Softbank Group, Japan’s tech megafunder, is exploring the prospect of a trillion-dollar investment to create an industrial complex in Arizona for building robots and developing advanced AI models.
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AI HALLUCINATIONS ARE A FEATURE, NOT A BUG. SO, WHAT TO DO?
AI models are evolving from generative systems that deliver information culled from the Internet to “reasoning” models that mimic some processes of human thought.
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GOT EARWAX? AI WILL TELL YOU IF YOU HAVE PARKINSON’S DISEASE
A Parkinson’s diagnosis often is possible only after a person has lost enough brain function to begin showing symptoms. However, now all you need is earwax, according to researchers at China’s Zhejiang University.
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HACKBOT AUTOMATES CYBERHACKING FOR SELF-DEFENSE
A startup named Xbow has raised $75 million to fund development of a bot that continually tests weaknesses in online systems so the systems’ operators can find and fix them before bad actors do.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: IT’S AI’S WORLD
People are taking up characteristic words and phrasing of the most widely used generative AI chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, according to the Max Planck Society.
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DARPA SETS POWER BEAM RECORD
U.S. military researchers have sent a laser carrying 800 watts of power across 5.3 miles (8.6 km), setting a new record.
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SHELLFISH COULD BECOME YOUR NEW ONE-A-DAY VITAMIN
Clams, mussels, and oysters are among the world’s best sources of animal protein. Scientists at Cambridge University decided to make them even better by turning them into a one-stop source of a person’s complete daily nutritional needs.
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FLOATING BLANKETS USE SUNLIGHT TO PURIFY TAINTED WATER
Researchers at The Ohio State University have created “nanofibrous blankets” that float on contaminated water and solve a key problem in current methods used to purify it.
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TRUMP ROLLS OVER FOR A NEW WAR
It is generally believed that American voters elected Donald Trump president at least in part due to their embracing his lies that he was a peacemaker who would not involve the United States in the pointless wars that have proliferated since 9/11.
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THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF CHLORINE EXPOSURE
Chlorine exposure from pools, tap water and cleaning products creates toxic byproducts like chloramines that damage skin, lungs and eyes, with effects building up over time.