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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Robotic Worms Could One Day Dig Beneath Your Feet
Scientists are creating earthworm-inspired soft robots, envisioning their flexibility as an advantage for penetrating hard-to-reach areas.
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U.K. Police Double Down on 'Improved' Facial Recognition
The U.K.'s Metropolitan Police Service and South Wales Police remain commited to using Live Facial Recognition after research revealed "substantial improvement"...
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The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin
An investigation by The New York Times uncovered 34 large-scale bitcoin mining operations in the U.S., which are straining the power grid, inflating electricity...
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The A.I. Dilemma
This presentation is from a private gathering in San Francisco on March 9th with leading technologists and decision-makers with the ability to influence the future...
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Physicists Extend Qubit Lifespan in Pivotal Validation of Quantum Computing
Yale University physicists demonstrated the feasibility of quantum error correction by doubling the lifespan of a qubit.
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Multifunctional Patch Detects Plant Diseases, Other Crop Threats
An electronic patch developed by North Carolina State University (NC State) scientists can monitor crops for various pathogens and threats.
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Shapes 3D-Printed into Living Worms Could Be Future of Brain Implants
A technique developed by researchers at the U.K.'s Lancaster University can print conductive circuits inside living organisms using a photonic three-dimensional...
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The 25 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Now That ChatGPT Is Here
Artificial intelligence raises all sorts of issues that we're only beginning to address. There's a lot to work out.
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'I Didn't Give Permission': Do AI's Backers Care about Data Law Breaches?
Regulators around world are cracking down on content being hoovered up by ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and others.
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Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back A.I. Rivals
The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an all-new one.
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The End of Faking It in Silicon Valley
Recent charges, convictions, and sentences all indicate that the start-up world's habit of playing fast and loose with the truth actually has consequences.
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CISA Releases Secure-by-Design, -Default Guidance
CISA and federal and international partners released a report providing software manufacturers with advice and specific guidance for creating products built and...
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How ChatGPT and Similar AI will Disrupt Education
Teachers are concerned about cheating and inaccurate information.
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Detection Tool to Fight Flood of Fake Academic Papers
Academic publishers have introduced an online tool developed by academic and professional publishing association STM that can identify bogus papers fabricated by...
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Raspberry Pi Code Editor Wants to Help Next-Generation Programmers
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched a free coding tool to help next-generation programmers globally hone their skills.
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Computer Simulations Show How Drugs Enter the Blood
Chemists and pharmaceutical scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland and Swiss drugmaker Novartis ran simulations on a supercomputer to gain insights into cyclic...
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Schumer Lays Groundwork for Congress to Regulate AI
Schumer is spearheading the congressional effort to craft legislation regulating AI, circulating a broad framework among experts in recent weeks, a source briefed...
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Friend or Foe: Can Computer Coders Trust ChatGPT?
The use of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for coding has inspired both enthusiasm and reluctance among programmers.
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Privacy Battle Erupts Over Smart Building Sensors
A project at Carnegie Mellon University to build a secure Internet of Things infrastructure has erupted into a dispute over monitoring and privacy.
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