Summary: A new study explores how robots can model and test aspects of the human sense of self, offering new insights into this complex phenomenon. Robots can simulate processes like…
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Is AI’s meteoric rise beginning to slow?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman fired off a social media post saying ‘There is no wall’ as fears arise over potential blockages to AI development. A quietly growing belief in Silicon…
New Gene-Editing Tool Targets Mutations with Unmatched Precision
Summary: A breakthrough tool called Helicase-Assisted Continuous Editing (HACE) allows scientists to create precise genetic mutations in specific genes without affecting the rest of the genome. By combining helicase enzymes…
It’s ‘the intelligence age,’ say tech titans—but information will not save us
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain “We have entered the Intelligence Age,” proclaimed Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, in September. “Deep learning worked,” he explained, and this breakthrough in learning…
Australian police are trialing AI to analyze body-worn camera footage, despite overseas failures, expert criticism
by Kathryn Henne, Charles Orgill Gretton and Kanika Samuels-Wortley, The Conversation Credit: Kindel Media from Pexels Police departments around the world are increasingly using body-worn cameras in an attempt to…
How Depression Alters Stress, Health, and Lifespan
Summary: Depression disrupts the body’s stress systems, causing physical health risks like heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, and reducing life expectancy by 7-10 years. The condition triggers brain structure changes,…
Mushroom houses for Gaza? Arab designers offer home-grown innovations
Mushroom-based structures are an appealing alternative to the shelters now housing many displaced Gazans. As winter descends on Gaza’s tent cities, emergency housing made from mushrooms could keep out the…
US finalizes up to $6.6 bn funding for chip giant TSMC
The first of TSMC’s three new facilities in Arizona is set to fully open by early-2025, according to President Joe Biden. The United States will award Taiwanese chip giant TSMC…
What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?
The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York. Credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew, File Disgruntled X…
Mapping Protein Changes Across Aging
Summary: Researchers have developed the Mouse Aging Proteomic Atlas, a comprehensive database detailing protein changes in major tissues as mice age. By analyzing proteomes and transcriptomes across tissues like the…
