Researchers develop method that boosts performance of moderation models on live platforms

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Twitch. Some see it as a fun online community of gamers and good-natured e-sports fandom. For others, it’s a perilous stream of potentially toxic content and…

AI’s Vulnerability to Misguided Human Arguments

Summary: A new study reveals a significant vulnerability in large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT: they can be easily misled by incorrect human arguments. Researchers engaged ChatGPT in debate-like scenarios,…

Maternal Inflammation Linked to Child Behavioral Dysregulation

Summary: Maternal inflammation risk factors may be associated with dysregulation in children, encompassing attention, anxiety, depression, and aggression. Researchers observed that children born to mothers with prenatal infections, or who…

Interoperability is the name of the game in the future of traffic, says researcher

Credit: CC0 Public Domain An F-35 fighter plane has 8 million lines of code. A modern car, by comparison, has hundreds of millions of lines of code. The car is…

Balancing Act: The Mixed Blessings of Solitude on Mental Health

Summary: A new study examines the nuanced impact of solitude on mental health among adults aged 35 and older in the UK and US. Tracking 178 participants over 21 days,…

Bitzlato founder pleads guilty to running ‘criminal’ US crypto exchange

Bitzlato was a China-based cryptocurrency exchange. The Russian founder of the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange pleaded guilty on Wednesday to operating a money transfer business that accepted illicit funds. Anatoly Legkodymov,…

Steve Jobs wrote a check to Radio Shack in 1976. Now it’s up for auction

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels It’s a pristine piece of Silicon Valley history—and it comes with a famous autograph. A check that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs made out to Radio…

Two-system model combines desalination and energy storage

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cornell engineers have refined a model that not only cultivates green energy, but also desalinates ocean water for large, drought-stricken coastal populations. By pumping seawater to…

Brain Stimulation Enhances Memory in Schizophrenia Patients

Summary: A new study suggests that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can improve aspects of prospective memory in individuals with schizophrenia. The trial compared 50 schizophrenia patients, split between active…

Childhood Stress Linked to Adult Depression

Summary: A new study reveals a connection between negative life events (NLE) in childhood and a higher likelihood of developing depression in young adulthood. This research, involving 321 participants, showed…