Enlarge / An Egyptian drinking vessel in the shape of the head of Bes contained, among other things, traces of Syrian rue and blue water… Read More »Ancient Egyptian followers of a deity named Bes may have used hallucinogens
Anyone who clicked on a Google search result link between October 2006 and September 2013 is entitled to a portion — however small — of… Read More »How to Claim Google Class Action Privacy Settlement Money
Enlarge / A photo taken of the first space prototype from Caltech’s Space Solar Power Project. SSPP In terms of legislative moments, the passage of… Read More »For the first time in decades, Congress appears interested in solar power in space
A group of 17 music publishers sued Twitter on Wednesday, accusing it of copyright infringement on about 1,700 songs, and seeking a whopping $250 million… Read More »Music publishers are suing Twitter for copyright infringement
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The European Union on Wednesday took a major step toward passing what would be one of the first major laws to regulate artificial intelligence, a… Read More »EU takes major step towards regulation of AI
Enlarge / An AI-generated chatbot that flies like a superhero. Stable distribution / OpenAI On Tuesday, OpenAI announced a major update to its major language… Read More »OpenAI rolls out major chatbot API upgrades for developers
“Generative artificial intelligence” will add up to $4.4 trillion in value to the global economy annually, according to a McKinsey Global Institute report, in what… Read More »Generative AI could add $4.4 trillion in value to the global economy, study says
3D reconstruction of the muscles of the lower extremities Australopithecus afarensis fossil AL 288-1, aka “Lucy.” Credit: Ashleigh Wiseman 3D reconstruction of the muscles of… Read More »3D muscle reconstruction shows that the 3.2 million year old “Lucy” walked upright
On November 30 last year, OpenAI has released the first free version of ChatGPT. Within 72 hours, doctors were using the AI-powered chatbot. “I was… Read More »Doctors use ChatGPT to improve the way they talk to patients
General engines Until about a month ago, the electric vehicle charging landscape finally looked pretty stable. After many years of confusion for potential buyers, the… Read More »With the help of Ford and GM, Tesla is reigniting the standard charging war
It was too early to try the aperitivo spots that followed on my list, so I asked ChatGPT to show me some of Milan’s “hidden… Read More »An AI travel assistant is put to the test in Milan
Enlarge / This artist’s impression of an asteroid fireball hurtling toward Earth was not AI-generated, so it’s not banished from nature. Romolo Tavani/Getty Images The… Read More »Nature is banning AI-generated art from its 153-year-old science journal
The news Diablo IV, the latest iteration of a video game franchise that has won millions of fans in over 25 years, has broken internal… Read More »Diablo IV breaks Blizzard records, surpassing ‘$666 million’ in sales
It took less than 11 hours for Reddit to feel the impact of widespread protests against its API charges. More than 7,000 subreddits went private… Read More »API price protests caused Reddit to crash for 3 hours
