From Elon Musk predicting AI will destroy humanity to Microsoft unveiling how much it will cost to get Windows 10 security updates, it’s been an eventful week for news. Our team also exclusively reported on major Xbox news that could shape the future of gaming at Microsoft. We also covered some of the best ways […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Elon Musk says AI has the potential of taking over or even ending humanity, placing the probability of this happening between 10 and 20 percent. Regardless of the looming danger, Musk says more advances in the AI landscape should be explored. An AI Safety researcher says the probability of AI […]
Read MoreHumanity’s superpower is sweating—but rising heat could be our kryptonite, and an average temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels could bring regular, fatal heat waves to large parts of the planet, says Tom Matthews, a senior lecturer in environmental geography at King’s College London. “We have evolved to cope with the most […]
Read MoreWe need to understand the value of nature if we want to protect it—and that should include paying ecosystems for keeping us alive, argues Ian Redmond, head of conservation for not-for-profit streaming platform Ecoflix and cofounder of Rebalance Earth, a company that aims to build a sustainable, resilient, and equitable economy. He’s trying to change […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The first season of the Halo TV series launched on Paramount+ back in March 2022. The show is set in the so-called “Silver Timeline,” an alternate universe of Halo that is similar, but also different compared to the story of the games, books, and comics. A teaser trailer for Halo […]
Read MoreGideon Lichfield: OK, but let me play the synthetic biology devil’s advocate for a second. Lauren Goode: OK, OK. Gideon Lichfield: When you have kids, you are throwing the genetic dice, you are mixing your DNA and that of your partners, and— Lauren Goode: Oh, is that how you have kids? [laughter] Should we get […]
Read MoreFor the first time in South Korea, Samsung’s Home Appliance Division obtained the international “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Management System” certificate for responsible AI-related practices. Samsung announced this week that its Home Appliance Division received the ISO/IEC 42001 certificate, which concerns companies that care about responsibly responding to and managing AI-related risks and ethics when they […]
Read MoreEvery year, around 1,000 Type Ia supernovas erupt in the sky. These stellar explosions brighten and then fade away in a pattern so repeatable that they’re used as “standard candles”—objects so uniformly bright that astronomers can deduce the distance to one of them by its appearance. Our understanding of the cosmos is based on these […]
Read MoreThe one thing that all human civilizations have in common is that they end. For 10,000 years or so, that’s been the common factor. You can make an argument that civilizations tend not to last very long once they get to a certain level of tech. When they get to the point where they would […]
Read MoreArtificial intelligence really is everywhere in our day-to-day lives, and one area that’s drawn a lot of attention is its use in facial recognition systems (FRS). This controversial collection of technology is one of the most hotly-debated among data privacy activists, government officials, and proponents of tougher measures on crime. Enough ink has been spilled […]
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