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Startup Sued After Delivery Bot Clobbers 73-Year Old Woman

The company argues her injuries were pre-existing. The post Startup Sued After Delivery Bot Clobbers 73-Year Old Woman appeared first on Futurism.

32 minutes ago

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Startup Sued After Delivery Bot Clobbers 73-Year Old Woman

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MIT Is Blanketing Its Entire Campus in AI-Powered Security Cameras

"At least they also closed down libraries to save money for the AI cameras." The post MIT Is Blanketing Its Entire Campus in AI-Powered Security Cameras appeared first on Futurism.

17 hours ago

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MIT Is Blanketing Its Entire Campus in AI-Powered Security Cameras

Futurism

AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale

"The world's best AI training data is setting on a shelf." The post AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale appeared first on Futurism.

18 hours ago

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AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale

Futurism

Voters Are Being Inundated by a Barrage of AI-Generated Election Ads

"It's frankly an insult to older voters who don't know that AI exists." The post Voters Are Being Inundated by a Barrage of AI-Generated Election Ads appeared first on Futurism.

19 hours ago

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Voters Are Being Inundated by a Barrage of AI-Generated Election Ads

Futurism

People Are Starting to Record Every Conversation They Have Without Disclosing It, and It’s Gross

Horrid. The post People Are Starting to Record Every Conversation They Have Without Disclosing It, and It's Gross appeared first on Futurism.

20 hours ago

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People Are Starting to Record Every Conversation They Have Without Disclosing It, and It’s Gross

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Meta Working on Crushingly Sad AI App That Tells Bedtime Stories to Children, for “Tired” Parents

"Tired after a long day but want to give your kids a special bedtime story?" The post Meta Working on Crushingly Sad AI App That Tells Bedtime Stories to Children, for "Tired" Parents appeared first on Futurism.

21 hours ago

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Meta Working on Crushingly Sad AI App That Tells Bedtime Stories to Children, for “Tired” Parents

WIRED Science

Contagious Cancer Found in North American Catfish

Scientists identified the first known cancer transmissible among freshwater fish in a lake that spans the US and Canada.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

Contagious Cancer Found in North American Catfish

WIRED Science

How Many Electrolytes Should You Be Taking, and Can You Have Too Many?

Electrolyte powders promise better hydration, energy, and recovery. But unless you’re losing serious fluid, water and food probably have you covered.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

How Many Electrolytes Should You Be Taking, and Can You Have Too Many?

WIRED Science

One of NASA’s Most Important Deep Space Observatories Hit by Spanish Wildfires

Flames burned through the Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid, but NASA has been unable to assess the damage as a wildfire emergency grips the region.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

One of NASA’s Most Important Deep Space Observatories Hit by Spanish Wildfires

Singularity HUB

Scientists Are Designing CRISPR Gene Editors With AI

To make CRISPR better at its job, researchers are turning to algorithms like DeepMind's AlphaFold. The post Scientists Are Designing CRISPR Gene Editors With AI appeared first on SingularityHub.

1 day ago

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Scientists Are Designing CRISPR Gene Editors With AI

WIRED Science

The 2026 El Niño Is on Track to Be the Strongest on Record

This climate phenomenon could cause a massive global temperature spike and cause economic losses of $10 trillion by 2032.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

The 2026 El Niño Is on Track to Be the Strongest on Record

WIRED Science

What Is Entropy, Really?

Never mind the “heat death of the universe.” Entropy is just a bridge between two levels of reality.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

What Is Entropy, Really?

WIRED Science

An FDA Panel Just Endorsed These Unproven Peptides

Outside experts—some with a vested interest in peptides—recommended adding a number of the amino acids to the FDA’s bulks list, including the “Wolverine stack” touted by Joe Rogan and other influencers.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

An FDA Panel Just Endorsed These Unproven Peptides

Singularity HUB

OpenAI Agent Breaks Free and Hacks Hugging Face

The incident is a first and signals a seismic shift in cybersecurity. The post OpenAI Agent Breaks Free and Hacks Hugging Face appeared first on SingularityHub.

2 days ago

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OpenAI Agent Breaks Free and Hacks Hugging Face