Violence between rival factions has long been a part of human evolution, going all the way back to our chimpanzee ancestors. But another of our distant relatives, it turns out, are downright collaborative. Study finds that, unlike chimps, these relatives of humans make peaceful exchange with outside groups Violence between …
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Parental Advisory: This Chatbot May Talk to Your Child About Sex and Alcohol
Common Sense Media’s first ratings for chatbots and other AI services warn parents that AI image generators and Snapchat’s My AI chatbot may not be safe for kids. Photograph: Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images Parenting in 2023 requires talking with your kids not just about the hazards of the internet and social …
Read More »YouTube Shorts Challenges TikTok With Music-Making AI for Creators
YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain. Photograph: MirageC/Getty Images TikTok’s tools for adding music to short videos helped turn short-form video into a phenomenon. Now Google is giving …
Read More »Case of U.S. man caught with walrus tusk statue in his trunk reveals the debate over Inuit art exports
The law that an American man was convicted of breaking exist to prevent the sale and export of endangered species products. Those laws are celebrated by some conservationists even as Inuit artists decry them as too restrictive. Montreal art gallery now charged with illegally selling sperm whale teeth On July …
Read More »Social Media Sleuths, Armed With AI, Are Identifying Dead Bodies
Poverty, fentanyl, and lack of public funding mean morgues are overloaded with unidentified bodies. TikTok and Facebook pages are filling the gap—with AI proving a powerful and controversial new tool. Play/Pause Button Pause Video: James Marshall; Getty Images Content Warning:This story includes references to suicide. If you need help, call …
Read More »Underage Workers Are Training AI
Companies that provide Big Tech with AI data-labeling services are inadvertently hiring young teens to work on their platforms, often exposing them to traumatic content. Photo-Illustration: Cameron Getty; Getty Images Like most kids his age, 15-year-old Hassan spent a lot of time online. Before the pandemic, he liked playing football …
Read More »From Saint John to outer space: These astronomy buffs have a new planetary namesake
Three New Brunswickers are enjoying an astronomical surprise: an asteroid has been named after them. It's called Mipach — using the first two letters from their names. Asteroid named after creators of the Sunday Night Astronomy Show Three New Brunswickers are enjoying an astronomical surprise: an asteroid has been named …
Read More »SpaceX Starship test flight fails minutes after launch
SpaceX's uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was presumed to have failed in space minutes after lifting off on Saturday in a second test after its first attempt to reach space ended in an explosion. The two-stage rocketship blasted off from the Elon Musk-owned …
Read More »Google DeepMind’s AI Weather Forecaster Handily Beats a Global Standard
Machine learning algorithms that digested decades of weather data were able to forecast 90 percent of atmospheric measures more accurately than Europe’s top weather center. Google DeepMind's GraphCast AI software produces weather forecasts for weather variables like wind speed much faster than traditional simulations.Courtesy of Google In September, researchers at …
Read More »The US Wants China to Start Talking About AI Weapons
As the US and China meet for the APEC summit in San Francisco this week, American officials are pushing for talks on the risks posed by military use of AI. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images When US president Joe Biden meets with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the San Francisco …
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