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Nov 11, 2023

Elon Musk says his mind is a ‘storm’ and people ‘may think they’d want to be me but they don’t know’

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

On Lex Fridman’s podcast, Elon Musk said he’s “overall okay” but “I don’t think most people would want to be me.”

Nov 11, 2023

Innovative new cell therapies could finally get at tough-to-target cancers

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, engineering

CAR T treatments help revolutionize treatment of blood cancer. Now, researchers are engineering immune cells to take aim at solid tumors.

Nov 11, 2023

Can’t quite develop that dangerous pathogen? AI may soon be able to help

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

AI tools are close to being able to do a host of dangerous things, like walking people through the mistakes they made during a failed attempt at making dangerous pathogens and guiding them to a better protocol. There needs to be a durable way to probe the ways these systems might be misused, even as newer and more powerful technologies are continuously released.

Nov 11, 2023

AI Industry Insider Claims They Can No Longer Tell Apart Real and Fake

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The people building the next iteration of AI technology are growing concerned with how lifelike the next generation of generative content has already become.

In an interview with Axios, an unnamed “leading AI architect” said that in private tests, experts can no longer tell whether AI-generated imagery is real or fake, which nobody expected to be possible this soon.

As the report continues, AI insiders expect this kind of technology to be available for anyone to use or purchase in 2024 — even as social media companies are weakening their disinformation policies and slashing the departments that work to enforce them.

Nov 11, 2023

A Dashboard for Artificial Intelligence

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Computer science professor Fernanda Viégas believes “dashboards” that disclose AI models’ biases can help laypeople control AI.

Nov 10, 2023

AI helps terminal cancer patients make the most of their final days

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

It quadrupled the rate at which doctors talked to patients about their.


An AI that encourages doctors to talk to cancer patients about their end-of-life care impacts how they choose to live out their final days.

Nov 10, 2023

Bill Gates predicts everyone will have an AI-powered personal assistant within 5 years—whether they work in an office or not. ‘They will utterly change how we live’

Posted by in category: futurism

The way we interact with technology will “completely change” before the decade is out, according to the billionaire Microsoft cofounder.

Nov 10, 2023

Uric Acid: A New Metric for Heart Health

Posted by in category: health

The latest research on uric acid suggests that this waste product may be an important bellwether for cardiometabolic health.

Nov 10, 2023

Opinion: Who a ‘stalemate’ in Ukraine really benefits

Posted by in category: futurism

If recent warnings of a stalemate war between Ukraine and Russia come to fruition, along with the West’s absent resolution for Ukraine’s win, Russian President Vladimir Putin will benefit above all, writes Jade McGlynn.

Nov 10, 2023

Cannabis Use Connected with Potential Long-Term Cardiology Issues

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, policy

Two recent studies due to be presented as posters at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2023 between November 11–13 examine how frequent cannabis use could potentially lead to increased chances of cardiology issues, including heart attack, stroke, or heart failure. These studies were conducted by an international team of researchers and holds the potential to help scientists, medical professionals, and the public better understand the long-term health risks associated with cannabis use, specifically pertaining to cardiovascular concerns.

For the first study, which was conducted by the All of Us Research Program, researchers enlisted 156,999 participants who had not experienced heart failure at the time of the study’s enrollment to take part in a survey-based study to evaluate their cannabis use habits and conduct a follow-up survey 45 months later. The results indicated that heart failure emerged with 2,958 (1.88 percent) of the participants during the 48-month study period along with a 34 percent increased risk of emerging heart failure for participants were reported daily cannabis use compared to participants who didn’t use cannabis.

“Our results should encourage more researchers to study the use of marijuana to better understand its health implications, especially on cardiovascular risk,” said Dr. Yakubu Bene-Alhasan, who is a resident physician at Medstar Health and lead author of the study. “We want to provide the population with high-quality information on marijuana use and to help inform policy decisions at the state level, to educate patients and to guide health care professionals.”