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California, Which Is Creating All the AI That’s Poisoning Children, Just Cracked Down on AI Use for Its Own Kids

All it has to do is look inwards. The post California, Which Is Creating All the AI That's Poisoning Children, Just Cracked Down on AI Use for Its Own Kids appeared first on Futurism.

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California, Which Is Creating All the AI That’s Poisoning Children, Just Cracked Down on AI Use for Its Own Kids

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Bizarre New Websites Are Designed Specifically to Spark Dopamine in Your Brain

Cutting to the chase of having fun. The post Bizarre New Websites Are Designed Specifically to Spark Dopamine in Your Brain appeared first on Futurism.

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Bizarre New Websites Are Designed Specifically to Spark Dopamine in Your Brain

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Sam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid

How convenient. The post Sam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid appeared first on Futurism.

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Sam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid

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Police Investigator Accused of Making Over 4,000 Illegal Flock Camera Searches

"It literally breaks my heart." The post Police Investigator Accused of Making Over 4,000 Illegal Flock Camera Searches appeared first on Futurism.

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Police Investigator Accused of Making Over 4,000 Illegal Flock Camera Searches

WIRED Science

AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power

Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.

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AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power

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With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions

“There’s no reason we can’t think that, at some point in the future, we can have volcano forecasts that are like weather forecasts.”

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With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions

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Aging Congress Is Completely Ill-Equipped to Regulate AI, or Seemingly Even Understand It

"There is a percentage of my colleagues who are still trying to spell AI." The post Aging Congress Is Completely Ill-Equipped to Regulate AI, or Seemingly Even Understand It appeared first on Futurism.

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Aging Congress Is Completely Ill-Equipped to Regulate AI, or Seemingly Even Understand It

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Earth May Have Had a Larger Cousin that the Sun Devoured

The Sun may have a few skeletons in the closet. The post Earth May Have Had a Larger Cousin that the Sun Devoured appeared first on Futurism.

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Earth May Have Had a Larger Cousin that the Sun Devoured

WIRED Science

‘I’m Really Terrified’: A Mathematician Grapples With AI’s Recent Breakthroughs

Steven Strogatz coauthored a book about how math is moving beyond human understanding. He spoke with WIRED about the seismic impact artificial intelligence has had on his life’s work.

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WIRED Science

‘I’m Really Terrified’: A Mathematician Grapples With AI’s Recent Breakthroughs

New York Times Science

Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought

New estimates using the planet’s surface wrinkles show that our smallest planet is growing even smaller, at a faster clip than expected.

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New York Times Science

Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought

New York Times Science

How Did a Heart Drug With So Much Promise Fall So Flat?

Cardiologists are struggling to figure out why a drug that should have prevented heart attacks didn’t work at all.

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How Did a Heart Drug With So Much Promise Fall So Flat?

New York Times Science

How the New iPhone Duo’s Glass Screen Bends Without Breaking

The screens of foldable phones are a triumph of materials science and microengineering.

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New York Times Science

How the New iPhone Duo’s Glass Screen Bends Without Breaking

New York Times Science

The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem

Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.

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New York Times Science

The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem

New York Times Science

A.I. Could Possibly End Humanity. How Are Humans Supposed to Process That?

The technology is far from the only existential risk our species faces. But weighing such cosmic fears can become a mind-bending exercise.

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New York Times Science

A.I. Could Possibly End Humanity. How Are Humans Supposed to Process That?

New York Times Science

Could Your Chatbot Be Stealing Ideas From You? It’s a Thorny Question.

A controversy around OpenAI’s latest math proof raises a fear that might become increasingly common: that A.I. tools could take valuable insights from one user and hand them to another.

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New York Times Science

Could Your Chatbot Be Stealing Ideas From You? It’s a Thorny Question.

WIRED Science

August 2026 Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded: Copernicus Data

While the strengthening El Niño helped boost temperatures, climate change is the main culprit for making August so hot.

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WIRED Science

August 2026 Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded: Copernicus Data

National Science Foundation

NSF leadership in a new golden age of science

The U.S. National Science Foundation was established in 1950 to keep American discovery at the frontier. That mission has not changed. The science and technology ecosystem around it has...

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NSF leadership in a new golden age of science