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161 years ago, a New Zealand sheep farmer predicted AI doom
The text anticipated several modern AI safety concerns, including the possibility of machine consciousness, self-replication,…
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Did Hilma af Klint draw inspiration from 19th century physics?
Making the case Young and af Klint were not contemporaries; Young died in 1829, and…
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Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform
Microsoft and others forbid using their generative AI systems to create various content. Content that…
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Public health emergency declared amid LA’s devastating wildfires
The US health department on Friday declared a public health emergency for California in response…
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Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become “too charged”
Meta has reportedly ended diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs that influenced staff hiring and…
Strange, unique, and otherwise noteworthy PCs and PC accessories from CES 2025
And when the PC companies see what they think of as a new market opportunity,…
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Rocket Report: China launches refueling demo; DoD’s big appetite for hypersonics
Relativity's value seems to be plummeting. For several years, an innovative, California-based launch company named…
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German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify the LGPL license
The GNU General Public License (GPL) and its "Lesser" version (LGPL) are widely known and…
Man turns irreversibly gray from an unidentified silver exposure
When an 84-year-old man in Hong Kong was admitted to a hospital for a condition…
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Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin
A British judge ruled against a man who wants to excavate a landfill where he…