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AI βgodfatherβ Geoffrey Hinton warns of its risks and quits Google
For half a century, AI βgodfatherβ Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now, having left Google, he warns it could cause serious harm in the future.Β Regarded by many as a βgodfatherβ of AI technology, Geoffrey Hintonβs pioneering research paved the way for sophisticated generative systems like ChatGPT.Β The British-Canadian earned his chops over half a century in computer science and cognitive phycology. Now, at...
ChopValue is turning throwaway chopsticks into furniture
The Canadian-based company has just diverted its hundred-millionth chopstick away from landfill. These throwaway items are being transformed into furniture and even resturant interiors at McDonaldβs. When tucking into some lunchtime ramen, we scarcely think about how our chopsticks came to be or where they will ultimately end up. Well, for an item that serves its entire life purpose in around a half hour, North America reportedly imports between 40...
Extinction Rebellion volunteers protect the London Marathon
The London Marathon coincided with four days of continuous protests from Extinction Rebellion around the capital. Aware that many were concerned about disruptions, members of the eco-outfit actively protected the event to safeguard its reputation.Β Extinction Rebellion members decided that showing discretion was the best course of action lastΒ weekend.Β In the run-up to the London Marathon, the climate group had been holding four-day demonstrations in Parliament Square leading many to believe...
Chicago researchers create EV battery prototype with 1,000-mile range
Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology have created a prototype battery with the potential to expand the range of electric vehicles to 1,000 miles. This could also be huge for sustainable aircrafts. The average electric vehicle on the market will likely have a range of between 100 and 300 miles per charge, though automakers are striving for more with solid-state battery releases. Unlike their lithium...
Google employees reportedly call Bard βworse than uselessβ
In its efforts to prevent Microsoft and Open AI running away in the commercial AI chatbot race, Google rolled out Bard way ahead of schedule. A new report claims company employees begged executives not to launch it at the time.Β Chiefs at Microsoft probably canβt believe their luck. AI has long been tipped as the next massively lucrative venture within tech, and ChatGPT remains largely unchallenged as the benchmark product.Β In...
Physicists say a second Big Bang could have created dark matter
Two physicists at the University of Texas suggest dark matter is so elusive and mysterious because it has an entirely different origin to that of the Big Bang. They believe a second cosmic explosion may have occurred weeks after the initial formation of the universe.Β Hump day is the perfect time for a large dose of existentialism. So, howβs about weΒ get stuck into the incomprehensible subjectΒ of dark matter.Β The general cosmological...
Stanford University students create βRizz GPTβ for AR glasses
People are constantly finding new uses for ChatGPT, whether recreational or professional. The latest, has seen Stanford students develop a set of AR glasses which can provide automated conversation prompts on the fly. They call it βRizz GPT.β Typical advice for an important interview or date usually encapsulates something along the lines of, βjust relax and let your personality shine through.β Scratch that, itβs 2023. Get AI involved. Now in its...
Billy McFarland claims Fyre Festival II is βfinally happeningβ
The serial fraudster is said to owe $26m for duping more than 100 investors in 2017. Five years on, he claims that a second attempt at Fyre Festival is βfinally happening.β Incarceration is supposed to be about rehabilitation, right? In the case of Billy McFarland - a man once compared to the kingpin of arguably Americaβs worst financial fraud ever, Bernie Madoff - it doesnβt appear that much repentance has taken...
Emergency alert phone notifications being tested in the UK
The first nationwide test of a public warning system that sends emergency notifications to UK mobile phones will take place later this month. Sundays in the UK are pretty decent; thereβs Premier League football, often a lunchtime roast, and cherished time spent with family. What we wouldnβt typically associate our day of rest with, however, is a startling jolt of primal fear. Those in east Suffolk and Reading will soon have...
UAE reportedly plots massive oil expansion despite hosting COP28
Despite its position as host of COP28 next November, the United Arab Emirates has the third-largest plans for expansion into gas and oil globally. Controversially, the CEO of its national fossil fuel company Adnoc has just been appointed as the UN summitβs president. Seven months before the talks even get underway, COP28 has gotten off to a frankly terrible start. Back in 2021, the announcement that the United Arab Emirates had...
