Satellite image (left) of ‘poor’ village, then moves from left to right adding signs of wealth, like roads, progressing towards what the AI ‘sees’ as wealth. Credit: Authors/Google, CC BY…
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Tesla sues Swedish state over strike fallout
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Electric carmaker Tesla on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state over a strike by postal workers blocking deliveries of license plates for its new…
Internet Usage and Mental Health
Summary: A comprehensive study analyzing data from two million individuals across 168 countries, challenges the widely held belief about the negative psychological impact of internet technologies. Researchers found only small…
Beyond Processed Foods: New Insights into What Drives Our Food Choices
Summary: A new study challenges prevailing assumptions about food preferences, particularly regarding ultra-processed foods (UPFs). Engaging 224 adults, the study analyzed responses to images of 52 familiar foods, assessing factors…
Diamond device shows highest breakdown voltage
Diamond semiconductor device (4 mm x 4 mm in size). Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign To reach the world’s goal of carbon neutrality…
Video genre that focuses on everyday life is everywhere—and not slowing down
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain “Get Ready with Me”—to go on a date, go to work or … get fired? “Get Ready with Me” videos are everywhere these days, and they’re…
Creating artistic collages using reinforcement learning
The “Color Face” made of newspapers, source image from pixabay.com/photos/girl-face-colorful-colors-artistic-2696947 . Credit: Dai et al. Researchers at Seoul National University have recently tried to train an artificial intelligence (AI) agent…
Pentagon’s AI initiatives accelerate hard decisions on lethal autonomous weapons.
The Longshot, an air-launched unmanned aircraft that General Atomics is developing with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency for use in tandem with piloted Air Force jets, is displayed at…
