When AI developers aren’t creating new large language models, they’re creating new ways to foil regulatory oversight.
Category: 20 August 2024
NEW AI MAY READ OUR DARKEST DNA
Proteins are the currency of life and DNA carries the instructions for making each unique protein that creates our bodies and the processes that keep them alive.
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
In a world of rapidly advancing technologies that integrate so closely with every aspect of life, privacy is harder to obtain, yet more important than ever.
GOOGLE “MONOPOLIST” BREAKUP?
We had long forecast that legislation in Congress to hold tech corporations accountable for monopolistic practices would unfortunately probably not succeed.
GAZA DEATH TOLL
Israel continues its relentless killing spree in Gaza. But with over 40,000 Palestinians killed by Israel, of which some 70 percent are women and children, it’s not “news” in America.
YES, “SCIENCE” CONTINUES TO MANIPULATE TEMPERATURE DATA TO SERVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS AGENDA
Flashback to 2019. Following the discovery that climate scientists tied to major entities like the IPCC were producing revisions to historical temperature data, authorities tried to sell the idea that they were making the original data “more accurate.”
NEW “WAFFLE STACKS” CLEAN PFAS FROM WATER
PFAS “forever chemicals”—perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances—are having a moment.
MICROCAPACITORS CAN MAKE DEVICES SMALLER, MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT
At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, engineers have been able to mount microcapacitors onto computer chips, which could lead to smaller electronic devices that are more energy efficient.
U.K. COMPANY USES FACTORIES’ WASTE TO MAKE NEW RAW MATERIALS
At a factory in Pretoria, South Africa, international food conglomerate Nestlé makes noodles and Kit Kat bars—and now, thanks to London company ECCO, it also makes baking soda and pure carbon gas.
POOR DIET BLAMED FOR JUMP IN COLORECTAL CANCERS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
A new study released by the Cleveland Clinic says a dramatic increase in colorectal cancers among the young population could be blamed on poor diets.