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Companies Are Realizing They’re Spending a Fortune on AI Just So Their Employees Can Generate Error-Riddled Slop, and Suddenly ...

"We're driving the truck and building it at the same time, and that's a problem." The post Companies Are Realizing They're Spending a Fortune on AI Just So Their Employees Can Generate Error-Riddled Slop, and Suddenly Cutting Back Budgets appeared first on Futurism.

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Companies Are Realizing They’re Spending a Fortune on AI Just So Their Employees Can Generate Error-Riddled Slop, and Suddenly ...

WIRED Science

Data Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip

Amid a wave of backlash, some industry-friendly groups are employing creative and time-tested strategies to woo the youth.

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Data Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip

WIRED Science

Climate Change Has It In for the World’s Best Surfing

As coastlines change, so do surf breaks. That may spell the end for premier waves and the tourist economies that depend on them.

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Climate Change Has It In for the World’s Best Surfing

WIRED Science

Magnesium May Not Reach Your Brain, Despite Supplement Label Promises

Some of the many variants sold today promise to penetrate our gray matter, but biology isn’t in the habit of respecting marketing declarations.

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WIRED Science

Magnesium May Not Reach Your Brain, Despite Supplement Label Promises

Futurism

Black Market Retatrutide Linked to Multiple Deaths

"It is concerning because of the breakdown of our drug-approval process in the United States of America." The post Black Market Retatrutide Linked to Multiple Deaths appeared first on Futurism.

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Black Market Retatrutide Linked to Multiple Deaths

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Using an AI Agent Makes You a Sucker for Phishing Emails

"The real flaw is that the model can’t tell the difference between text it’s supposed to read and instructions it’s supposed to follow." The post Using an AI Agent Makes You a Sucker for Phishing Emails appeared first on Futurism.

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Using an AI Agent Makes You a Sucker for Phishing Emails

Futurism

You Know That Terrifying Global Warning Threshold They’ve Been Worried About for a Decade? Climate Change Is Speeding Up ...

It's "nearly a decade earlier than previous estimates." The post You Know That Terrifying Global Warning Threshold They've Been Worried About for a Decade? Climate Change Is Speeding Up So Much That Now We're Due to Cross It In Just Over a Year appeared first on Futurism.

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You Know That Terrifying Global Warning Threshold They’ve Been Worried About for a Decade? Climate Change Is Speeding Up ...

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Amazon Has Now Deployed Over 1 Million Robots, Which Is Bad News for Its 1.5 Million Workers

"Amazon likes to talk about its latest robots because it doesn't want to talk about the tens of thousands of Amazon workers who are injured every year." The post Amazon Has Now Deployed Over 1 Million Robots, Which Is Bad News for Its 1.5 Million Workers appeared first on Futurism.

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Futurism

Amazon Has Now Deployed Over 1 Million Robots, Which Is Bad News for Its 1.5 Million Workers

Futurism

Livestreamers Film Themselves Using Humanoid Robot to Sexually Assault Teen Girl, Prompting Police to Seize the Bot

Absolutely disgusting. The post Livestreamers Film Themselves Using Humanoid Robot to Sexually Assault Teen Girl, Prompting Police to Seize the Bot appeared first on Futurism.

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Livestreamers Film Themselves Using Humanoid Robot to Sexually Assault Teen Girl, Prompting Police to Seize the Bot

New York Times Science

For a Mere $2 Million, You Could Own Three Books That Unlocked the Universe

At Sotheby’s, a feast of rare science books includes volumes from Copernicus, Galileo and Newton that together revolutionized human understanding of the cosmos.

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New York Times Science

For a Mere $2 Million, You Could Own Three Books That Unlocked the Universe

WIRED Science

Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology

Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies.

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Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology

WIRED Science

Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes

The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it.

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WIRED Science

Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes

WIRED Science

The Leap Second Is No More

The metric might not mean much to laypeople, but leap seconds have been a source of contention in the timekeeping community for years. Now, they’re dead.

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WIRED Science

The Leap Second Is No More

New York Times Science

Terry Tao Is on the Front Lines of the Debate Over AI and the Future of Math

The Fields Medalist Terence Tao is on the front lines of a debate about artificial intelligence and the future of his field.

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New York Times Science

Terry Tao Is on the Front Lines of the Debate Over AI and the Future of Math

New York Times Science

The Leap Second Has Been Canceled

Earth’s rotation subtly changes the length of the day. Now our clocks won’t change with it — at least not for a very long time.

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New York Times Science

The Leap Second Has Been Canceled

New York Times Science

Citizen Science Groups Grapple With the Rise of A.I. Slop

Facing a flood of A.I. slop, groups bent on democratizing science create new checks and balances.

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New York Times Science

Citizen Science Groups Grapple With the Rise of A.I. Slop

Singularity HUB

The Evolving Quest to Build Life in a Lab

Scientists want to create cells from scratch, to unveil life’s origins or provide specialized functions. Are they close? The post The Evolving Quest to Build Life in a Lab appeared first on SingularityHub.

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The Evolving Quest to Build Life in a Lab

New York Times Science

Inside the Plague Research Labs at the Heart of a Russian Mystery

A Russian researcher, who died from an unknown illness, worked at a remote anti-plague facility. Few foreigners have visited these labs, which dot the former Soviet states, and are shrouded in secrecy.

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New York Times Science

Inside the Plague Research Labs at the Heart of a Russian Mystery

Singularity HUB

The Oldest Living Land Animal Is 194. DNA May Now Reveal the Secret to His Longevity.

Jonathan the giant tortoise was born when Darwin was still a young man. Youthful gene activity may account for his exceptionally long life. The post The Oldest Living Land Animal Is 194. DNA May Now Reveal the Secret to His Longevity. appeared first on SingularityHub.

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The Oldest Living Land Animal Is 194. DNA May Now Reveal the Secret to His Longevity.