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Feb 6, 2023

Meta’s AI just became the first to outwit human players in Diplomacy

Posted by in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI

Is there any strategy or alliance too complex for its ruthless intelligence?

Meta AI made a groundbreaking announcement with the launch of CICERO — the first-ever AI (artificial intelligence) capable of winning at Diplomacy, a multiplayer strategy game that calls for mutual trust, compromise, and teamwork. This marks a significant milestone in AI evolution.

“CICERO moves AI from the gaming table into real-world applications.”

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Feb 6, 2023

Surprise! Jupiter officially has 92 moons, as 12 new moons discovered

Posted by in category: space

Some of the moons hadn’t been spotted yet because they are tiny, measuring less than 1 mile in diameter.

Astronomers discovered 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter, meaning the total number of moons we know to be orbiting the gas giant now stands at 92.

Up until the new discovery, Saturn, with its 83 confirmed moons, was thought to be the planet with the most moons.

Feb 6, 2023

Google unveils ChatGPT rival Bard, AI search plans in battle with Microsoft

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Game on!


Feb 6 (Reuters) — Google owner Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) on Monday said it will launch a chatbot service and more artificial intelligence for its search engine as well as developers, an answer to Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) in their rivalry to lead a new wave of computing.

Microsoft, meanwhile, said it planned its own AI reveal for Tuesday.

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Feb 6, 2023

Humans Have Unbelievable Retained Memories Of Pre-Historic Language

Posted by in category: futurism

Researchers have found that humans can understand common ape signs and gestures, giving clues to how language evolved. Only about 7% of human communication is done through words, with the rest being non-verbal communication such as tone of voice, facial expressions, and hand gestures.

Feb 6, 2023

Prolific autism researcher has two dozen papers retracted

Posted by in category: neuroscience

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝

An autism researcher lost two dozen papers to retraction in January, eight years after the publisher was made aware of potentially troubling editorial practices. Elsevier, the publisher, cited undisclosed conflicts of interest, duplicated methodology and a “compromised” peer-review process as reasons for the retractions.

The papers were published in Research in Developmental Disabilities and Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders between 2013 and 2014 — a period when Johnny Matson, then professor of psychology at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge and an author on all of the papers, was editor-in-chief of both journals.

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Feb 6, 2023

Are We Closer to Non-Surgical Repairs for Osteoarthritic Knees?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Knees in this X-ray have severe osteoarthritis which affects 1 in 7 adult Americans. Is there progress on alternatives to knee replacement surgery?


Stem cell therapies were supposed to end the need for knee replacement surgery. Progress in this field has been very slow.

Feb 6, 2023

Medical breakthrough: Mini human guts grown inside mice

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

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After a few weeks, these transplants developed key features of the human immune system, introducing a model that could be used to effectively simulate the human intestinal system.

Feb 6, 2023

Linux version of Royal Ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Royal Ransomware is the latest ransomware operation to add support for encrypting Linux devices to its most recent malware variants, specifically targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines.

BleepingComputer has been reporting on similar Linux ransomware encryptors released by multiple other gangs, including Black Basta, LockBit, BlackMatter, AvosLocker, REvil, HelloKitty, RansomEXX, and Hive.

The new Linux Royal Ransomware variant was discovered by Will Thomas of the Equinix Threat Analysis Center (ETAC), and is executed using the command line.

Feb 6, 2023

“Remarkable” Results — Scientists Discover That a Dietary Supplement Could Fix a Broken Heart

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Osaka University researchers discover that taking tricaprin regularly in your diet leads to a reduction in coronary artery plaque and an improvement of symptoms for patients with triglyceride deposit cardiomyovasculopathy.

As children, our parents encouraged us to take vitamins for growth and strength. Now, Japanese researchers have found that a specific supplement may even repair a broken heart.

In a study that was recently published in the European Heart Journal, researchers from Osaka University discovered that a dietary supplement can significantly improve heart disease symptoms in a subset of patients.

Feb 6, 2023

Buffalo, New York Shakes With Largest Earthquake in Four Decades

Posted by in category: futurism

A rare 3.8 magnitude earthquake rumbled through the Buffalo, New York area early Monday.

Since 1983, there have been 24 earthquakes above a magnitude of 2.5 in the West Seneca region, with Monday’s being the largest so far in the area, according to NBC News.