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GPUs powering AI will probably be the end of us all but at least they're being used to find small city smashing asteroids before they do

Ten metres might not sound very big but just imagine dropping one on your toes.

At the Paris AI summit, the tech world asks: Does Europe’s tech culture drive startups away?

At the Paris AI summit, the tech world asks: Does Europe’s tech culture drive startups away?

Europe lags far behind China and the U.S. in the AI race. The continent’s risk-averse regulatory and investment culture may help explain why.

Can AI make us lose our minds?

Can AI make us lose our minds?

AI designed to mimic human interaction can exploit weaknesses in our minds and emotions—with catastrophic consequences.

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Nobody wants to talk about AI safety. Instead they cling to 5 comforting myths

This week, France hosted an AI Action Summit in Paris to discuss burning questions around artificial intelligence (AI), such as how people can trust AI technologies and how the world can govern them.

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The Paris AI Action Summit was a fork in the road—but are we on a path to prosperity or disaster?

AI Safety, the original purpose of these summits, was sidelined in favor of talk of AI opportunity

MIT builds swarms of tiny robotic insect drones that can fly 100 times longer than previous designs

Scientists have built a new type of robotic insect that can fly 100 times longer than previous generations.

Bill Gates says he got into every Ivy League school he applied to, but tailored a different 'persona' for each application: 'Each was a performance'

“I wanted the chance to see how I stacked up against the other brainy kids from a much wider pool than Lakeside,” Gates said.

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We need to keep an open mind on cold fusion potential

We need to keep an open mind on cold fusion potential

Letters: Scientists around the world are leading research into cold fusion as an alternative to fossil fuels so it should not be dismissed as pseudo-scientific, say MIT-based researchers. Plus a letter from Huw Price

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Only two weeks in and AI phenomenon DeepSeek is officially growing faster than ChatGPT

Only two weeks in and AI phenomenon DeepSeek is officially growing faster than ChatGPT

Exclusive Similarweb data reveals ChatGPT growth might have peaked, and, though it’s early days, a new competitor could be in line for its throne.

Is flying really safer than driving? What the stats show after devastating Washington D.C. plane crash

Is flying really safer than driving? What the stats show after devastating Washington D.C. plane crash

In the wake of Wednesday’s devastating Washington D.C. plane crash, we take a look at how safe flying is compared to driving

The Independent UK

Gen Z Keeps Getting Fired: Why 94% of Business Leaders Find Them Challenging To Manage

Gen Z Keeps Getting Fired: Why 94% of Business Leaders Find Them Challenging To Manage

Gen Z professionals are perceived as difficult to work with due to limited face-to-face interaction, struggles with soft skills, and different work ethics and expectations.

International Business Times

'ELIZA,' the world's 1st chatbot, was just resurrected from 60-year-old computer code

'ELIZA,' the world's 1st chatbot, was just resurrected from 60-year-old computer code

Researchers discovered long-lost computer code and used it to resurrect the early chatbot ELIZA.

30 Man-Made Innovations That Were Designed Mimicking Nature’s Blueprints

30 Man-Made Innovations That Were Designed Mimicking Nature’s Blueprints

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Fastest disintegrating world ever seen 'spills its guts' for NASA's exoplanet hunter

Fastest disintegrating world ever seen 'spills its guts' for NASA's exoplanet hunter

NASA's TESS exoplanet hunter has found the fastest-disintegrating planet ever. Losing a moons-worth of matter every million years, it is a prime target for the James Webb Space Telescope.

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We’re getting closer to having practical quantum computers – here’s what they will be used for

In 1981, American physicist and Nobel Laureate, Richard Feynman, gave a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) near Boston, in which he outlined a revolutionary idea. Feynman suggested that the strange physics of quantum mechanics could be used to perform calculations.

'Daredevil' white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a weird black hole

The weird outbursts of a distant supermassive black hole may be caused by a death-defying white dwarf walking a cosmic tight rope around it.

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Technology will never be a god – but has it become a religion?

Way back in September 2015, the controversial engineer, entrepreneur and Silicon Valley magnate Anthony Levandowski set out to establish a new religion. He called it the Way of the Future – or WOTF.

Could AI find the perfect car design?

Scientists have created a database so AI can compare thousands of 3D models.

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Dead stars can celebrate 2 New Years every second with nearby cosmic fireworks

Celestial fireworks that erupt all year long but last a fraction of a second, fast radio bursts, may have traced them to the immediate surroundings of extreme and highly magnetic dead stars.

Astronomers find the smallest main-belt asteroids ever detected

positioned between Mars and Jupiter at an average distance of around 250 million km from Earth. Read further on Dynamite News:

You can now wear an Apollo Guidance Computer keypad as a wristwatch

NASA's Apollo spacecraft had briefcase-size computers that for their day would normally have filled two rooms. Apollo Instruments has been able to shrink the Apollo Guidance Computer even more.

MIT's massive database of 8,000 new AI-generated EV designs could shape how the future of cars look

An open-source database made by MIT engineers houses over 8,000 aerodynamic car designs and could train future AI models to design EVs in the future.

Elite U.S. Universities Accused Of Favoring Wealthy Applicants

New court filings reveal preferential treatment for wealthy and connected students in elite U.S. universities' admissions processes.

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Some elite US universities favor wealthy students in admissions decisions, lawsuit alleges

New filings in a 2022 class-action lawsuit contend that children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities

AI safety testing gets poor grades in a new report

A third-party lab caught OpenAI's o1 model trying to deceive, while OpenAI's safety testing has been called into question.

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