Credit: CC0 Public Domain Getting to the heart of causality is central to understanding the world around us. What causes one variable—be it a biological species, a voting region, a…
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ChatGPT will now work as a search engine as OpenAI partners with some news outlets
The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen with random binary data, March 9, 2023, in Boston. Credit: AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File OpenAI is…
AI tools show biases in ranking job applicants’ names according to perceived race and gender
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The future of hiring, it seems, is automated. Applicants can now use artificial intelligence bots to apply to job listings by the thousands. Companies—which have long…
Germany to bury nuclear waste but toxic dispute unresolved
A mock atomic waste drum on the property of a farmer who is a member of an anti-nuclear citizens’ initiative. An elevator rattles down about a kilometer (3,000 feet) below…
Secure messaging through distributed messages
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Most internet communications today rely on the TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol, which protects against eavesdropping on the network, but not against access by service providers…
Large-scale programmable logic array achieves complex computations
Large-scale optical programmable logic array for two-dimensional cellular automata. Credit: Wenkai Zhang Huazhong University of Science and Technology Researchers have long sought to harness the power of light for computing,…
Can you feel sorry for a robot? Research indicates you can
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A pitiful sound from tinny speakers, sad virtual eyes, trembling robot arms: It doesn’t take much to feel sorry for a robot. This is the conclusion…
