- 9 years ago Sticky: Check out /t/futurism instead!
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Most outsourced coders in India will be gone in 2 years due to A.I., Stability AI boss predicts
Most outsourced programmers in India will see their jobs wiped out in the next year or two, Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque said.
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AI is a "tragedy of the commons." We’ve got solutions for that.
"Arms race" is the wrong mental model for AI. Here’s a better one.
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Google's Bard chatbot finally launches in the EU, now supports more than 40 languages
Google has expanded Bard, its AI-powered chatbot, to more countries and introduced new features like a tone adjustment toggle.
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket engine explodes during testing
It's a destructive setback with potential ramifications for the company's customer United Launch Alliance as well as Blue Origin's own rocket New Glenn.
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Harvard Will Teach Students Using an AI Instructor Next Semester
Starting in September, a popular intro-level coding course at Harvard University, CS50, will be taught by an AI professor.
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Opinion: Lab-grown meat is an expensive distraction from reality
Lab-grown meat has been hailed as the future, a more ethical and environmentally friendly option than factory farm meat. Unfortunately, the hype is mostly an illusion, writes Alice Driver.
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Toyota Is Right: We Need More Hybrid Cars and Fewer EVs. Here's Why
The auto industry is going all-in on electric vehicles, but a better way to lower emissions quickly is staring us in the face: hybrids.
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Smart watches may detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms
New UK Dementia Research Institute Research suggests smart watches could identify Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before symptoms appear
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New ChatGPT Lawsuits May Be Start of AI's Legal Sh-tstorm
OpenAI faces allegations of privacy invasion and violating authors’ copyright — but this may be just the tip of the iceberg
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You may never need to plug in your electric car again. Here's how.
Charging an electric car can be frustrating and time-consuming. Battery swapping, wireless charging, and other innovations could change things.
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Illegal trade in AI child sex abuse images exposed
Paedophiles are using the technology to create and sell life-like abuse material, the BBC finds.
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Generative AI models are encoding biases and negative stereotypes in their users, say researchers
In the space of a few months generative AI models, such as ChatGPT, Google's Bard and Midjourney, have been adopted by more and more people in a variety of professional and personal ways.
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You think the internet is a clown show now? You ain’t seen nothing yet
Social media platforms are laying off their ‘trust and safety’ teams. Brace yourself for a new wave of unfettered misinformation and abuse
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Microsoft says its weird new particle could improve quantum computers
Researchers at Microsoft say they have created elusive quasiparticles called Majorana zero modes – but scientists outside the company are sceptical
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Generative AI could have the biggest impacts on high earners, not people in low-paid jobs, McKinsey analysis finds
Recent generative AI iterations have focused on improving the cognitive skills needed for knowledge work in high-paid jobs, McKinsey's analysts wrote.
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The chip industry can't keep up with the A.I. revolution
Commentary: Chip companies are struggling to innovatem, right as we need more powerful chips for A.I., argues Rakesh Kumar.
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Carbon emissions from fertilisers could be reduced by as much as 80% by 2050
Researchers have calculated the carbon footprint for the full life cycle of fertilisers, which are responsible for approximately five percent of total
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Fantasy fears about AI are obscuring how we already abuse machine intelligence | Kenan Malik
We blame technology for decisions really made by governments and corporations
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Elon Musk's Neuralink 'brain chips' cleared for 1st in-human trials
Brain implants developed by Elon Musk's company Neuralink have been approved for human testing. The safety of the devices previously came under scrutiny following reports of "botched surgeries" in animal test subjects.
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Moving Too Fast on AI Could Be Terrible for Humanity
We shouldn’t let people throw the world away in a perverse race to destruction, writes AI researcher Katja Grace