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Judges Given the OK to Use ChatGPT in Legal Rulings
The U.K. now permits judges to use the "jolly useful" artificial intelligence chatbot in court.
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New York Plans to Invest $1 Billion to Expand Chip Research
The move is aimed at drawing $9 billion in corporate investment, as New York jockeys to host a new national semiconductor technology center.
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Wearable Data Predicted COVID Infections
Is convergence near for consumer and medical wearables?
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Helping Autonomous Vehicles Make Moral Decisions by Ditching the Trolley Problem
North Carolina State University researchers are working to collect more realistic data on moral challenges in low-stakes traffic situations.
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Medical AI Tools Can Make Dangerous Mistakes. Can the Government Help Prevent Them?
The Biden administration has proposed a labeling system for artificial intelligence healthcare apps that aims to ensure their safety.
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Robot Eel Reveals How the Fish Swim So Efficiently
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne have developed a waterproof, eel-like robot that can undulate in several different patterns.
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Jury Finds Google's App Store Broke Anti-Monopoly Laws
In a landmark decision, Epic Games won its lawsuit against the search giant.
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Apple's iMessage Block of Beeper Mini Just Part of Bigger Blue/Green Bubble Saga
Apple takes preventative measures to protect its customers. Beeper claims Apple's latest move does just the opposite.
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The Year A.I. Ate the Internet
Call 2023 the year many of us learned to communicate, create, cheat, and collaborate with robots.
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VR Goggles for Mice Create Immersive Scenarios for Brain Research
Northwestern University researchers developed virtual reality goggles for mice.
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Engineers Design Robotic Replica of the Heart's Right Chamber
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a robotic replica of the heart’s right ventricle.
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Quantum-Computing Approach Uses Single Molecules as Qubits for First Time
Two teams of researchers made pairs of calcium monofluoride molecules interact to become entangled, a necessity for quantum computers to perform algorithms.
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This A.I. Subculture's Motto: Go, Go, Go
The eccentric pro-tech movement known as "Effective Accelerationism" wants to unshackle powerful A.I., and party along the way.
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E.U. Agrees on Landmark Artificial Intelligence Rules
The agreement over the A.I. Act solidifies one of the world's first comprehensive attempts to limit the use of artificial intelligence.
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U.K. Says Russia Has Targeted Lawmakers and Others in Cyberattacks for Years
The government said a group linked to Russia's intelligence service carried out sustained operations to undermine trust in Britain's political system.
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The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows
COBOL is one of the top mainframe programming languages in use, but most schools and universities have not taught COBOL in decades.
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Samet Honored with ACM SIGSPATIAL Lifetime Impact Award
Hanan Samet was honored with the inaugural Lifetime Impact Award from ACM’s Special Interest Group on Spatial Information (SIGSPATIAL).
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Bitcoin Mining Used More Water Than New York City Last Year
A study found that water use by bitcoin miners hit 591 billion gallons so far this year, up from 415 billion gallons in 2021.
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AI Networks Vulnerable to Attacks
Tianfu Wu at North Carolina State University and colleagues developed the QuadAttacK software to test deep neural networks for adversarial vulnerabilities.
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