February 8, 2024
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Tougher AI Policies Could Protect Taylor Swift—And Everyone Else—From Deepfakes
In January Taylor Swift became the latest high-profile target of nonconsensual deepfake images. It’s time for regulations that ban this…
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Low Volcanic Carbon Dioxide Emissions Triggered Sturtian ‘Snowball Earth’ Glaciation: Study
The Sturtian ‘Snowball Earth’ glaciation (717 to 661 million years ago) is regarded as the most extreme interval of icehouse climate in Earth’s history. In a new study, geologists from the University of Sydney and the University of…
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Europe’s New AI Rules Could Go Global–Here’s What That Will Mean
As artificial intelligence applications become more advanced, lawmakers worldwide are grappling with the possibility of unintended consequences: not just potential existential danger to humanity but also the more immediate risks of job losses,…
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Even ChatGPT Says ChatGPT Is Racially Biased
Developers of artificial intelligence are well aware, and share the concern, that their large language models could perpetuate racial and cultural biases. In response, they have tried to assemble diverse development teams to make sure that…
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New AI Circuitry That Mimics Human Brains Makes Models Smarter
February 7, 2024
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New AI Circuitry That Mimics Human Brains Makes Models Smarter
A new kind of transistor allows AI hardware to remember and process information more like the human brain does
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AI Unravels Ancient Roman Scroll Charred By Volcano
A team of student researchers has made a giant contribution to solving one of the biggest mysteries in archaeology by revealing the content of Greek writing inside a charred scroll buried 2,000 years ago by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The…
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New species of Jurassic pterosaur discovered on the Isle of Skye
BYLINE: Laura Thomas
Newswise — A new species of pterosaur from specimens found on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, has been announced by scientists from the Natural History Museum,…
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We Need Cybersecurity in Space to Protect Satellites
As the digital age has advanced, satellites have become indispensable pillars of our modern world that orchestrate navigation, communication and commerce. But these serene celestial sentinels face a lurking threat: cyberattacks. If left…
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The Government’s Former UFO Hunter Found Something More Concerning Than Aliens
Dan Vergano: You’re listening to Scientific American’s Science, Quickly. I’m Dan Vergano.
For the past decade, reports of UFO sightings have filled headlines and news broadcasts, and some of these have come from a surprising place: the…
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Why Is Superconductivity Research Plagued by Controversy?
High-temperature superconductivity is one of the holy grails of physics. It also seems to attract a steady stream of controversy, with a recent string of retracted papers and provocative claims that haven’t held up to scrutiny.
Superconductivity…