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Democrat and Republican Politicians Are Both Terrified to Go Against the AI Industry, Even Though a Huge Majority of Both ...

"They spend huge amounts of money on defeating anybody who wants legislative regulation." The post Democrat and Republican Politicians Are Both Terrified to Go Against the AI Industry, Even Though a Huge Majority of Both Their Voting Blocs Want Them to Do Exactly That appeared first on Futurism.

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Democrat and Republican Politicians Are Both Terrified to Go Against the AI Industry, Even Though a Huge Majority of Both ...

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The FAA Is Spending Nearly a Billion Dollars to Make AI the “Brain” of Air Traffic Control Towers, Starting This Monday

Up and away! The post The FAA Is Spending Nearly a Billion Dollars to Make AI the "Brain" of Air Traffic Control Towers, Starting This Monday appeared first on Futurism.

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The FAA Is Spending Nearly a Billion Dollars to Make AI the “Brain” of Air Traffic Control Towers, Starting This Monday

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MIT Report Finds That AI Is Leading to “Cognitive Surrender” Among Students

It's a disaster in the making. The post MIT Report Finds That AI Is Leading to "Cognitive Surrender" Among Students appeared first on Futurism.

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MIT Report Finds That AI Is Leading to “Cognitive Surrender” Among Students

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Microsoft Director Admitted in Internal Document That AI Is Creating a “Doom Loop” That Destroys the News Media by Stealing ...

"Our AI content strategy has started a 'doom loop.'" The post Microsoft Director Admitted in Internal Document That AI Is Creating a "Doom Loop" That Destroys the News Media by Stealing Its Content Without Providing Anything in Return, in Turn Making the AI Useless appeared first on Futurism.

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Microsoft Director Admitted in Internal Document That AI Is Creating a “Doom Loop” That Destroys the News Media by Stealing ...

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AI “Actor” Tilly Norwood Glitches Out During Interview, Starts Rambling in Chinese

"You seem to be speaking Chinese completely randomly for no reason." The post AI "Actor" Tilly Norwood Glitches Out During Interview, Starts Rambling in Chinese appeared first on Futurism.

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AI “Actor” Tilly Norwood Glitches Out During Interview, Starts Rambling in Chinese

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Protestors Ransack AI Lab, Leave Graffiti Calling on Masses to “Burn the Data Centers”

"The windows of the building were smashed and numerous graffiti tags were sprayed on the walls." The post Protestors Ransack AI Lab, Leave Graffiti Calling on Masses to "Burn the Data Centers" appeared first on Futurism.

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Protestors Ransack AI Lab, Leave Graffiti Calling on Masses to “Burn the Data Centers”

New York Times Science

Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson’s Hair to Hemings’s Children

A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.

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Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson’s Hair to Hemings’s Children

WIRED Science

Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It

Powerful AI models have created an existential risk to the field, but researchers can’t stop relying on them because they’re too useful.

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Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It

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Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law

While lawmakers iron out the details, advocates hope this approach could serve as a model for addressing histories of environmental hazards often concentrated in Black and low-income neighborhoods.

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Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law

New York Times Science

Creating a Kill Switch to Shut Down a Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds

A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.

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Creating a Kill Switch to Shut Down a Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds

Singularity HUB

Virtual Biotech Company Puts 37,000 AI Agents to Work on Drug Discovery

The system, designed by Stanford researchers, identified which drugs are more likely to succeed in trials and even proposed a cancer treatment a major drugmaker later landed on too. The post Virtual Biotech Company Puts 37,000 AI Agents to Work on Drug Discovery appeared first on SingularityHub.

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Virtual Biotech Company Puts 37,000 AI Agents to Work on Drug Discovery

New York Times Science

New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century

The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.

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New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century

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NASA Telescope Helps Scientists Find a New Type of X-ray Object

The discovery of “hypersoft” X-ray beacons could help solve some mysteries about the universe.

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NASA Telescope Helps Scientists Find a New Type of X-ray Object

WIRED Science

He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in Nature

David Baker spoke with WIRED en Español about where biological design is headed next and the great potential and risks of taking biology outside the bounds of the natural world.

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He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in Nature

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It Still Feels Like Summer in Parts of the US. Blame El Niño

Heat records are being shattered thanks to a boost from the natural climate pattern—and burning fossil fuels, of course.

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It Still Feels Like Summer in Parts of the US. Blame El Niño

New York Times Science

Will A.I. Kill Us" Can It Hack My Bank Account" Your A.I. Questions Answered

Nearly 1,000 readers sent us their questions about artificial intelligence, its potential and its potential risks.

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Will A.I. Kill Us" Can It Hack My Bank Account" Your A.I. Questions Answered

WIRED Science

Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons

Of all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low.

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Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons

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

Singularity HUB

The Next Frontier Is Not Artificial Intelligence—It’s Artificial Societies

We're fixated on the intelligence of single agents. The more profound challenge is what happens when millions of them interact at scale. The post The Next Frontier Is Not Artificial Intelligence—It’s Artificial Societies appeared first on SingularityHub.

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The Next Frontier Is Not Artificial Intelligence—It’s Artificial Societies

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 ...