Researchers from USC and Johns Hopkins used two IBM Eagle quantum processors to pull off an unconditional, exponential speedup on a classic “guess-the-pattern” puzzle, proving—without assumptions—that quantum machines can now outpace the…
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Quantum Computers Just Reached the Holy Grail – No Assumptions, No Limits
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AI Maps the Mood of Your City – And It’s Surprisingly Accurate
What if a city’s mood could be mapped like weather? Researchers at the University of Missouri are using AI to do exactly that—by analyzing geotagged Instagram posts and pairing them with Google Street View images, they’re building emotional…
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Rare cataclysmic exploding star spotted by citizen scientists
Two years ago, a team of astronomers requested help from citizen scientists…
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A new ‘eye’ may radically change how robots see
This hexapod robot recognizes its surroundings using a vision system that occupies less storage space than a single photo on your phone. Running the new system uses only 10 percent of the energy required by conventional location…
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The Download: Tripping with AI, and blocking crawler bots
A growing number of people are using AI chatbots as “trip sitters”—a phrase that traditionally refers to a sober person tasked with monitoring someone who’s under the influence of a psychedelic—and sharing their experiences…
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Cloudflare will now block AI bots from crawling its clients’ websites by default
However, such systems don’t provide the same opportunities for monetization and credit as search engines historically have. AI models draw from a great deal of data on the web to generate their outputs, but these data sources are often not…
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People are using AI to ‘sit’ with them while they trip on psychedelics
Peter—who asked to have his last name omitted from this story for privacy reasons—is far from alone. A growing number of people are using AI chatbots as “trip sitters”—a phrase that traditionally refers to a sober person tasked with…
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What comes next for AI copyright lawsuits?
There are dozens of similar copyright lawsuits working through the courts right now, with cases filed against all the top players—not only Anthropic and Meta but Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and more. On the other side, plaintiffs range from…
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Scientists Just Froze the World’s Most Powerful Laser Pulse – In a Single Shot
Scientists can now snap ultra-powerful laser pulses in one shot. RAVEN reveals distortions instantly, unlocking breakthroughs in energy, acceleration, and physics. Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a groundbreaking way to…
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 might smash into the moon
Earlier this year, astronomers alerted the world to a startling possibility:…
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