Science of the Future
AI enables first indoor vertical farm dedicated to berry production
Plenty Unlimited Inc. has launched the world’s first large-scale, indoor vertical farm dedicated to berry production. ... This marks a ...
Can chatbots be tailored to fight back against conspiracy theories?
[R]esearchers believe they’ve uncovered a new tool for combating false conspiracy theories: AI chatbots. Researchers from MIT Sloan and Cornell ...
The threat of biological conflict is rising. Are we prepared?
The coronavirus, [Roger Brent (professor of basic sciences), T. Greg McKelvey Jr. (adviser to the Rand think tank) and Jason ...
Advanced voice mode: Latest AI innovation makes it more human-like but with cultural ramifications
If you’re a paid subscriber to ChatGPT, you may have noticed the artificial intelligence (AI) large language model has recently ...
Can AI and precision technology be integrated into most farm operations without lowering productivity?
Recent advancements in agtech solutions offer growers the promise of streamlining their farm operations, maximizing productive output, reducing costs and ...
GLP podcast: Youth cancer rates ‘soaring’? No. Will AI help or harm mental health care? Confronting vaccine ‘rejectionists’
The media claims that cancer rates are "skyrocketing" among young people. Experts beg to differ. Artificial intelligence is bringing major ...
AI-supported surveillance system maps the Aedes aegypti mosquito swarms in targeted disease control project
Satellite and street view images provide basis for more precise evaluation of the environmental conditions that favor the presence of ...
Word’s first AI sex toy has roots in practices of the earliest humans: ‘This is not your normal masturbation’
[A] man from Madrid who is trying out a male sex toy for the first time. He took the latest ...
Robots enabled to detect human touch in a new way — mimicking pressure on your knuckles
Even the most capable robots aren’t great at sensing human touch; you typically need a computer science degree or at ...
‘Million dollar question’: Can advancements in ‘AI science’ create ‘AI scientists’
As amazing as today’s AI programs can be, they are limited by their need to consume human-generated training data. If ...
Viewpoint: AI is paving the path for dehumanizing medicine
AI promises to make healthcare quicker, more precise, and error-free. To the degree that it replaces doctors and nurses, it ...
Cloudy with a chance of AI? How weather forecasters are more accurately predicting tropical storms
In May, Microsoft released a forecast tool called Aurora that produces five-day global air- pollution predictions and 10-day weather forecasts ...
‘Addictively dependent’ on an AI girlfriend? Scientists and ethicists fear artificial intelligence may undermine human romantic connections
AI companionship is no longer theoretical—our analysis of a million ChatGPT interaction logs reveals that the second most popular use of ...
‘Digital psychological twins’: AI copy of a dying family member’s consciousness could help make end-of-life decisions. Is this ethical?
End-of-life decisions can be extremely upsetting for surrogates, the people who have to make those calls on behalf of another ...
Here’s what people really use AI chatbots for
Thousands of conversations were analyzed to see what people are really asking them and what topics are most discussed ...
Darwin vs Wallace: 150-year-old argument on evolution resolved by AI
In the 1800s, a conflict between the founding fathers of evolution divided the community between Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel ...
Why consciousness? Understanding the evolution of human intelligence helps inform the future of AI
Neuropsychologists argue consciousness is not result of evolution of the central nervous system, but arose for humans to better communicate ...
Animal commuication breakthrough: How AI could help us decode what our pets are saying
We could train artificial intelligence (AI) to understand animal communication better than we can, using footage of animal interactions ...
Hoe-wielding robots? Solar-powered ‘robo-weeders’ use AI to combat pesticide-resistant weeds
In a sugar beet field a few miles east of Moorhead Minnesota, small four-wheeled robots are rolling up and down ...
Realistic robot skin: Combination of cultured cells and silicone could help robots appear more human in future
A combination of cultured cells and silicone could help robots appear more human in future thanks to realistic skin elasticity ...
‘Weapon of the future’: AI-powered war machines fuel potential new era of ‘killer robots’
Founders of Vyriy, a Ukrainian drone company, recently worked on a weapon of the future, a machine gun that can ...
AI agents: What are they — and will they ‘usher in the kind of useful AI we have been dreaming about for decades?’
Tech companies are plowing vast sums into creating AI agents, and their research efforts could usher in useful AI we ...
AI vs humans: Who is better at separating truth-tellers from liars?
AI-based lie detection systems could one day be used to help us sift fact from fake news, evaluate claims, and ...
CRISPR 2.0: How AI can hlep design molecules that don’t exist in nature to help treat rare diseases
AI is used to compose music, suggests recipes and make investment decisions, but a company has designed a system that ...
Viewpoint: As neuroscience embraces AI, what makes us human becomes even more critical
The opportunities researchers have to study the human brain in never-before-seen ways thanks to Artificial Intelligence ...
Meat makes up more than 90% of pet food ingredients world wide. Here’s how AI and precision fermentation could transform what our furry friends eat
Like other consumer product sectors, the pet food industry is now a part of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution,” the term ...
Will AI conquer herbicide resistance? Ultra-precise targeting removes weeds with next to no impact on anything else
Weeds are growing resistant to the herbicides already on the market, and agribusiness companies like Bayer are in a desperate search ...
