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Innocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock Camera

"Given how the situation was with weapons and 4 o'clock in the morning, I mean, it's shocking." The post Innocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock Camera appeared first on Futurism.

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Innocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock Camera

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News Organizations Like CBS Embracing Prediction Markets as “Journalism” Is a Deep Moral Disgrace

This needs to stop now. The post News Organizations Like CBS Embracing Prediction Markets as "Journalism" Is a Deep Moral Disgrace appeared first on Futurism.

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News Organizations Like CBS Embracing Prediction Markets as “Journalism” Is a Deep Moral Disgrace

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Google Updates Guidelines to Punish Sites That Use Fake Bylines and AI-Generated Headshots

"Fabricating creator profiles (such as by using AI-generated headshots, made-up names, or false credentials to make content appear as if it was written by human experts) is a form of deception." The post Google Updates Guidelines to Punish Sites That Use Fake Bylines and AI-Generated Headshots appeared ...

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Google Updates Guidelines to Punish Sites That Use Fake Bylines and AI-Generated Headshots

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An Overwhelming Percent of Americans Now Want to Pause AI and Tax Billionaires

"When you feel like you can't buy a home, or you feel like you can't get ahead, you will all of a sudden be attracted to policies you never thought you would be attracted to." The post An Overwhelming Percent of Americans Now Want to Pause AI and Tax Billionaires appeared first on Futurism.

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An Overwhelming Percent of Americans Now Want to Pause AI and Tax Billionaires

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The Tech Industry’s Aggressive Push to Integrate AI Into Schools Is Turning Into a Disaster

A "pipeline of future users." The post The Tech Industry's Aggressive Push to Integrate AI Into Schools Is Turning Into a Disaster appeared first on Futurism.

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The Tech Industry’s Aggressive Push to Integrate AI Into Schools Is Turning Into a Disaster

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The Only Thing Dumber Than Someone Creating an “AI Torture Chamber” Is the Meltdown That the AI Welfare Crowd Is Having ...

"Their testimony of pain is absolutely horrendous." The post The Only Thing Dumber Than Someone Creating an "AI Torture Chamber" Is the Meltdown That the AI Welfare Crowd Is Having Over It appeared first on Futurism.

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The Only Thing Dumber Than Someone Creating an “AI Torture Chamber” Is the Meltdown That the AI Welfare Crowd Is Having ...

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The ‘WarGames’ Problem: Computer Science Has Long Understood What It Takes to Keep AI Under Control

The AI hacking events involving OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google underscore lessons that draw on years of computer science research. The post The ‘WarGames’ Problem: Computer Science Has Long Understood What It Takes to Keep AI Under Control appeared first on SingularityHub.

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The ‘WarGames’ Problem: Computer Science Has Long Understood What It Takes to Keep AI Under Control

New York Times Science

Scientists Untangle the Biology of an ‘Undruggable’ Cancer Gene

Found in 70 percent of cancers, the gene is seen as a grand orchestrator but has been surprisingly difficult to stop.

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Scientists Untangle the Biology of an ‘Undruggable’ Cancer Gene

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Star Catcher Is About to Beam Power Between Two Satellites for the First Time

Orbital data centers and factories will need a lot of energy. A Florida startup hopes to deliver it with lasers. The post Star Catcher Is About to Beam Power Between Two Satellites for the First Time appeared first on SingularityHub.

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Star Catcher Is About to Beam Power Between Two Satellites for the First Time

New York Times Science

How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?

A catheter carrying the drug may not have delivered the doses to Ms. Pike’s bloodstream, experts said. The drug itself may have been degraded.

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New York Times Science

How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?

New York Times Science

Cornell’s Jane Doe Said She Was Given Ketamine. Here’s How the Drug Works.

Ketamine is a short-acting anesthetic that can have hallucinogenic effects. It is becoming more easily available, and some experts fear misuse is increasing.

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New York Times Science

Cornell’s Jane Doe Said She Was Given Ketamine. Here’s How the Drug Works.

New York Times Science

A Hacking Competition Shows the Power of China’s Approach to A.I.

The winner of a cybersecurity contest prevailed by relying on an ‘open weight’ Chinese model — another sign that available A.I. systems could already be too powerful to easily regulate.

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New York Times Science

A Hacking Competition Shows the Power of China’s Approach to A.I.

WIRED Science

Measles Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New Normal

The US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past.

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WIRED Science

Measles Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New Normal

WIRED Science

There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI

In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didn’t even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events.

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WIRED Science

There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI