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May 6, 2023

Quantum Entanglement Takes Navigation Sensors to New Heights

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, quantum physics

The mysterious phenomenon of “spooky action at a distance,” which once troubled Einstein, could soon become as commonplace as the gyroscopes used to measure acceleration in smartphones.

A recent study in Nature Photonics.

<em>Nature Photonics</em> is a prestigious, peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by the Nature Publishing Group. Launched in January 2007, the journal focuses on the field of photonics, which includes research into the science and technology of light generation, manipulation, and detection. Its content ranges from fundamental research to applied science, covering topics such as lasers, optical devices, photonics materials, and photonics for energy. In addition to research papers, <em>Nature Photonics</em> also publishes reviews, news, and commentary on significant developments in the photonics field. It is a highly respected publication and is widely read by researchers, academics, and professionals in the photonics and related fields.

May 6, 2023

Turns out Uranus might be swarmed by deep ocean worlds

Posted by in categories: computing, space

Some of Uranus’ moons likely have deep oceans lurking beneath their ice-capped surfaces, a new study by NASA shows.

Two of them, Titania and Oberon, may even have water warm enough to support life.

Scientists have recently pored through decades-old information collected by the veteran Voyager 2 spacecraft, which flew by Uranus in 1986 during its extended space mission. Armed with new computer modeling techniques, researchers reanalyzed the data and concluded four of the ice giant’s 27 moons (opens in a new tab) probably have liquid water sandwiched between their cores and crusts.

May 6, 2023

AI Face Identification Puts Innocent Man In Jail

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI

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Robert William, who was wrongfully identified by an AI algorithm and subsequently arrested, is suing the Detroit Police Department for the traumatizing experience he and his family had experienced.

Back in January of 2020, Robert Williams, a Black man, was arrested in front of his wife and children for a robbery committed at a Shinola store in 2018.

May 6, 2023

Google “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI”

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Leaked internal google document claims open source AI will outcompete google and openai.

May 6, 2023

How menopause reshapes the brain

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience

For Rance and others in the field, fezolinetant’s progress to this point is a sign that research into the causes and effects of menopausal symptoms is finally being taken seriously. In the next few years, the global number of postmenopausal women is expected to surpass one billion. But many women still struggle to access care related to menopause, and research into how best to manage such symptoms has lagged behind. That is slowly changing. Armed with improved animal models and a growing literature on the effects of existing treatments, more researchers are coming into the field to fill that gap.

They increasingly recognize that menopause and the transition to it, a phase labelled perimenopause, could set the stage for brain health in later life, and there are even hints that it could correlate with the risk of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Fezolinetant and similar drugs in the pipeline also represent a shift in thinking: from menopause as a condition of the female reproductive organs, to one that focuses on neurological causes and effects. “We think of menopause as being driven by changes in the ovary,” says Hadine Joffe, who studies mental health and ageing in women at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. “The notion of the brain at the helm of menopause, that is a different concept.”

May 6, 2023

Hackers promise AI, install malware instead

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, robotics/AI

Meta on Wednesday warned that hackers are using the promise of generative artificial intelligence like ChatGPT to trick people into installing malicious code on devices.

Over the course of the past month, analysts with the social-media giant have found malicious software posing as ChatGPT or similar AI tools, chief information security officer Guy Rosen said in a briefing.

“The latest wave of malware campaigns have taken notice of generative AI technology that’s been capturing people’s imagination and everyone’s excitement,” Rosen said.

May 6, 2023

Possible End of Humanity from AI? Geoffrey Hinton at MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Digital

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

One of the most incredible talks I have seen in a long time. Geoffrey Hinton essentially tells the audience that the end of humanity is close. AI has become that significant. This is the godfather of AI stating this and sounding an alarm.

His conclusion: “Humanity is just a passing phase for evolutionary intelligence.”

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May 6, 2023

A New Study Says Gray Hair May Be Reversible

Posted by in category: futurism

Bad news for Just For Men.

May 6, 2023

Virgin Hair: The Hair After Chemo

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Virgin hair refers to hair that grows back after chemotherapy and may differ in color, curliness, or texture. Learn how to care for your new style.

May 6, 2023

AI generates mRNA in just 11 minutes

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, information science, robotics/AI

A new algorithm developed by Chinese company Baidu Research is dramatically faster than prior methods and shown to boost the antibody response of mRNA vaccines by up to 128 times.

Baidu Research is the research arm of Baidu, one of the largest technology companies in China. Established in 2014, it has since then been involved in various research activities such as natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, computer vision, robotics, and other areas of artificial intelligence.