Autonomous vehicles could dramatically reduce traffic accidents and injuries on U.S. roads. Drawing on historical data and current trends, a recent JAMA Surgery study projected that self-driving cars could prevent more than 1 million injuries…
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Self-driving cars could prevent over 1 million road injuries across the US by 2035
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Scientists Create a “Periodic Table” for Artificial Intelligence
Researchers have proposed a unifying mathematical framework that helps explain why many successful multimodal AI systems work. Artificial intelligence is increasingly relied on to combine and interpret different kinds of data, including text,…
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6 science milestones turning 40 this year
It was a year that saw roughly six million Americans hold hands in a continuous…
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‘Fish Mouth’ Filter Removes 99% of Microplastics From Laundry Waste : ScienceAlert
The ancient evolution of fish mouths could help solve a modern source of plastic pollution.
Inspired by these natural filtration systems, scientists in Germany have invented a way to remove 99 percent of plastic particles from water. It’s…
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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Jan. 4
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.
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California residents can use new tool to demand brokers delete their personal data
California is giving residents a new tool that should make it easier for them to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal information.
While state residents have had the right to demand that a company stop collecting and…
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Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein credits Trump for early release from prison
Ilya Lichtenstein, who pled guilty to money-laundering charges tied to his role in the massive hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex, has apparently been released early from prison.
In a Thursday evening post on X, Lichtenstein said he was out early…
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Reinforcement learning accelerates model-free training of optical AI systems
Optical computing has emerged as a powerful approach for high-speed and energy-efficient information processing. Diffractive optical networks, in particular, enable large-scale parallel computation through the use of passive structured phase…
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Focus apps claim to improve your productivity. Do they actually work?
It’s hardly a revelation that we’re living in an era of distraction and smartphone addiction. Our phones interrupt us, hijack our attention, and tempt us into scrolling. Even when we aren’t interacting with them, their mere presence makes it…
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Even ChatGPT gets anxiety, so researchers gave it a dose of mindfulness to calm down
Researchers studying AI chatbots have found that ChatGPT can show anxiety-like behavior when it is exposed to violent or traumatic user prompts. The finding does not mean the chatbot experiences emotions the way humans do.
However, it…
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