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Satellite Images of our Oceans Reveal Oil Slicks Covering an Area Twice the Size of France
Oil slicks like these cover an area of the ocean twice the size of France.
A study in the journal Science points to human activity and not natural occurrences for the vast majority of this surface pollution.
Ancient technology that was centuries ahead of its time
These astounding examples of ancient technology show that past civilizations were more advanced than we might have thought.
The New Poem-Making Machinery
Shall code-davinci-002 compare thee to a summer’s day?
Yann LeCun has a bold new vision for the future of AI
One of the godfathers of deep learning pulls together old ideas to sketch out a fresh path for AI, but raises as many questions as he answers.
Now, after months figuring out what was missing, he has a bold new vision for the next generation of AI. In a draft document shared with MIT Technology Review, LeCun sketches out an approach that he thinks will one day give machines the common sense they need to navigate the world. For LeCun, the proposals could be the first steps on a path to building machines with the ability to reason and plan like humans—what many call artificial general intelligence, or AGI. He also steps away from today’s hottest trends in machine learning, resurrecting some old ideas that have gone out of fashion.
But his vision is far from comprehensive; indeed, it may raise more questions than it answers. The biggest question mark, as LeCun points out himself, is that he does not know how to build what he describes.
Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) — Mozambique
Did they get GitHub Copilot to write it?
Biobatteries that run for weeks? Behold the power of 3 bacteria
Biobatteries have the potential to power remote devices. However, their lifespan is just a few hours. New research can change this.
Yet Another Crypto Exchange Has Frozen Withdrawals Amid the Coin Crash
Like Celsius before it, Coinflex cited “extreme market conditions” and continued uncertainty as reasons for halting all withdrawals.
New omicron variants target lungs and escape antibodies
Preliminary research from the University of Tokyo has sparked a debate about whether the newest omicron variants are of great concern or not. Do antibodies work against the new omicron variants? Do infections work against the new omicron variants? What are the symptoms of the new omicron variants?
