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Mr. Wonderful Admits He Can't Prove China Is Behind Data Center Protests
When Kevin O’Leary, a.k.a Mr. Wonderful, found that his Shark Tank-ian pitch to the people of Utah to put up a massive data center on their land received a collective, “I’m out” from the citizenry, he insisted that the protestations weren’t coming from true Utahans but rather from a Chinese influence campaign—and swore he had “guys” who could prove it. On Thursday, he admitted that his source for those claims was his vivid imagination. “Recently I appeared
Expect Claude Fable 5 to Be Turned Back on in a Matter of Days, Report Says
Big AI Had a Point When It Said It Needed to Be Told What Is Not Okay
When You Gaze Into the AI Slop, the AI Slop Also Gazes Into You
Meta Reportedly Got Too Addicted to Google AI Tokens and Had to Be Cut Off
Scientists Think This Is the Best Way to Detect AI Slop Imagery
Don’t Be Afraid of Self-Improving AI, Says a16z-Backed Startup Mirendil
According to many true-believers, the biggest promise of AI is its potential to accelerate scientific discovery; once-in-a-generation breakthroughs could one day become routine, thanks to algorithms. By extracting patterns from troves of data far too vast for any human mind to fathom, so the thinking goes, AI scientists could eventually help solve some of humanity’s most dire technical problems: climate change, cancer, even—according to diehard transhumani
Anthropic Puts the Squeeze on Snitch Amazon CEO
Why Is a San Diego Charter School Spending $500,000 on Two Humanoid Robots?
If you were a charter school with a cool half a million to drop, what would you spend it on? Budgeting for multiple new teachers? Perhaps expanding your curriculum or purchasing new teaching materials? Funding some sort of overseas trip to broaden your students’ horizons? Capital expenditure on your campus? Scholarships for underprivileged kids? If you answered any of the above, that’s why you’re not running a charter school. The correct answer is “buying
Tesla profits drop as Musk warns of 'rough' patch before riches
Electric vehicle maker Tesla reported a drop in profits for the second quarter of 2025, down 16 percent from the same period the previous year. Tesla reported another drop in quarterly profits Wednesday as CEO Elon Musk warned the company could face a few "rough" quarters following the elimination of federal tax credits for electric vehicles under President Donald Trump's big fiscal package. Musk, on an earnings conference call with analysts and investors,
Trump's AI plan calls for massive data centers. Here's how it may affect energy in the US
Amazon Web Services data center is seen on Aug. 22, 2024, in Boardman, Ore. Credit: AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File President Donald Trump's plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centers across the U.S. could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation's ability to power it. The White House released the "AI Action Plan" Wednesday, vowing to expedite permitting for construction of energy-intensive data centers as it look
AI will soon be able to audit all published research—what will that mean for public trust in science?
Credit: Jamillah Knowles & Digit/Better Images of AI, CC BY-SA Self-correction is fundamental to science. One of its most important forms is peer review, when anonymous experts scrutinize research before it is published. This helps safeguard the accuracy of the written record. Yet problems slip through. A range of grassroots and institutional initiatives work to identify problematic papers, strengthen the peer-review process, and clean up the scientific re
Meta's wristband breakthrough lets you use digital devices without touching them
Neuromotor Interface. Credit: Reality Labs, Meta Could Meta be on the verge of transforming how we interact with our digital devices? If the company's latest innovation takes off, we might soon be controlling our computers, cell phones and tablets with a simple flick of the wrist. Researchers at Meta's Reality Labs division have unveiled an experimental wristband that translates hand gestures and subtle finger movements into commands that interact with a c
AI tackles notoriously complex equations, enabling faster advances in drug and material design
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It can take years for humans to solve complex scientific problems. With AI, it can take a fraction of the time. Dr. Shuiwang Ji, a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University and a leading expert in the emerging field of AI for science and engineering—commonly referred to as AI4Science—is at the forefront of using AI to accelerate scientific problem solving. Ji, along with other
Tradition meets AI in Nishijinori weaving style from Japan's ancient capital
Urgent need for 'global approach' on AI regulation: UN tech chief
A man works on the electronics of Jules, a humanoid robot from Hanson Robotics using AI, at the recent International Telecommunication Union AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva. The world urgently needs to find a global approach on regulating artificial intelligence, the United Nations' top tech chief said this week, warning that fragmentation could deepen risks and inequalities. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, head of the UN's International Telecommunications Union
Curved neural networks enable AI memory recall through geometric design
Explosive memory recall, illustrated through children playing on a curved neural landscape. Credit: Robin Hoshino A new international study has introduced Curved Neural Networks—a new type of AI memory architecture inspired by ideas from geometry. The study shows that bending the "space" in which AI "thinks" can create explosive memory recall—an effect similar to a lightbulb moment in the human brain. The research opens new paths for brain-inspired computi
'Are you joking, mate?' AI doesn't get sarcasm in non-American varieties of English
New report offers critical strategies to protect public health and safe drinking water amid climate change
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group and think tank within the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) have released a new report, Water, Waterborne Pathogens and Public Health: Environmental Drivers. Developed by leading scientists and informed by expert deliberations from a December 2024 colloquium organized by ASM and AGU, the report presents a holistic s