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Prisons Using AI to Predict When Incarcerated People Will Commit Future Crimes

It's going to "optimize placement of incarcerated individuals." The post Prisons Using AI to Predict When Incarcerated People Will Commit Future Crimes appeared first on Futurism.

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Prisons Using AI to Predict When Incarcerated People Will Commit Future Crimes

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Microsoft Patents an AI That Can Literally Put Words in People’s Mouths in Real Time

There's simply no way something like this wouldn't get abused almost immediately. The post Microsoft Patents an AI That Can Literally Put Words in People's Mouths in Real Time appeared first on Futurism.

2 hours ago

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Microsoft Patents an AI That Can Literally Put Words in People’s Mouths in Real Time

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New Data Centers in the US Set to Wipe Out 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Reductions

"The numbers continue to sort of boggle our minds." The post New Data Centers in the US Set to Wipe Out 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Reductions appeared first on Futurism.

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New Data Centers in the US Set to Wipe Out 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Reductions

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Former Crypto Regulator Insists That Gambling on the Weather Is Inherently a Good Thing and “Human Nature”

"Like it or not, people like to gamble." The post Former Crypto Regulator Insists That Gambling on the Weather Is Inherently a Good Thing and "Human Nature" appeared first on Futurism.

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Former Crypto Regulator Insists That Gambling on the Weather Is Inherently a Good Thing and “Human Nature”

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Innocent People Are Being Accused of Shoplifting by Faulty AI-Facial Recognition Systems at an Alarming Rate

"It's the stuff of Kafkaesque nightmares." The post Innocent People Are Being Accused of Shoplifting by Faulty AI-Facial Recognition Systems at an Alarming Rate appeared first on Futurism.

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Innocent People Are Being Accused of Shoplifting by Faulty AI-Facial Recognition Systems at an Alarming Rate

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Fox News Takes Massive Ratings Hit As It Triples Down on Pro-Data Center Coverage

"Just in case there were any dummies who thought Fox News cares what voters want." The post Fox News Takes Massive Ratings Hit As It Triples Down on Pro-Data Center Coverage appeared first on Futurism.

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Fox News Takes Massive Ratings Hit As It Triples Down on Pro-Data Center Coverage

WIRED Science

Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences

Outsourcing planning to AI can lead people to surrender their own critical thinking, which can have potentially deadly results in places like the backcountry.

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Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences

WIRED Science

A Newly Discovered Trail of Cosmic Debris Illustrates How the End of the Solar System Could Look

A dying star 1,600 light-years from Earth is surrounded by two rings of gas and dust that astronomers believe are the remnants of the planetary bodies it once hosted.

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WIRED Science

A Newly Discovered Trail of Cosmic Debris Illustrates How the End of the Solar System Could Look

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Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out

In the 1960’s, an odd experiment showed planarian worms could transfer memories by consuming each other. It was a sensational finding—that is until the worms stopped learning.

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Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out

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White Dwarfs Aren’t Just White. Scientists Discover Dying Stars Turning Pink and Green

Astronomers find that a white dwarf’s density and the kind of material it absorbed from its surroundings can produce a rainbow of shades in the star’s atmosphere.

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WIRED Science

White Dwarfs Aren’t Just White. Scientists Discover Dying Stars Turning Pink and Green

New York Times Science

A Meteorite Found in the Sahara Is a 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Piece of Mars

Minerals in the space rock provide hints about the early history of the red planet, when water was flowing on the surface.

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New York Times Science

A Meteorite Found in the Sahara Is a 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Piece of Mars

New York Times Science

Conservation Efforts for Caucasian Leopards Show Promise

In Armenia, a three-legged Caucasian leopard’s astonishing hike signals that conservation efforts for the endangered animal may be working.

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New York Times Science

Conservation Efforts for Caucasian Leopards Show Promise

New York Times Science

The New DNA Technology That Linked Ted Bundy to a 52-Year-Old Cold Case

Software known as STRmix was instrumental in identifying Mr. Bundy’s DNA in a decades-old sample.

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New York Times Science

The New DNA Technology That Linked Ted Bundy to a 52-Year-Old Cold Case

New York Times Science

As Picard on ‘Star Trek’, Patrick Stewart Influenced Generations of Scientists

Stewart’s iconic “Star Trek” character inspired astronomers and astronauts in countless ways: “You were the captain of my childhood,” one astrophysicist said.

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New York Times Science

As Picard on ‘Star Trek’, Patrick Stewart Influenced Generations of Scientists

New York Times Science

Three Stone Age Caves Reveal Continual Cannibalism

A tour of the three caves in southern Spain suggests that people in the area cannibalized one another as funerary practice over many generations.

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New York Times Science

Three Stone Age Caves Reveal Continual Cannibalism

WIRED Science

Crematoria Are Being Used to Heat Homes and Swimming Pools

European countries are leading the way harvesting heat that would otherwise be wasted as green death practices become more common.

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WIRED Science

Crematoria Are Being Used to Heat Homes and Swimming Pools

New York Times Science

Dozens of Headless Skeletons Pose a Macabre Mystery

Mass graves found at a Stone Age farming settlement in Slovakia have researchers baffled about the details — including the location of the missing skulls.

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New York Times Science

Dozens of Headless Skeletons Pose a Macabre Mystery

WIRED Science

What to Know About China’s Top-Secret Spaceplane

This week, the Pentagon released a full-resolution image of the vehicle, the capabilities of which remain rather mysterious.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

What to Know About China’s Top-Secret Spaceplane