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Here’s how to capture carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — and why it’s so important
Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide — the most commonly produced greenhouse gas — and storing it in ...
Artificial intelligence regulation gets off the ground in Europe. What can we expect?
Jurisdictions joust over toxic chatbots; policymakers ponder existential risks ...
What does the future of AI look like? 300 experts predict artificial intelligence landscape in 2035
Our future depends on the “good or ill intent” of the next generation as they build the knowledge ecosystem, to ...
Viewpoint: With meat alternatives flourishing, ‘people might eventually look back on meat-eating much the way we view cannibalism and human sacrifice’
Guilt over eating animals amid our inability to give it up is powering the birth of a new industry: [Recently], ...
In 1974, genetic engineers called for a moratorium on potentially dangerous technology. Is it time for artificial intelligence researchers to do the same?
Although 50 years apart, the debates that followed the DNA and AI letters have a key similarity: In both, a ...
What is a ‘digital twin’ — and how could it revolutionize personalized medicine?
Human digital twins, a relatively new concept, are poised to revolutionize the field of personalized medicine ...
Allie the chatbot lover: Open-source AI programmed for innumerable constructive applications — and sex talk
From X-rated chats to cancer research, “open-source” models are challenging tech giants’ control over the AI revolution — to the ...
Will science ever be able to create an artificial womb?
In the coming years, the obstacles to ectogenesis --development outside of a mother from fertilization to full-term infancy-- will be ...
Podcast: Future fertility — In the coming world of synthetic embryos, can regulation keep up?
Synthetic human embryos: can the law keep pace with the science? – podcast ...
Why small African pig farmers are losing out on big data revolution globally transforming agriculture
The Cloudfarms pig-production-management software program provides real-time reporting through big data captured via workers’ smartphones as they move through the pig ...
Earth’s first predators and our most ancient ancestors: Previously unknown micro-organisms that pillaged the world’s oceans
Traces of molecules found in ancient rocks are revealing a wild ecosystem of early life that hunted and thrived in ...
Is late-stage cancer incurable? Drug developments turns some cancers from a death-sentence into a manageable chronic disease
Cures or long-term survival for certain types of the disease—are still stubbornly out of reach ...
Viewpoint: AI likely won’t gain full consciousness — but if it does, here’s how it would happen
Connecting artificial intelligence systems to the real world through robots and designing them using principles from evolution is the most ...
The EU Parliament pushed forward draft legislation positioned to be the West’s first set of comprehensive AI regulations
Advances in artificial intelligence this year have rocked the tech industry, triggering calls from politicians, consumer groups and AI executives themselves for ...
How can humans become an interplanetary species? Flies, fungi and microgreens
“Happiness is bacon squares for breakfast,” proclaimed Apollo 8 crew member Jim Lovell while midway to the moon in 1968 ...
Viewpoint: ‘Human intelligence may be just a brief phase before machines take over’ — So is AI a form of ‘alien life’?
Human intelligence may be just a brief phase before machines take over. That may answer where the aliens are hiding ...
‘I did not comprehend that ChatGPT could fabricate cases’: Lawyer who used AI to write a legal complaint says he wishes he researched the tool before using it
In a cringe-inducing court hearing, a lawyer who relied on A.I. to craft a motion full of made-up case law ...
Should I fire my therapist? AI revolution is coming to psychology
Conversational chatbots have risen in popularity recently, but when it comes to mental health, companies and users must be cautious ...
‘AI hallucinations’: How OpenAI can combat ChatGPT’s tendency to fabricate information
OpenAI is taking up the mantle against AI “hallucinations,” the company announced Wednesday, with a newer method for training artificial ...
How AI is bending the future of genetics research
The power of artificial intelligence (AI) in genetics is revolutionizing the field of genomics and paving the way for groundbreaking ...
What is the Shoggoth? Here’s what this meme symbolizes for AI researchers
The Shoggoth, a character from a science fiction story, captures the essential weirdness of the A.I. moment ...
How can educators guide students’ use of AI ChatGPT?
With the advent of ever-more capable artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as chatGPT, we once again have an opportunity to ...
AI helps discover new drug that kills antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’
Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover a new antibiotic that can kill a deadly species of superbug ...
Battle between Meta’s open-source AI and proprietary ChatGPT and Google systems heats up
As a race to lead A.I. heats up across Silicon Valley, Meta is standing out from its rivals by taking a different ...
Microsoft claims that its AI has achieved human reasoning skills. Critics say those scientists are kidding themselves
A provocative paper from researchers at Microsoft claims A.I. technology shows the ability to understand the way people do ...
What, me worry? The era of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is rapidly approaching — when ‘fake people’ will outthink humans
Technologists warn about the dangers of the so-called singularity. But can anything actually be done to prevent it? ...
Viewpoint: ‘AI could upend war, cyber conflicts — and in the most extreme case — the use of nuclear weapons.’ What might happen if the military embraces artificial intelligence tools?
U.S. national security officials are warning about the potential for the new technology to upend war, cyber conflict ...
