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This Polish radio station fired all its journalists and replaced them with AI hosts -- and people are furious

"It is a dangerous precedent that hits us all," said fired journalists.

AI is becoming a bigger and bigger problem for the climate. Can "digital sobriety" help?

Artificial intelligence might not take your job, but it can use up all your water and electricity.

This AI will let you listen to one person and mute everyone else in a crowd

When you pair this AI with noise-canceling headphones, it allows you to listen to only the person you want to talk to in a crowd.

SuperAnimal: An AI model that anyone can use to understand animal behavior

Animals can't talk or express their feelings but an AI can help us understand their behavior.

Billions of Android Devices May Be Open to 'Dirty Stream' Attack

There’s nothing that users can do other than ensure they update apps as soon as possible.

New study reveals shocking levels of smartphone addiction among teenage girls

Smartphone addiction has been linked to mental problems such as anxiety.

Human pilots face an AI-controlled jet for the first time in a real-world dogfight

The outcome of the dogfight is classified. But everybody now knows that AI is capable of flying fighter jets.

This AI can find billions of new antibiotics, even for superbugs that don't respond to treatments

Antibiotic discover is just one part of the rise of artificial intelligence in medicine.

3D-printed implants are changing the game for orthopedic patients

Advances in 3D printing are finally showing the worth in healthcare.

AI companies plan to use nuclear energy for their energy-hungry data centers. But should they?

AI data centers may require 2.5 times more electricity than conventional data centers. Where will all this extra electricity come from?

Your fingerprints are not unique, new AI finds

An AI program reveals a shocking secret about human fingerprints that even forensic scientists found shocking.

Your VPN is ruining your internet speed. Here's how to fix it

Don't let your VPN drag you down.

Is this the future of fashion? Your next outfit could power itself with solar energy

Too hot outside? Don't worry, your clothes can take care of that for you.

This Japanese company wants to power rockets with cow dung

Could cattle get us to into orbit?

Hackers stole ancestry data from 23andMe on nearly 7 million people

A breach at 23andMe exposes millions to a web of compromised genetic and personal data, igniting concerns about digital privacy and security."

3D printing metals just got good enough to be used in jets

3D printing works best with plastic and porous steel—materials too weak for hard-core applications. A new study may change all that.

From Titanic to AI-tanic: AI shatters speed barriers in iceberg surveillance

The new program can map an iceberg quicker than you can blink.

Futuristic bionic hand syncs with the brain and skeleton, bridging robotics and biology

This artificial hand has transformed the life of a women living with a below elbow amputation. Can it bring the same positive change for others?

X-rays show the difference between a $5 and Apple's $129 USB-C cable

The difference can be startling. Is the price worth it though?

Meet Meta’s bizarre million-dollar celebrity AI chatbots

Does Mark Zuckerberg and Meta have a secret plan to replace celebrities with their AI counterparts in the future?

Are call center operators obsolete in the age of AI? Not so fast

When call center operators are experts at what they do, they can make better judgment calls than an AI alone.

From fragments to full picture: The Titanic's full digital resurrection

It took more than 700,000 pictures from all angles to reconstruct a full-size 3-D model of Titanic.

Exam period is coming. Can students pass with ChatGPT?

Universities say they're preparing, but AI is remarkable able to pass.

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan confirms it's been mining Bitcoin for years

Bhutan has been mining Bitcoin since it was $5,000.

How a mobile signal booster works: boost your signal strength and coverage

Stay connected anywhere with a mobile signal booster for your device.

Low-cost camera provides scientists with new tool for predicting volcanic eruptions

They used a 3D printer for some of the parts of the camera, bringing down costs.

Watch this robot 3D print yummy cheesecakes

We're closer than ever to witnessing a 3D food printing revolution. These cheesecakes are a delicious proof of what's coming.

OpenAI just released GPT-4, which can now understand images. Here's what you need to know

The new iteration can perform at "human level" on various professional and academic benchmarks.

This firefighting robot could help human firefighters escape danger unscathed

If there is a fire emergency, here is a firefighter robot that will go in first. So that human firefighters face minimum risk.

ChatGPT is almost good enough to become a doctor. What does it mean for AI and for doctors?

ChatGPT has managed to score well enough to become a licensed doctor. So is it now ready to replace doctors?

Are we finally seeing the end of passwords?

The slow death of passwords seems imminent in the face of more convenient biometric authentification.

Shape-shifting “Terminator robot” escapes prison just like in the movies

The world needs a good terminator, and seems like now we have one.

What does quantum cryptography mean for cybersecurity

Quantum computers powerful enough to break public-key encryption are still years away, but when it happens, they could be a major threat.

This slime mold smartwatch is a living gadget -- and it serves an important purpose

This watch is incredible, alive, and can make you emotional because it is powered by a pet-like slime mold.

The future of AI voice is here: new AI has emotionally intelligent synthetic speech

This AI knows how to sound like you or anyone else.

This laser link has achieved the fastest data transfer from space to date. It's 1,000 times faster than before

And you thought your home wi-fi might be fast.

Over 1000 songs released in China have AI voices. Some have over 100 million streams

After competing with painters and illustrators, AI has started replacing singers in China.

Scientists may have finally cracked the biggest puzzle keeping solid-state batteries from taking over the energy industry

New research finds a way to render branch-like lithium filaments harmless to solid-state batteries.

Your smartphone can detect bridges that are about to collapse. Here's how

A friendly reminder that your consumer phone can be a powerful tool in the service of science.

Juicy bots: Withering passion fruit gives rise to a robot that can clean space junk

The patterns formed on a withering passion fruit hold valuable insights for designing robots.

A nest-monitoring device can save more sea turtle hatchlings and fight extinction

Using TurtleSense, you can know when a turtle egg will hatch and even find out if an egg is ever going to hatch or not.

This clever algorithm may be what's driving rent prices so high

Algorithms are impacting our lives in a big way.

A political party headed by an AI aims to fight general elections in Denmark

The AI led party wants to grab the attention of the voters in the country who don't have any representation.

An AI capable of 'thermal attacks' just proved that no password is safe

Scientists created an AI password thief to show that we need better safety measures than passwords and PIN.

Six major tech companies pledge not to weaponize AI, but will politicians follow their lead?

With AI and robots becoming increasingly capable, such pledges are more and more important.

A new machine learning algorithm has learned how to look at a picture and recreate them as 3D objects

From materials science to medicine, such an algorithm can be very valuable for researchers.

Sensory stickers bring us closer to fully-wearable, fully-convenient ultrasound investigations

Such stickers will allow for round-the-clock monitoring of internal tissues anywhere, anytime.

Engineers use 19th-century photography technique to create stretchy, color-changing films

There's more to it than just some flashy fashion item.

New biofilm can produce continuous electricity from your sweat

Wearable electronics could soon be powered by dead microbes, based on this new study

US and Japan join forces to start factory for tiny 2-nanometer chips

The new chips would offer a much higher performance while using less power. It could also help ease the chip shortage.

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