Category: 3. Tech

Van der Vliet and other welfare advocates I met on my trip, like representatives from the Amsterdam Welfare Union, described what they see as a number of challenges faced by the city’s some 35,000 benefits recipients: the indignities of having…

This study is part of a growing body of research warning about the risks of deploying AI agents in real-world financial decision-making. Earlier this month, a group of researchers from multiple universities argued that LLM agents should be…

For nearly two decades, balloons carrying highly sensitive atmospheric…

In recent decades, cities have become increasingly adept at amassing all sorts of data. But that data can have limited impact when government officials are unable to communicate, let alone analyze or put to use, all the information they have…

AI tools may also help governments understand the needs and desires of residents. The community is “already inputting a lot of its knowledge” through community meetings, public surveys, 311 tickets, and other channels, Williams says….

With every passing month, AI-generated content gets harder to distinguish from…

At 95 degrees, the heat rising off the track at the Circuit of the Americas in…

A deadly bacterial pathogen that is often found in hospitals and frequently resistant to drugs, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is apparently able to degrade plastic that is commonly used in medical procedures. This…

Getting older might seem like a slow, gradual process – but that’s not always the case, research suggests.

In fact, if you wake up one morning, look in the mirror, and wonder if your aging somehow accelerated, you might not be imagining…