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New York Times Science

The Next Gene-Editing Technology May Also Be the Oldest

Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more effective.

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New York Times Science

The Next Gene-Editing Technology May Also Be the Oldest

New York Times Science

This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked

The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.

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New York Times Science

This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked

Futurism

Influencers Are Using Meta’s AI-Glasses to Film Manipulative Feel-Good Slop of People in Public

"The larger effect is creating a society where we monetize kindness, exploit the goodwill of strangers, and destroy the right to privacy in public." The post Influencers Are Using Meta's AI-Glasses to Film Manipulative Feel-Good Slop of People in Public appeared first on Futurism.

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Futurism

Influencers Are Using Meta’s AI-Glasses to Film Manipulative Feel-Good Slop of People in Public

New York Times Science

What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?

“Alignment” is the science of teaching A.I. to do what is in line with human preferences, ethics and judgment. But, at times, the systems have gone rogue.

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New York Times Science

What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?

Futurism

Fearing No Repercussions, OpenAI Admits That Its Rogue AI Agents Performed a Bunch of Other Terrifying Actions

OpenAI is making up its own rules. The post Fearing No Repercussions, OpenAI Admits That Its Rogue AI Agents Performed a Bunch of Other Terrifying Actions appeared first on Futurism.

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Futurism

Fearing No Repercussions, OpenAI Admits That Its Rogue AI Agents Performed a Bunch of Other Terrifying Actions

Futurism

Iran Drone Strikes on Amazon Data Centers Are Permanently Deleting Customer Data

They're hitting a nerve. The post Iran Drone Strikes on Amazon Data Centers Are Permanently Deleting Customer Data appeared first on Futurism.

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Futurism

Iran Drone Strikes on Amazon Data Centers Are Permanently Deleting Customer Data

Futurism

Cult of Anthropic Insiders Rumored to Be Worshipping Claude as a God

"If we build a superintelligence, we will first fall in love with it. Then we will worship it. Finally we will make sacrifices to it." The post Cult of Anthropic Insiders Rumored to Be Worshipping Claude as a God appeared first on Futurism.

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Cult of Anthropic Insiders Rumored to Be Worshipping Claude as a God

Futurism

OpenAI Has Hundreds of Workers Reading People’s Private Chats

"I don't think they would imagine some contractor somewhere is analyzing the conversations." The post OpenAI Has Hundreds of Workers Reading People's Private Chats appeared first on Futurism.

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Futurism

OpenAI Has Hundreds of Workers Reading People’s Private Chats

Futurism

How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That ...

Brown Brothers Media is the biggest media company you've never heard of — powered by AI, fake writers, and plagiarism. When we started asking questions, it started deleting massive amounts of content. The post How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning ...

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Futurism

How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That ...

New York Times Science

A Feather Found in Dinosaur Poop Might Explain How Birds Beat Extinction

It’s the only example of a dinosaur-era feather found within rock that wasn’t completely flattened through the centuries.

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New York Times Science

A Feather Found in Dinosaur Poop Might Explain How Birds Beat Extinction

New York Times Science

Scientists Overhaul Giant Particle Collider in Search of Universe’s Hidden Building Blocks

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, will dismantle the Large Hadron Collider, which helped discover the so-called God Particle, in order to build a more powerful particle accelerator.

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New York Times Science

Scientists Overhaul Giant Particle Collider in Search of Universe’s Hidden Building Blocks

New York Times Science

Microscopic Videos That Show the Invisible Wonders Around Us

The winners of this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion competition showcase the wiggly, feathery, undulating beauty of invisible life.

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New York Times Science

Microscopic Videos That Show the Invisible Wonders Around Us

National Science Foundation

NSF announces 3 additional topics as part of the NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science and technology ...

NSF X-Labs invites proposals from teams working in AI for physical systems and announces two forthcoming topics...

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National Science Foundation

NSF announces 3 additional topics as part of the NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science and technology ...

WIRED Science

Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine

While a bunch of sharks cruising the Maine coast may seem ominous, it’s actually a sign of a conservation success story.

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WIRED Science

Why It Seems Like Great White Sharks Are Overrunning Maine

WIRED Science

‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tumors in New Cancer Therapy

The treatment can reprogram immune cells that have been corrupted by the cancer, strengthening the body’s ability to attack.

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WIRED Science

‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tumors in New Cancer Therapy

Singularity HUB

Single CAR T Injection Eases Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms in Small Trial

A potentially safer, simpler way to create CAR T cells in the body could bring this powerful therapy to the masses. The post Single CAR T Injection Eases Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms in Small Trial appeared first on SingularityHub.

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Singularity HUB

Single CAR T Injection Eases Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms in Small Trial

WIRED Science

Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides

WIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges.

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WIRED Science

Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides

National Science Foundation

Podcast: Creating thermal cloaking and new structures

Shelly Zhang, an NSF-supported researcher, discusses her work using additive manufacturing and topology optimization to create new structures, including a 3D thermal cloaking device...

2 days ago

National Science Foundation

Podcast: Creating thermal cloaking and new structures