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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

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GLP-1 Users Are Being Cruelly Shamed by Their Own Families

"This has been a life-changing drug so far, and I can't share it with the person I'm closest with." The post GLP-1 Users Are Being Cruelly Shamed by Their Own Families appeared first on Futurism.

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GLP-1 Users Are Being Cruelly Shamed by Their Own Families

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College Students Using AI to Cheat Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Avoid Detection

Have they considered simply using their time to do the work instead? The post College Students Using AI to Cheat Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Avoid Detection appeared first on Futurism.

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College Students Using AI to Cheat Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Avoid Detection

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Federal Agents Are Secretly Monitoring Americans’ Financial Transactions So Cops Can Arrest People They Find Suspicious

"If we can't meaningfully review and evaluate these systems, we can't trust them." The post Federal Agents Are Secretly Monitoring Americans' Financial Transactions So Cops Can Arrest People They Find Suspicious appeared first on Futurism.

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Federal Agents Are Secretly Monitoring Americans’ Financial Transactions So Cops Can Arrest People They Find Suspicious

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China Deploys Rare Type of Space Junk That Pollutes Orbit for Hundreds of Years

Oh, great. The post China Deploys Rare Type of Space Junk That Pollutes Orbit for Hundreds of Years appeared first on Futurism.

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China Deploys Rare Type of Space Junk That Pollutes Orbit for Hundreds of Years

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

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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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Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought

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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?

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

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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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The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem

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

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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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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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August 2026 Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded: Copernicus Data

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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

WIRED Science

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission

Before reentering our atmosphere, the telescopes onboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have been restarted to take their last observations.

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A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission