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....
Evidence is growing that LLMs will never be the route to AGI. They are consuming exponentially increasing energy, to deliver only linear improvements in performance. (arxiv.org)
A California startup says they have combined CRISPR gene editing and generative AI, and want to test their tech in clinical trials. (archive.ph)
Marriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials (phys.org)
New bill would force AI companies to reveal use of copyrighted art (www.theguardian.com)
MIT researchers discover "photomolecular effect": light alone can evaporate water without heat, a previously unknown physics phenomenon that could enable new technologies (news.mit.edu)
Google Update Reveals AI Will Read All Your Private Messages (www.forbes.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....
Sanctuary AI’s latest 7th-generation humanoid robot, Phoenix, learns tasks in just 24hrs (interestingengineering.com)
NASA Veteran’s Propellantless Propulsion Drive That Physics Says Shouldn’t Work Just Produced Enough Thrust to Overcome Earth’s Gravity - The Debrief (thedebrief.org)
Humanity is one convincing deepfake away from a global catastrophe (thehill.com)
Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the almost-apocalypse....
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...
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....
‘Cheap and simple’ Bill Gates-backed fusion concept surpasses heat of the Sun in milestone moment (www.rechargenews.com)
AI is starting to make independent discoveries in basic science, as shown by AI's recent discoveries in how insect wings work. (www.nature.com)
An international group of researchers have discovered a new phase of matter called Non-Abelian Topological Order, which may open a new route to dramatically more effective quantum computers. (thequantuminsider.com)
Humanoids? No, thanks. Most G7 countries feel uncomfortable with the most advanced robots (www.yahoo.com)
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)
AI is coming for Wall Street: Banks are reportedly weighing cutting analyst hiring by two-thirds (www.businessinsider.com)
In animal testing researchers at Columbia University have successfully delivered an mRNA treatment for lung cancer via a nebulizer. (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)
