Creative progress or mass theft? Why a major AI art auction is provoking wonder – and outrage
Thirty-four artworks created with artificial intelligence (AI) have gone up for sale at Christie’s in New York, in the famed […]
February 2025
Deepfakes can ruin lives and livelihoods – would owning the ‘rights’ to our own faces and voices help?
Getty Images Not that long ago, the term “deepfake” wasn’t in most people’s vocabularies. Now, it is not only commonplace,
FTC investigates “tech censorship,” says it’s un-American and may be illegal
The Federal Trade Commission today announced a public inquiry into alleged censorship online, saying it wants “to better understand how
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Cooling materials — Out of the 3D printer
Rapid, localized heat management is essential for electronic devices and could have applications ranging from wearable materials to burn treatment.
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See a garbage truck’s CNG cylinders explode after lithium-ion battery fire
Garbage truck fires are never ideal, but they are usually not catastrophic. When a fire broke out on December 6
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Microsoft’s new AI agent can control software and robots
On Wednesday, Microsoft Research introduced Magma, an integrated AI foundation model that combines visual and language processing to control software
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Medical training’s AI leap: How agentic RAG, open-weight LLMs and real-time case insights are shaping a new generation of doctors at NYU Langone
NYU Langone has built an LLM research companion and medical advisor, and is pioneering what it calls AI-driven “precision medical
OpenAI’s ChatGPT explodes to 400M weekly users, with GPT-5 on the way
OpenAI’s ChatGPT reaches 400M weekly users and doubles enterprise adoption to 2M+ users, signaling major AI shift as company prepares
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Elon Musk recommends that the International Space Station be deorbited ASAP
In a remarkable statement Thursday, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the International Space Station should be deorbited “as soon as
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Small study suggests dark mode doesn’t save much power for very human reasons
If you know how OLED displays work, you know about one of their greatest strengths: Individual pixels can be shut
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