Dozens of stars show signs of hosting advanced alien civilisations (www.newscientist.com)
Two surveys of millions of stars in our galaxy have revealed mysterious spikes in infrared heat coming from dozens of them. Astronomers say this could be evidence for alien civilisations harnessing energy from their stars by using a vast construction known as a Dyson sphere – although they can’t fully rule out more mundane...
Rifle-Armed Robot Dogs Now Being Tested By Marine Special Operators (Updated) (www.twz.com)
AI and demographics: the economic tug of war | Vanguard UK Professional (www.vanguard.co.uk)
Vanguard’s new forecasting framework suggests AI is likely to be the catalyst for a surge in economic growth, surpassing the impact of the personal computer and the internet.
Med-Gemini has bested GPT-4, achieving an exceptional 91.1% accuracy in medical diagnostics. (newatlas.com)
DeepMind is experimenting with a nearly indestructible robot hand (www.newscientist.com)
Marriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials (phys.org)
A group of Chinese companies, including Xiaomi and UBTech, have launched an open-source humanoid robot. (newatlas.com)
Deaf girl is cured in world first gene therapy trial (www.independent.co.uk)
Opal Sandy, aged 18 months, was born completely deaf due to condition auditory neuropathy
When people rated moral reasoning responses to issues, and were unaware some were generated by AI, they rated the AI's as better than the humans. (www.nature.com)
China has a flourishing market for deepfakes that clone the dead. The same technologies are being used by Chinese people to make replicas of themselves, their children, and famous public figures. (www.technologyreview.com)
'Warp drives' may actually be possible someday, new study suggests (www.space.com)
A new study provides some theoretical underpinning to warp drives, suggesting that the superfast propulsion tech may not forever elude humanity....
[Neuralink] PRIME Study Progress Update — User Experience (neuralink.com)
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed....
The One Thing Holding Back Heat Pumps (www.wired.com)
If billionaires actually cared about saving the planet, they’d pool their vast wealth and buy everyone a heat pump. Instead of burning planet-warming fossil fuels, these appliances extract warmth from even freezing outdoor air and transfer it into a building, thanks to neat tricks of physics. In the summer, they reverse to act...
Humanity is one convincing deepfake away from a global catastrophe (thehill.com)
Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the almost-apocalypse....
Humans share the web equally with bots, report warns amid fears of ‘dead internet’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Humans now share the web equally with bots, according to a major new report – as some fear that the internet is dying....
Researchers are making progress on producing cows from just stem cells, with no eggs or sperm involved. Some people are wondering if the same tech might one day work with humans. (www.technologyreview.com)
Sanctuary AI’s latest 7th-generation humanoid robot, Phoenix, learns tasks in just 24hrs (interestingengineering.com)
Bosses are becoming increasingly scared of AI because it might actually adversely affect their jobs too (www.techradar.com)
U.K. Criminalizes Creating Sexually Explicit Deepfake Images (time.com)
The U.K. will criminalize the creation of sexually explicit deepfake images as part of plans to tackle violence against women....