Glue arms, baby. Glue arms. Agent 00Buggin’ There’s an assassin on the loose in Australia — but not the kind you might be thinking. As detailed in a recent study published in the journal Biology Letters, scientists have discovered a new type of tool-wielding insect, nicknamed the “assassin bug” for a creative — and deadly… Continue reading Scientists Discover Bug That Uses Tool
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Scientists Spot Tragic Planet Being Eaten by a Dying Star
This is going to happen to Earth one day. Tastes Like Chicken Until recently, scientists had never spotted a star in the act of consuming a planet — and now that it’s been captured, we likely have a glimpse of Earth’s future. Astronomers at Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the California Institute of Technology,… Continue reading Scientists Spot Tragic Planet Being Eaten by a Dying Star
ChatGPT Writes Shredding Guitar Solo
This is sick. Shredding Bots AI chatbot sidekick ChatGPT has done it again. Thirteen-year-old guitarist Ava Toton asked the tool to “write a guitar solo” — and the results, as demonstrated in a short clip, didn’t disappoint. The musician turned simple, AI-generated guitar tab notations into a brain-searing solo. But should ChatGPT really get all… Continue reading ChatGPT Writes Shredding Guitar Solo
Stanford Director: AI Scientists’ “Frontal Cortex Is Massively Underdeveloped”
“AI researchers are more like late-stage teenagers.” Kids in America Associate director of Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Robert Reich threw absolute daggers this week when, while speaking to Esquire about the newness of the AI industry and how that impacts its relationship to ethics, he likened those in the burgeoning field to actual… Continue reading Stanford Director: AI Scientists’ “Frontal Cortex Is Massively Underdeveloped”
OpenAI Is Losing a Flabbergasting Amount of Money on ChatGPT
And costs are still on the rise. Big Spender OpenAI, the Elon Musk-founded research firm behind ChatGPT, is apparently hemorrhaging money on the game-changing chatbot that put it on the map. People familiar with the company’s losses confirmed to The Information that OpenAI spent upwards of $540 million last year while developing its widely-used chatbot… Continue reading OpenAI Is Losing a Flabbergasting Amount of Money on ChatGPT
Gene Therapy Gives Primates Young Eyes Again
Image by Getty / Futurism Scientists have developed a new gene therapy that can reverse vision loss in primates, potentially laying the groundwork for treatments in humans as well. Last month, a team of scientists from Harvard Medical School and biotech company Life Biosciences announced preclinical data showing that a new approach was able to… Continue reading Gene Therapy Gives Primates Young Eyes Again
Snoop Dogg Expresses Views on AI Threat
“I’m like, are we in a f*****g movie right now, or what?” What Is Going On? Not sure how to feel about AI? You’re in good company. During a conference on Wednesday, Variety asked rapper and business mogul Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus Junior to share his thoughts on AI in regard to the ongoing Writer’s Guild… Continue reading Snoop Dogg Expresses Views on AI Threat
Congresswoman Proposes Bill Targeting AI-Generated Political Ads
“There will be those who will not want to disclose that it’s AI-generated.” 2024 CAImpaign Legislators are seeking to regulate AI-generated political advertisements ahead of the 2024 presidential election. As The Washington Post reports, representative Yvette Clarke (D-NY) has authored a bill that would require political parties to disclose if they used AI-generated content in… Continue reading Congresswoman Proposes Bill Targeting AI-Generated Political Ads
Glimmers of AGI Are Just an Illusion, Scientists Say
If you believe we’re about to reach a point where AI chatbots are just as capable of learning how to complete intellectual tasks as humans, you might want to think again. In a new yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, a team of Stanford scientists, argue the glimmers of artificial general intelligence (AGI) we’re seeing are all just an… Continue reading Glimmers of AGI Are Just an Illusion, Scientists Say
Ex-OpenAI Safety Researcher Says There’s a 20% Chance of AI Apocalypse
“If for some reason, God forbid, all these AI systems were trying to kill us, they would definitely kill us.” AI Me This A one-time OpenAI safety researcher is sounding alarm bells about the decidedly grim-sounding prospect that artificial intelligence may, eventually, bring about the end of humanity. “I think maybe there’s something like a… Continue reading Ex-OpenAI Safety Researcher Says There’s a 20% Chance of AI Apocalypse