Figure AI, a Silicon Valley start-up building AI-driven robots, announced it has raised $675 million from investors including Intel, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, and the family fund of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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AI WILL BE AS CAPABLE AS HUMANS IN NEAR FUTURE, ZUCKERBERG SAYS
AI developer Meta is pouring another $10 billion into creating "an absolutely massive amount of infrastructure" to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI)—the kind that bests humans in a variety of mentally demanding challenges, Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said last week.
POISONED AI WAS ABLE TO HIDE ITS MALICIOUS CODE FROM RESEARCHERS
Researchers at AI developer Anthropic programmed AIs to behave badly and then applied industry-standard safety checks to find and remove the poison code.
ENGINEERS BUILD KILLER DRONE IN A FEW HOURS
Two engineers spent a few hours installing AI and facial recognition in a small, off-the-shelf drone that then was able to identify and chase people at full speed. If the drone had had a weapon aboard, it could have killed its prey.
NEW MATERIAL DOUBLES HYDROGEN STORAGE CAPACITY
Hydrogen is making headlines as a potentially limitless clean fuel that holds more energy in a given space than lithium-ion batteries. (See “A Gold Rush for Gold Hydrogen” 5 Mar 2024.) However, as hydrogen’s benefits draw more interest, so does a key problem: the gas is hard to store.
BIG PHARMA AND ITS SHILLS ARE HAVING TO ADJUST THEIR COVID FICTION TO THE FACTS
From all appearances Big Pharma put together an international study by 21 medical “scientists” that concluded from 99 million vaccinated individuals that the mRNA vaccines have “rare” harmful effects.
BIOENGINEERS 3D-PRINT LIVING SKIN DIRECTLY ONTO WOUNDS
For the first time, researchers have 3D-printed layered, living skin onto wounded areas of a living creature, preventing scarring, possible infection, and other dangers that can accompany skin grafts.
PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT, SINGING MAY HELP PRESERVE BRAIN HEALTH
Engaging in activities that stimulate your brain is one of the simplest ways to keep your mind sharp as you age.
ELECTRONICS RECYCLERS STRIKE GOLD
Electronic trash is laced with rare minerals and even gold—but recovering that gold from discarded computers’ circuitry has been too complex and expensive to make it worthwhile.
THE GREAT ELECTION FRAUD: MANUFACTURED CHOICES MAKE A MOCKERY OF OUR REPUBLIC
The U.S. Supreme Court was right to keep President Trump’s name on the ballot.









