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During the past year, the pace of AI adoption has accelerated significantly, ushering in groundbreaking advances, discoveries and solutions with the potential to help address humanity’s biggest problems. We see this as a massive platform shift, akin to the printing press, which was not just an invention, but a technology that shaped a new economy....

Scientists spent ages mocking panpsychism. Now, some are warming to the idea that plants, cells, and even atoms are conscious.

A study found ChatGPT's responses to health-related questions on Reddit’s r/AskDocs superior to physicians' 79% of the time, with higher quality and empathy ratings, though more research is needed for clinical applications.

CriticGPT is intended to help identify hallucinations as models grow more sophisticated

Faster-than-light warp drives are theoretically possible to build, and if aliens are using them, we should be able to detect the gravitational waves produced when one goes wrong

Useful mathematical concepts, like the number line, can linger for millennia before they are rigorously defined.

Nature - Google scientists have modelled a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution, revealing cells with previously undiscovered features.

Further evidence that AGI is not imminent

Harvard University is one of the most revered institutions in the world, so when its academics publish new studies, people take note. It may come as a surprise, therefore, that a team of scientists at Harvard and Montana Technological University, have just produced a paper suggesting an advanced alien civilisation may be “walking among us” here on ...

Weather from Microsoft Start has been named as the most accurate global forecast provider by the ForecastWatch assessment company for 2023. This is the second year in a row for this honor.

(NEXSTAR) — Have you noticed this? As more and more technology companies roll out their own AI products and services, there's one thing that's been pretty common among many of the competitors: they all use the sparkle emoji in relation to the use of artificial intelligence. But why? These are the 10 worst U.S. cities for bed bugs, says new ranking Currently, you can see a sparkle emoji beside "AI Overview" Google suggestions, which appe…

If we can learn to speak their language, what should we say?

The Scarlett Johansson debacle is a microcosm of AI’s raw deal: It’s happening, and you can’t stop it.

Microsoft said its Azure OpenAI Service must not be used "by or for" U.S. police for facial recognition purposes

The scientific case against owning a cat.

Insiders say he's Microsoft's secret weapon in the AI wars

A new study found that song lyrics are now angrier, more repetitive, and vain. Consensus wavers, but what remains incontestable is social media’s impact on the music we hear most.

The new agreement will see the countries pool knowledge and resources to strengthen safety testing of AI models

We’ve created OpenAI LP, a new “capped-profit” company that allows us to rapidly increase our investments in compute and talent while including checks and balances to actualize our mission.

A statement jointly signed by a historic coalition of experts: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”

A four-day forecast today is as accurate as a one-day forecast 30 years ago.

What if you could have a friendly chat with an AI coach that knows how to help you quit smoking? That’s the idea behind Dr. Jonathan Bricker’s research, which uses large language models to create conversational agents that can support and motivate smokers to kick the habit. In this episode, Trevor Noah talks to Dr. […]

The Microsoft AI For Good team helps researchers and organizations reach solutions on some of the world’s biggest problems.

The tech industry is extremely dynamic and the only constant is change. Companies that once appeared to be invulnerable can be regularly…

Somehow, the OpenAI board didn’t anticipate that firing the CEO would lead to tumult, a law firm review revealed.

Generative agents will change our society in weird, wonderful and worrying ways. Can philosophy help us get a grip on them?