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Aug 4, 2023

Actress Whoopi Goldberg says she doesn’t want AI to duplicate her ever

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Artificial intelligence is currently gaining a lot of attention worldwide, particularly in Hollywood, where thousands of actors and writers are on strike, demanding regulations concerning AI. In the midst of this, actress Whoopi Goldberg shared her thoughts on the growing use of modern technology.

During a Hot Topics chat on the recent episode of The View with Neil deGrasse Tyson, the actress had a very deep discussion on AI as she went on to share that she doesn’t want to be recreated by AI.

Goldberg said, “I don’t want AI duplicating me. That’s what I don’t want,”.

Aug 4, 2023

The cognitive challenges of cooperation in human and nonhuman animals

Posted by in category: neuroscience

The cognition needed to support cooperation in its multifaceted forms varies in different scenarios. In this Review, Melis and Raihani argue that whether individuals must recognize interaction partners and whether cooperative interactions need investment repayment can differentiate the cognitive demand posed.

Aug 4, 2023

The Last Artist — AI Assisted Sci-Fi short film

Posted by in categories: entertainment, media & arts, robotics/AI, virtual reality

In an art world conquered by Artificial Intelligence, Claire takes a final stand against the new status quo.

A sci-fi short film created with the help of AI.

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Aug 4, 2023

Google makes it easier to remove your info, explicit images from search

Posted by in category: futurism

Google will soon make it easier to remove your personally identifiable information and explicit images from search results right from Google Search or the Google app.

This can be done with the help of “Results about you,” a privacy-focused tool that was announced in May 2022 and started rolling out in September, allowing users to request the removal of search results that include their personal phone number, home address, or email address.

Today, Google VP of Trust Danielle Romain announced that the tool would receive a significant update, enhancing its functionality and effectiveness.

Aug 4, 2023

New Ultrasound Therapy Could Help Treat Alzheimer’s, Cancer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Sound waves combined with tiny bubbles in the bloodstream can push drugs into the brain and tough-to-reach tumors.

Aug 4, 2023

James Webb telescope captures ‘a preview of the sun’s distant future’ in stunning new Ring Nebula image

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

Astronomers reveal ‘the final chapters of a star’s life’ in a stunning James Webb Space Telescope’s image of the exploding Ring Nebula.

Aug 4, 2023

Every Amazon division is working on generative AI projects

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Just like pretty much every other major tech company, is placing a heavy focus on generative artificial intelligence. CEO Andy Jassy noted on Amazon’s latest earnings call that every division has multiple generative AI projects in the works.

“Inside Amazon, every one of our teams is working on building generative AI applications that reinvent and enhance their customers’ experience,”. “But while we will build a number of these applications ourselves, most will be built by other companies, and we’re optimistic that the largest number of these will be built on. Remember, the core of AI is data. People want to bring generative AI models to the data, not the other way around.”

To that end, Jassy said that AWS provides services and infrastructure that can help its customers, as notes. The AWS CodeWhisperer system, for instance, aims to by suggesting snippets of code they can use directly in the code editor.

Aug 4, 2023

Waymo is Coming to Austin, Texas—It’s Fourth Autonomous Ride-Hailing Service Expansion

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Waymo announced its latest expansion for its autonomous rides, Austin, Texas.

Aug 4, 2023

X-Ray Of A Single Atom Achieved In World First

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry

Thinking of X-rays might trigger memories of broken bones or dental check-ups. But this extremely energetic light can show us more than just our bones: it is also used to study the molecular world, even biochemical reactions in real-time. One issue, though, is that researchers have never been able to study a single atom with X-rays. Until now.

Scientists have been able to characterize a single atom using X-rays. Not only were they able to distinguish the type of atoms they were seeing (there were two different ones), but they also managed to study the chemical behavior these atoms were showing.

“Atoms can be routinely imaged with scanning probe microscopes, but without X-rays, one cannot tell what they are made of. We can now detect exactly the type of a particular atom, one atom-at-a-time, and can simultaneously measure its chemical state,” senior author Professor Saw Wai Hla, from the University of Ohio and the Argonne National Laboratory, said in a statement.

Aug 4, 2023

Scientists Uncover a Surprising Link Between Pure Mathematics and Genetics

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, encryption, evolution, genetics, mathematics

An interdisciplinary team of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and medical scientists has discovered a surprising connection between pure mathematics and genetics. This connection sheds light on the structure of neutral mutations and the evolution of organisms.

Number theory, the study of the properties of positive integers, is perhaps the purest form of mathematics. At first sight, it may seem far too abstract to apply to the natural world. In fact, the influential American number theorist Leonard Dickson wrote “Thank God that number theory is unsullied by any application.”

And yet, again and again, number theory finds unexpected applications in science and engineering, from leaf angles that (almost) universally follow the Fibonacci sequence, to modern encryption techniques based on factoring prime numbers. Now, researchers have demonstrated an unexpected link between number theory and evolutionary genetics.