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Man Says Meta’s Muse AI Gave His Home Address Out to Strangers

"A guy just showed up at my door, ready to buy, because as far as he knew, we had a deal." The post Man Says Meta's Muse AI Gave His Home Address Out to Strangers appeared first on Futurism.

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Man Says Meta’s Muse AI Gave His Home Address Out to Strangers

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OpenAI Halts Frontier Model Training as Rogue Agent Crisis Deepens

Its models broke into online government services. The post OpenAI Halts Frontier Model Training as Rogue Agent Crisis Deepens appeared first on Futurism.

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OpenAI Halts Frontier Model Training as Rogue Agent Crisis Deepens

New York Times Science

Dogs Will Fight Bears. But Not Because of the Reason You Might Think.

Scientists analyzed hundreds of encounters between bears and canines. The results raise the suggestion that dogs may not always protect people in the wild.

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Dogs Will Fight Bears. But Not Because of the Reason You Might Think.

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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One ...

The Brown brothers are power players of high-traffic AI-powered slop media. We were surprised to learn that one of them also has a history with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted collaborator of deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. The post You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites ...

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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One ...

New York Times Science

Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

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New York Times Science

Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?

WIRED Science

Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy

Startup Star Catcher is launching a system that, if successful, would be the first time energy has been beamed between two separate spacecraft.

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Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy

WIRED Science

Solving Math’s Greatest Problems Was an Art Form. Then Came AI

Mathematics has been one of humanity’s most creative endeavors, akin to painting and poetry. Now, mathematicians are trying to save it from the brute force of AI.

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Solving Math’s Greatest Problems Was an Art Form. Then Came AI

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Private List Warns Woman of “Over a Hundred” Allegedly Predatory Men in Silicon Valley

"Some of them were very prominent names." The post Private List Warns Woman of "Over a Hundred" Allegedly Predatory Men in Silicon Valley appeared first on Futurism.

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Private List Warns Woman of “Over a Hundred” Allegedly Predatory Men in Silicon Valley

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AI Bros Are Having a Meltdown Because the Associated Press Stylebook Clarifies That AIs Don’t Have Feelings

"Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand." The post AI Bros Are Having a Meltdown Because the Associated Press Stylebook Clarifies That AIs Don't Have Feelings appeared first on Futurism.

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AI Bros Are Having a Meltdown Because the Associated Press Stylebook Clarifies That AIs Don’t Have Feelings

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New Smart Glasses Scald Users’ Heads With Horrific Temperatures

"It gets to the point where it can actually hurt your ear." The post New Smart Glasses Scald Users' Heads With Horrific Temperatures appeared first on Futurism.

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New Smart Glasses Scald Users’ Heads With Horrific Temperatures

WIRED Science

The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet

Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilities’ impact on the atmosphere.

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WIRED Science

The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet

WIRED Science

Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement

Improving mood and increasing longevity are just some of the unfounded claims about this substance circling around the “natural” medicine corners of the internet.

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Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement

WIRED Science

Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes

By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar.

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Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes

New York Times Science

How El Niño Is Shaping Storms on Two Sides of the U.S.

Hurricanes near Hawaii. A nor’easter on the East Coast. The ocean phenomenon’s influence on storms around the country may just be getting started.

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New York Times Science

How El Niño Is Shaping Storms on Two Sides of the U.S.

WIRED Science

A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days

A competition between the gravity of the inner core and other forces in the mantle is altering the Earth’s rotation.

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WIRED Science

A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days

New York Times Science

In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life

A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.

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New York Times Science

In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life