These robot tattooers are apparently super-fast and cause nearly no pain. Dot Your T’s Would you let a robot ink a cloud-based tattoo design onto you? For the low price of $10,000 and a trip to Austin, Texas, now you can. Last week, the Blackdot robo-tattooing startup came out of stealth to announce that it… Continue reading Of Course Austin Has a Robot Tattoo Shop Now
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Scientists Puzzled by Sudden, Super-Loud Rumble Inside Mars
A so-called dead world. Captain Shook In May of last year, NASA’s Insight Mars lander detected an enormous seismic tremor reverberating just below the planet’s surface. At a magnitude 4.7, it’s the most powerful ever detected on the Red Planet — and indeed anywhere off world. Ever since, the puzzling “marsquake” has had scientists scrambling… Continue reading Scientists Puzzled by Sudden, Super-Loud Rumble Inside Mars
Researchers Just Found Something Terrifying About Talking to AI Chatbots
Great, another thing to worry about. Context Matters It looks like AI chatbots just got even scarier, thanks to new research suggesting the large language models (LLMs) behind them can infer things about you based on minor context clues you provide. In interviews with Wired, computer scientists out of the Swiss state science school ETH Zurich… Continue reading Researchers Just Found Something Terrifying About Talking to AI Chatbots
Toyota Put This Fascinating Photo in a Press Release About Electric Vehicles
Yes, seriously. Bases Flared When announcing a solid-state battery partnership, Toyota displayed the sand-like electrolyte substance in a glass vessel that looks — apologies in advance — exactly like a butt plug. As noticed by the sharp-eyed automotive aficionados at Jalopnik, there was only a single, unexplained photo of the flared-base glass container in the press… Continue reading Toyota Put This Fascinating Photo in a Press Release About Electric Vehicles
Lawyer Suggests Giving Animals the Right to Vote
And really, why not? Animal Magnetism Humans have always decided what happens to animals without the creatures themselves having a say. What if that changed? That provocative question is the subject of a recent article in its journal Analysis. Chicago-based attorney Ioan-Radu Motoarcă argues in the paper and an accompanying public-facing essay that though animal cruelty… Continue reading Lawyer Suggests Giving Animals the Right to Vote
Meta’s AI-Powered Tom Brady Bot Trashes Colin Kaepernick, Saying He “Ain’t Good Enough” to Play in the NFL
Meta’s celebrity AI personas — you know, the ones based on real-life stars ranging from Snoop Dogg to Kendall Jenner — are already off to a rough start. For a perfect example, look at the bot based on football legend Tom Brady. To test the Brady Bot out, we asked it a straightforward question: why former San… Continue reading Meta’s AI-Powered Tom Brady Bot Trashes Colin Kaepernick, Saying He “Ain’t Good Enough” to Play in the NFL
SEC Head Says It’s a Near-Certainty That AI Will Cause a Financial Crash
“Nearly unavoidable.” AI Crash Artificial intelligence is making forays into the financial industry — but the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warns that increasing reliance is likely to trigger the next financial crisis. That’s right. SEC head Gary Gensler told the Financial Times that it’s “nearly unavoidable” that AI will lead to… Continue reading SEC Head Says It’s a Near-Certainty That AI Will Cause a Financial Crash
Scientists Working on Gene-Hacked Plants to Suck Up Extra CO2
It’s a bold solution. Green Guardians There’s no shortage of worldwide efforts aimed at planting millions of more trees to help offset our planet’s CO2-poisoned atmosphere. But entrepreneurial scientists at a biotech firm called Living Carbon are taking those efforts a step further: creating gene-hacked “mother trees” that are freakishly good at absorbing loads of… Continue reading Scientists Working on Gene-Hacked Plants to Suck Up Extra CO2
Stack Overflow Lays Off Employees as AI Threatens Coding Industry
AI code to Stack Overflow: adapt or die. Reaping Season Stack Overflow, the go-to coding resource and forum, is laying off more than a hundred workers totaling 28 percent of its staff — just as AI-powered coding tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT are threatening to reshape the industry. CEO Stack Overflow Prashanth Chandrasekar announced the layoffs… Continue reading Stack Overflow Lays Off Employees as AI Threatens Coding Industry
Adobe Shows Off Dress That Can Change Its Pattern on the Fly
This is next level. Dress For Success Adobe has unveiled a sparkling, interactive dress — and got the research scientist who created it to model the high-tech couture. Video of the dress debut shows researcher Christine Dierk wearing the slinky strapless number that, upon first glance, looks like the average sequined cocktail dress. With the click… Continue reading Adobe Shows Off Dress That Can Change Its Pattern on the Fly