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Yoshua Bengio’s pioneering research helped bring about ChatGPT and the current AI boom. Now he’s worried AI could harm civilization and says the future needs a humanity defense organization. Photograph: Getty Images This article was syndicated from theBulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which has covered human-made threats to humanity since …

Berlin-based Ecosia carved out a niche as a carbon-negative search engine. To adapt to the ChatGPT era, it’s moving closer to Google and exploring how AI could help users cut carbon emissions. Illustration: James Marshall; Getty Images In the era of search wars fought between giants, it’s tough to be …

Dating our moon is tricky business, but a new analysis of an Apollo 17 moon sample has dated it to roughly 4.46 billion years old, making it the oldest moon rock known. Scientists analyzed crystal in a moon rock collected during 1972 Apollo 17 mission Roughly 4.5 billion years ago, …

The population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales appears to have levelled off after a decade of steep decline, according to updated data released Monday by Canadian and American scientists. 'The slowing down of the decline is sort of the first good news that we've had in a long …

The landscape of foldable phones gets more and more interesting as OPPO launches their Find N3 Series. The OPPO Find N3 Flip features a 3.26-inch AMOLED screen that pops up into a 6.8 LTPO AMOLED with 120Hz. It also boasts a MediaTek 9200 chipset and 512GB storage. OPPO says the …

Today, OPPO, the world’s leading smart device brand, announced the global availability of its Find N3 and Find N3 Flip foldable smartphones. Each delivers breakthrough experiences across imaging, design, and usability, empowering customers to expect more from their next foldable. “Our goal at OPPO is to create the best, and …

In an interview with a select group of the media at the launch of the OPPO Find N3 series, Elvis Zhou, OPPO’s Overseas CMO, and Andy Shi, OPPO’s APAC President, discussed OPPO’s goals for the foldable device market, the company’s plans to differentiate its foldable devices from the competition, and …

Coolpad COOL 20+ Smartphones have significantly improved over the last decade. Mid-ranged phones are like some flagships, and some entry-level devices are comparable to the mid-range segment. There are so many to choose from. And, if you’re eyeing a specific specs sheet, you’re bound to find one or three along …

Niamh Rowe Business Oct 16, 2023 2:00 AM Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies From the Philippines to Colombia, low-paid workers label training data for AI models used by the likes of Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Oskarina Vero Fuentes with her dog.Courtesy of Oskarina Vero Fuentes …

A new variety of native edible truffles was discovered by a Franco-Ontarian farmer in Wendover, Ont. Lucille Groulx uncovered the unique fungus on her Wendover, Ont., farm When Lucille Groulx started her truffle farm in Wendover, Ont., in 2015, she was using truffles she had imported from France. Only later …