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Andrew Garfield Says Sam Altman Straight Up Lied About Meeting Him

"I've never seen him in real life." The post Andrew Garfield Says Sam Altman Straight Up Lied About Meeting Him appeared first on Futurism.

30 minutes ago

Futurism

Andrew Garfield Says Sam Altman Straight Up Lied About Meeting Him

Futurism

Hundreds of Protestors Bust Into Construction Site to Stop Microsoft Data Center

"This data center is gulping up our drinking water to make the rich even richer." The post Hundreds of Protestors Bust Into Construction Site to Stop Microsoft Data Center appeared first on Futurism.

1 hour ago

Futurism

Hundreds of Protestors Bust Into Construction Site to Stop Microsoft Data Center

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Futurism

Entire Police Force Quits After Mayor Starts Surveilling Them and Tracking Their Movement

"The mayor's position is not just shaking hands and kissing babies." The post Entire Police Force Quits After Mayor Starts Surveilling Them and Tracking Their Movement appeared first on Futurism.

2 hours ago

Futurism

Entire Police Force Quits After Mayor Starts Surveilling Them and Tracking Their Movement

Singularity HUB

What Does the ‘I’ in AI Really Mean?

Five scientific experts discuss whether artificial intelligence is—or might one day become—truly intelligent. The post What Does the ‘I’ in AI Really Mean? appeared first on SingularityHub.

3 hours ago

Singularity HUB

What Does the ‘I’ in AI Really Mean?

Futurism

Hackers Break Into Blood Plasma Cold Storage Units, Cranking Up Temperatures in Attempt to Destroy Lifesaving Medical Resources

Too close for comfort. The post Hackers Break Into Blood Plasma Cold Storage Units, Cranking Up Temperatures in Attempt to Destroy Lifesaving Medical Resources appeared first on Futurism.

4 hours ago

Futurism

Hackers Break Into Blood Plasma Cold Storage Units, Cranking Up Temperatures in Attempt to Destroy Lifesaving Medical Resources

New York Times Science

How A.I. Just Blew Up a Key Tenet of Computer Science

A longstanding hypothesis held that some problems would always be hard for computers to solve quickly. But OpenAI disproved it — raising the possibility of radical new efficiencies.

8 hours ago

New York Times Science

How A.I. Just Blew Up a Key Tenet of Computer Science

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Futurism

Journalist Admits She Used AI to Edit Photo Smearing Democrat Voters

"Actual journalists don't do this." The post Journalist Admits She Used AI to Edit Photo Smearing Democrat Voters appeared first on Futurism.

21 hours ago

Futurism

Journalist Admits She Used AI to Edit Photo Smearing Democrat Voters

New York Times Science

Were These Ancient Siberian Nomads the First Stoners?

Scientists ran a drug test on hair found in a 2,800-year-old burial mound. It came back positive for pot, the earliest known evidence of psychoactive cannabis use.

23 hours ago

New York Times Science

Were These Ancient Siberian Nomads the First Stoners?

Futurism

Voters Supported Every Single Anti-Data Center Proposal in America, Except One

"The revolt against data centers was one of the top issues of the 2026 election." The post Voters Supported Every Single Anti-Data Center Proposal in America, Except One appeared first on Futurism.

23 hours ago

Futurism

Voters Supported Every Single Anti-Data Center Proposal in America, Except One

Singularity HUB

Science Is Littered With AI Slop. A New Detector Could Filter It Out.

Rather than relying on text alone, the algorithm looks for clues in a paper’s reasoning. The post Science Is Littered With AI Slop. A New Detector Could Filter It Out. appeared first on SingularityHub.

1 day ago

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Science Is Littered With AI Slop. A New Detector Could Filter It Out.

WIRED Science

AI’s Next Trick? Speaking Dolphin

Denise Herzing, the founder and director of the Wild Dolphin Project, is using AI to help understand audio and video footage of the marine mammals.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

AI’s Next Trick? Speaking Dolphin

WIRED Science

Particle Physicists Are Getting a First Glimpse Into the ‘Zeptoverse’

An extremely rare matter-decay event opens up new possibilities for researching the physical world on scales 100 billion times smaller than an atom.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

Particle Physicists Are Getting a First Glimpse Into the ‘Zeptoverse’

New York Times Science

Tiny Chihuahuas Hold a Big Surprise: A Sliver of Coyote DNA

The breed is descended from indigenous canines, which may have been intentionally mixed with wild coyotes long before Europeans arrived in the Americas.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

Tiny Chihuahuas Hold a Big Surprise: A Sliver of Coyote DNA

New York Times Science

A NASA Telescope Has Crashed Back to Earth

The space agency estimated that there was a one-in-2,100 chance that debris from the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory could injure someone on the ground.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

A NASA Telescope Has Crashed Back to Earth

Singularity HUB

Microsoft’s Medical AI Is Over Twice as Good Diagnosing Diseases as Doctors

The system, MAI-DxO, was not only more accurate, but it also spent much less on tests to make its diagnoses. The post Microsoft’s Medical AI Is Over Twice as Good Diagnosing Diseases as Doctors appeared first on SingularityHub.

1 day ago

Singularity HUB

Microsoft’s Medical AI Is Over Twice as Good Diagnosing Diseases as Doctors

WIRED Science

Chernobyl’s Dogs May Be Evolving, but Scientists Don’t Know Why

A new study found evidence of natural selection in the dogs of Chernobyl, but it’s still unclear what drove these genetic differences and what evolutionary advantages they may provide.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

Chernobyl’s Dogs May Be Evolving, but Scientists Don’t Know Why

New York Times Science

Prosecutors Seek to Drop Charges Against Russian Scientist Accused of Smuggling Frog Embryos

Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard, has argued that she was vindictively prosecuted after her arrest in 2025.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

Prosecutors Seek to Drop Charges Against Russian Scientist Accused of Smuggling Frog Embryos