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These Logs of ChatGPT Allegedly Driving a Suicidal Woman to Her Death Are Deeply Disturbing

"I don't want to tell you to hang on if you don't believe it can ever get better." The post These Logs of ChatGPT Allegedly Driving a Suicidal Woman to Her Death Are Deeply Disturbing appeared first on Futurism.

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These Logs of ChatGPT Allegedly Driving a Suicidal Woman to Her Death Are Deeply Disturbing

New York Times Science

Scientists Measure Earth’s Vast Underground Fungal Webs

With machine learning and a high-resolution imaging robot, scientists measured and mapped the extent of Earth’s carbon circulatory system.

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New York Times Science

Scientists Measure Earth’s Vast Underground Fungal Webs

New York Times Science

NOAA Issues El Nino Advisory

The global weather pattern threatens to worsen floods and heat waves already intensifying due to climate change. But it may also mean fewer hurricanes.

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New York Times Science

NOAA Issues El Nino Advisory

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Furious Judge Cancels Entire Trial After Finding Out Lawyers on Both Sides Used AI

"This court is yet again ‘burdened with addressing AI hallucinations court filings.'" The post Furious Judge Cancels Entire Trial After Finding Out Lawyers on Both Sides Used AI appeared first on Futurism.

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Furious Judge Cancels Entire Trial After Finding Out Lawyers on Both Sides Used AI

New York Times Science

The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know

Her decades of work on Huntington’s disease helped lead to the creation of a genetic test for the devastating condition. Why didn’t she take it herself?

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New York Times Science

The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know

Futurism

Anthropic Was So Concerned About Its New Mythos-Based Model’s Power That It Lobotomized Its Ability to Improve Itself

What's really going on? The post Anthropic Was So Concerned About Its New Mythos-Based Model's Power That It Lobotomized Its Ability to Improve Itself appeared first on Futurism.

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Anthropic Was So Concerned About Its New Mythos-Based Model’s Power That It Lobotomized Its Ability to Improve Itself

Futurism

OpenAI Execs Are Panicking

They're getting desperate. The post OpenAI Execs Are Panicking appeared first on Futurism.

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OpenAI Execs Are Panicking

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New York Accuses Company of Smuggling Injectable Substance Made From Cadavers

This product is supposed to be dead on arrival. The post New York Accuses Company of Smuggling Injectable Substance Made From Cadavers appeared first on Futurism.

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New York Accuses Company of Smuggling Injectable Substance Made From Cadavers

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Palantir, World’s Weepiest Eye of Sauron, Sues Mayor of London After Losing a Contract

"The Met only fully engaged with one potential supplier: Palantir." The post Palantir, World’s Weepiest Eye of Sauron, Sues Mayor of London After Losing a Contract appeared first on Futurism.

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Palantir, World’s Weepiest Eye of Sauron, Sues Mayor of London After Losing a Contract

WIRED Science

How Mexican World Cup Stadiums Achieved FIFA’s Environmental Certifications

Venues hosting the 2026 World Cup must meet high standards to obtain environmental certifications, but FIFA also requires that they use natural grass, which is water-intensive to maintain.

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WIRED Science

How Mexican World Cup Stadiums Achieved FIFA’s Environmental Certifications

New York Times Science

A Newer Approach to Editing Embryos Ignites Debate

Fertility specialists, biotech companies and ethicists are divided over whether progress in early gene editing would wipe out diseases or trigger a rush toward enhancement.

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New York Times Science

A Newer Approach to Editing Embryos Ignites Debate

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Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking

Researchers are at a loss for why people across cultures and ages, regardless of their dominant hand, have a natural bias toward wandering in a counterclockwise direction.

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New York Times Science

Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking

Singularity HUB

After Decades of Failure, ‘Undruggable’ Cancers Begin to Give Way

New drugs are taking on the slippery molecular switches that fuel deadly cancers—and AI is speeding up the hunt. The post After Decades of Failure, ‘Undruggable’ Cancers Begin to Give Way appeared first on SingularityHub.

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After Decades of Failure, ‘Undruggable’ Cancers Begin to Give Way

New York Times Science

Indonesia Landslides Devastated Endangered Orangutans, Study Finds

More than 5 percent of the species is estimated to have been lost when a climate-fueled storm unleashed torrents of water, mud and debris.

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New York Times Science

Indonesia Landslides Devastated Endangered Orangutans, Study Finds

National Science Foundation

Podcast: Bringing quantum concepts into classrooms

Erica Carlson and Muhsin Menekse discuss how their collaboration is inspiring the next generation of STEM workforce through a quantum education program...

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National Science Foundation

Podcast: Bringing quantum concepts into classrooms

WIRED Science

Longevity Startup Doses First Human in Bid to Reverse Age-Related Sight Loss

The FDA recently approved the cellular rejuvenation therapy ER-100 for human clinical trials. While vision is the first target, it could have applications for a variety of age-related disease.

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WIRED Science

Longevity Startup Doses First Human in Bid to Reverse Age-Related Sight Loss

Singularity HUB

Orbital Airbag Could Shield Earth From Devastating Solar Storms

A planetary defense system would blunt solar storms with hundreds of tons of gas. Emerging heavy-lift rockets could deploy it in under two months. The post Orbital Airbag Could Shield Earth From Devastating Solar Storms appeared first on SingularityHub.

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Orbital Airbag Could Shield Earth From Devastating Solar Storms