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Meta Employee Attacks Zuckerberg for Collecting Every Employee Keystroke

“But zooming out, I don’t want to live in a world where humans — employees or otherwise — are exploited for their training data." The post Meta Employee Attacks Zuckerberg for Collecting Every Employee Keystroke appeared first on Futurism.

5 hours ago

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Meta Employee Attacks Zuckerberg for Collecting Every Employee Keystroke

Futurism

Devious Prankster Posts Real Monet Painting, Tells People It’s AI-Generated, and Watches the Chaos Unfold

"Please describe, in as much detail as possible, what makes this inferior to a real Monet painting." The post Devious Prankster Posts Real Monet Painting, Tells People It's AI-Generated, and Watches the Chaos Unfold appeared first on Futurism.

6 hours ago

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Devious Prankster Posts Real Monet Painting, Tells People It’s AI-Generated, and Watches the Chaos Unfold

New York Times Science

A Taxidermist Gives Dead Animals a New Life

The creation, care and keeping of creatures is a responsibility the last full-time museum taxidermist in the U.S. takes both seriously and joyfully.

7 hours ago

New York Times Science

A Taxidermist Gives Dead Animals a New Life

Futurism

AI Appears to Be Trapping Certain Job Applicants in a Limbo Where They Never Get an Interview for “Reasons” That Are ...

"I crawled out of a f**king black hole." The post AI Appears to Be Trapping Certain Job Applicants in a Limbo Where They Never Get an Interview for "Reasons" That Are Completely Unfair appeared first on Futurism.

8 hours ago

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AI Appears to Be Trapping Certain Job Applicants in a Limbo Where They Never Get an Interview for “Reasons” That Are ...

Futurism

Someone Asked Physicists What They Really Believe About the Universe and… Yikes

Does anyone know anything? The post Someone Asked Physicists What They Really Believe About the Universe and… Yikes appeared first on Futurism.

9 hours ago

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Someone Asked Physicists What They Really Believe About the Universe and… Yikes

Futurism

If AI Causes a Mass Unemployment Crisis, Will the Public Explode Into Violence?

"AI generates the structural conditions historically associated with the onset of political violence." The post If AI Causes a Mass Unemployment Crisis, Will the Public Explode Into Violence? appeared first on Futurism.

10 hours ago

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If AI Causes a Mass Unemployment Crisis, Will the Public Explode Into Violence?

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WIRED Science

Build a Radio Wave Detector With Balls of Aluminum Foil!

Here’s how you can hack together a radio transmitter and receiver out of stuff you have at home—and explore the weirdness of wireless.

12 hours ago

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Build a Radio Wave Detector With Balls of Aluminum Foil!

WIRED Science

We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus

There are no confirmed cases in the US, but 41 people who were potentially exposed to the Andes virus are in quarantine or being monitored for symptoms.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus

Futurism

Sam Altman Faces Nightmare Questions in Cross-Examination

"I believe I am an honest and trustworthy business person." The post Sam Altman Faces Nightmare Questions in Cross-Examination appeared first on Futurism.

1 day ago

Futurism

Sam Altman Faces Nightmare Questions in Cross-Examination

National Science Foundation

NSF announces $1.5B NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science efforts

Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced $1.5 billion over the next decade toward the NSF X-Labs initiative to tackle pressing scientific challenges through novel and innovative...

1 day ago

National Science Foundation

NSF announces $1.5B NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science efforts

WIRED Science

What It Will Take to Make AI Sustainable

Researcher Sasha Luccioni argues we need better emissions data and a better sense of how people are using AI in the first place.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

What It Will Take to Make AI Sustainable

New York Times Science

A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge

In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge

WIRED Science

Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus

A University of Nebraska lab has developed a test that can detect the virus before symptoms become severe. Now, it's ready to start testing those returning to the US after a cruise outbreak.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus

WIRED Science

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Got Its Drill Stuck on a Rock. Here’s How They Freed It

This is the first time NASA has encountered a situation like this, and it took nearly a week to resolve.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Got Its Drill Stuck on a Rock. Here’s How They Freed It