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Aug 10, 2023

Big Tech Agrees to AI Pledges With White House. There’s a Big Omission

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The Biden administration said Friday it struck a deal with some of the biggest U.S. technology companies to manage risks posed by artificial intelligence. However, the agreement didn’t directly address how AI systems are trained, a crucial issue as AI companies face lawsuits over alleged copyright violations.

Aug 10, 2023

Tom Cruise Deepfake Was Made by an Artist at South Park Creators’ Studio

Posted by in category: futurism

But, it turns out, the viral videos weren’t the work of some rando on the internet — a VFX artist that specializes in deepfake technology made them.

Making the Tom Cruise Deepfake

Making the Tom Cruise DeepfakeChris Ume is one of about 20 deepfake artists and technicians working at Deep Voodoo, a studio founded by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to make deepfake-based entertainment, including their Donald Trump-skewering web series “Sassy Justice” (which also features a Tom Cruise puppet).

Aug 10, 2023

Generative AI could radically alter the practice of law

Posted by in categories: business, law, robotics/AI

Even if it doesn’t replace lawyers en masse | Business.

Aug 10, 2023

Elon Musk is now floating the idea of having a ‘noble’ debate with Mark Zuckerberg instead of a tech bro cage fight

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

Elon Musk said TED curator Chris Anderson’s suggestion to have a debate with Mark Zuckerberg, instead of a cage fight, “sounds like a good idea too.”

Aug 10, 2023

Stanford Big Ideas in Medicine

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, ethics, life extension

Hosted by: medical humanities and arts program, center for biomedical ethics, center for asian health research and education, center for innovation in global health, center for population health sciences, stanford center on longevity.

*Program is preliminary and subject to change.

Contact: [email protected]

Aug 10, 2023

Spatial Interactions in Hydrogenated Perovskite Nickelate Synaptic Networks

Posted by in categories: chemistry, robotics/AI

A key aspect of how the brain learns and enables decision-making processes is through synaptic interactions. Electrical transmission and communication in a network of synapses are modulated by extracellular fields generated by ionic chemical gradients. Emulating such spatial interactions in synthetic networks can be of potential use for neuromorphic learning and the hardware implementation of artificial intelligence. Here, we demonstrate that in a network of hydrogen-doped perovskite nickelate devices, electric bias across a single junction can tune the coupling strength between the neighboring cells. Electrical transport measurements and spatially resolved diffraction and nanoprobe X-ray and scanning microwave impedance spectroscopic studies suggest that graded proton distribution in the inhomogeneous medium of hydrogen-doped nickelate film enables this behavior.

Aug 10, 2023

G/O Tells Staff Not to Worry About Everyone Mocking Their Horrible AI Content

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

G/O Media editorial director Merrill Brown reiterated the company was committed to AI articles despite external commentary.

Aug 10, 2023

‘Large’ creature — with 20 arms — found lurking in Antarctic sea. It’s a new species

Posted by in category: futurism

The animal has a “strawberry-like” shape and is one of four newly discovered species, researchers said.

Aug 10, 2023

Fentanyl’s deathly grip on America causes 1,500 deaths a week

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

This is a major crisis in America and most likely globally now.


The US is in the midst of a catastrophic fentanyl epidemic that is causing an eye-watering number of deaths and tearing the fabric of American society apart.

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Aug 10, 2023

Remarkable: For the Second Time, U.S. Scientists Have Achieved Fusion Ignition

Posted by in category: energy

And the results are even more spectacular.