovered the long-lost burial site of the famous Greek philosopher Plato. To do…
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According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. A staggering 80 percent of deaths attributed to these ailments occur in low- and middle-income…
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Excess weight, thinning hair, eczema—those are some of the changes linked to microplastic exposure. These tiny plastic particles, measuring less than 5 millimeters, are not biodegradable. They can linger in…
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Many of us know the term lethologica, which refers to difficulty finding or recalling words in everyday life. This problem usually becomes more common as we age. Struggling to find…
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Health & Beauty
This AI Estimates ‘Visible Age’ From Chest X-rays — and Flags Hidden Chronic Disease
Some people look far older than their years. Japanese researchers found that, in some cases, that appearance can be linked to an illness the person doesn’t know they have. They…
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AI can help urban planners turn land-development visions into reality far faster than people can, according to Chinese researchers. Their study shows how machine learning can produce more efficient spatial…
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Design & Architecture
Archibiotics of Paris: How AI Reimagined Haussmann’s Buildings as Living Architecture
Of course this is fantasy — a bit of a game. It’s hard to imagine anyone seriously proposing to transform Paris’s historic buildings, even for a noble cause like greening…
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The visual fantasies of Manas Bhatia, an architecture designer from New Delhi, transport us to a city of the future. The settlement looks far more advanced than any modern human…
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Digital designer Markus Birn has created a series of household appliances that pay homage to the works of Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí. The artist worked with artificial intelligence — specifically…
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Frank Jacobus, a designer and professor at the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas, has long been fascinated with turning ordinary objects into art. Recently he…
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Experts called the results of this experiment astonishing. Kaffa Roastery is one of Finland’s leading coffee roasters, based in Helsinki. Founder Svante Hampf introduced a coffee blend called AI-conic that…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly part of our lives: it’s used in marketing, design, finance, and manufacturing, and it makes many jobs easier. But recent studies have found that workers…
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German researchers developed two machine-learning algorithms that can determine the country of origin for different whiskeys and analyze their aromas. Whiskey aroma is a complex mix of fragrant compounds, which…
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The Chapel of St. Peter in Lucerne has replaced the priest’s confessional with a digital avatar of Jesus. This installation, titled Deus in Machina, is part of a scientific initiative…
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These scenarios sound like science fiction. But by 2100, they could be reality. Ed Johnson, the CEO and co-founder of PushFar, is confident: ‘By 2100, our lives won’t just be…
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Smarter Species Have Wiped Out Others Max Tegmark, an MIT physicist and AI researcher, has issued a stark warning about humanity’s future. He points out that, across history, more intelligent…
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Augmented reality holograms, robotic assistants, 3D-printed transforming walls, obedient screens… All of these, and more, are tools of artificial intelligence embedded in quirky yet practical architectural forms. This reality, which…
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British filmmaker Duncan Thomsen has introduced famous historical figures — and even cavemen — to the world through the trendy format of selfies. For decades, anthropologists have struggled to reconstruct…
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A Princeton University study has identified 20 professions most at risk from artificial intelligence. Topping the list are call center operators, educators across various disciplines, and sociologists. In recent years,…
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A team at the University of California, Los Angeles has developed a device that could cut the cost of diagnosing this serious neurological disease. Parkinson’s disease is the second most…
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A team of Japanese, French, and American researchers used an artificial intelligence system to identify 303 geoglyphs on the Nazca Plateau. Some stand out for their gigantic sizes and eerie…
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Researchers at Boston University say we still don’t know exactly what causes Alzheimer’s disease. But we do know its consequences, and they’re getting better at spotting early — even hidden…