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The “SALTED” Nuke That Could END the World
When you think of nuclear devastation, you imagine shockwaves, fireballs, and destruction. But the true nightmare lies in what comes after—the fallout. Now, imagine a weapon so lethal it could render Earth uninhabitable for centuries. Meet the cobalt bomb, a terrifying \.
A Scientist Says Humans Will Go Backwards in Time Within Just 5 Years
It’ll certainly take some work.
‘Droidspeak’: AI Agents Now Have Their Own Language Thanks to Microsoft
Getting AIs to work together could be a powerful force multiplier for the technology.
Philip Feldman at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County told New Scientist that the resulting communication speed-ups could help multi-agent systems tackle bigger, more complex problems than possible using natural language.
But the researchers say there’s still plenty of room for improvement. For a start, it would be helpful if models of different sizes and configurations could communicate. And they could squeeze out even bigger computational savings by compressing the intermediate representations before transferring them between models.
However, it seems likely this is just the first step towards a future in which the diversity of machine languages rivals that of human ones.
Bill Gates former CEO of Microsoft and what he thinks about the future of artificial intelligence (AI)
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Dream Chaser spaceplane to make daring NASA ISS trip and then land on runway
A SPACEPLANE that uses regular runways could fly to space as soon as next year.
Called Dream Chaser, the futuristic spacecraft will fly on a NASA mission to resupply the International Space Station.
The mission – officially called SSC Demo-1 – is due to take place “no earlier than May 2025”
Did Scientists Revive an Extinct Animal or Just Breed a Less Stripey Zebra?
A near four-decade quest to bring the quagga back is being heralded as a success, but not everyone is impressed.
Two robots debate the future of humanity
Hanson Robotics Limited’s Ben Goertzel, Sophia and Han at RISE 2017.
Now for something that’s never been done onstage before. While they may not be human, our next guests are ready to discuss the future of humanity, and how they see their types flourish over the coming years.
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Prototype lenses can block epileptic-seizure causing wavelengths
People with photosensitive epilepsy could benefit from a prototype pair of glasses with lenses that block out wavelengths that are known to cause seizures in some people.
In a study published in Cell Reports Physical Science, researchers from the University of Glasgow and University of Birmingham have developed a prototype of a liquid crystal lens that they believe could help photosensitive epilepsy sufferers.
The lenses are controlled by very small changes in temperature that can be built into the lens, and when activated can block more than 98% of light in the 660–720nm wavelength range, known to affect the greatest number of people suffering from photosensitive epilepsy.