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Sunday, 07 May 2023 03:42

The 'Benjamin Button' effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans

In molecular biologist David Sinclair’s lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are growing young again. Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have reset aging cells in mice to earlier versions of themselves. In his team’s first breakthrough, published in late 2020, old mice with poor eyesight and damaged retinas could suddenly see again, with vision that at times rivaled their offspring’s. David Sinclair has reversed aging in mice and believes the same can be done for people. - Courtesy Richard Groleau “It’s a permanent reset, as far as we…

Thursday, 04 May 2023 14:02

Some concrete structures in Rome remain standing 2,000 years after construction. This is how the Romans did it

The ancient Romans were brilliant engineers and builders, creating a dazzling array of magnificent structures including some that have survived to modern times virtually intact like the domed Pantheon in Rome. An indispensable material for the Romans was a form of concrete they developed that is known for remarkable durability and longevity, though its exact composition and properties have remained a mystery. A new study goes a long way toward solving this puzzle and, the researchers said, could pave the way for the modern use of a replicated version of this ancient marvel. Roman concrete was introduced in the 3rd…

Thursday, 04 May 2023 03:09

ChatGPT gave better medical advice than real doctors in blind study

When it comes to answering medical questions, can ChatGPT do a better job than human doctors? It appears to be possible, according to the results of a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, led by researchers from the University of California San Diego. The researchers compiled a random sample of nearly 200 medical questions that patients posted on Reddit, a popular social discussion website, for doctors to answer. Next, they entered the questions into ChatGPT (OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot) and recorded its response. A panel of health care professionals then evaluated both sets of responses for quality and empathy.…

Friday, 28 April 2023 03:08

AI can identify and design good-looking cars by itself now

Automakers spend tens of millions of dollars and thousands of hours each year trying to come up with the next popular automotive design, but what if they could do for a fraction of the cost in minutes? That’s what General Motors and the MIT Sloan School of Management tried to find out in a recent study. Sloan marketing professor John Hauser told Fox News Digital that a neural network was trained with data collected from General Motors clinics by inputting images and the scores given by attendees. "These were actually evaluations from consumers in theme clinics of what they thought…

Wednesday, 26 April 2023 03:41

WhatsApp rolls out feature that allows you use one phone number on multiple devices

WhatsApp is finally rolling out multi-device login support for more than one phone. Mark Zuckerberg announced the feature’s rollout on Facebook and Instagram. “Starting today, you can log into the same WhatsApp account on up to four phones,” he said. WhatsApp said that this feature is rolling out to all users within the coming weeks. Until now, users could only use one WhatsApp account on one phone and multiple companion desktop devices. With the new rollout, users’ messages will be synced across devices including other phones. So even if one device is switched off, they can access the app on…

Tuesday, 18 April 2023 03:26

Elon Musk to develop 'TruthGPT' as he warns about 'civilizational destruction' from AI

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk revealed he will start his own version of an artificial intelligence chatbot, coined "TruthGPT," during an exclusive interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson. The Twitter and Tesla CEO sat down with Carlson for an interview to discuss why he will establish an alternative to ChatGPT, an AI app developed by progressive programmers that he helped initially fund, and the broader concerns he has about how the software can affect freedom of information. "I'm going to start something which I call TruthGPT, or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe,"…

Saturday, 15 April 2023 03:37

7 overhyped features in smartphones you don't actually need

Smartphone innovation has come a long way. A lot of the tasks that used to require separate tech gadgets can now be done on your smartphone—something companies love bragging about in their ads and launch events. But as great as it is to have all those bleeding-edge specs and features inside a handheld device you can carry everywhere, do you need them? Do they actually make a difference? Let's take a look at some overhyped features you can ignore when buying a new phone. 1. 8K Video Recording We've had 4K video recording (3840 x 2160 pixels) on smartphones for…

Friday, 14 April 2023 03:46

Malaria vaccine with 80 percent efficacy approved by Ghana

A malaria vaccine called R21/Matrix developed by scientists at Oxford University has received approval to be used in Ghana. TheCable had reported that the vaccine was said to be 80 percent effective in preventing malaria. The only vaccine currently endorsed for malaria by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is the RTS, S/AS01 (RTS,S) vaccine which is 29 percent effective in preventing severe malaria. In a statement on Thursday, Oxford University said this is the first time its vaccine has received regulatory clearance anywhere in the world. The university said the vaccine has demonstrated high levels of efficacy and safety in…

Friday, 14 April 2023 03:45

Russia deploys ‘Sky Scanner’ radars In Ukraine that can detect fighter jets, drones, others up to 500km away

On April 9, on the occasion of the Russian Day of Air Defense Forces, an official revealed that the Russian military was deploying the cutting-edge technology of ‘Niobium’ radar in Ukraine, which is used to detect aircraft, helicopters, drones, ballistic missiles, and MLRS rockets. The commander of the Niobium radar station, Anatoly, spoke extensively to local Russian media Izvestia about the advantages of working with the advanced radar system and its combat benefits against Ukraine. A video was also published by Izvestia showing how the combat duty of the Niobium radar crews of Russia’s ‘Western Military District’ was going. The…

Wednesday, 12 April 2023 03:28

Artificial intelligence won’t ever be able to comprehend this one thing

Artificial Intelligence will never be able to truly understand the feeling of some human emotions, a humane technologist told Fox News. "The more integrated AI gets into our lives, the more we will see a difference between human and computer," Alexa Eden, a humane technologist at AlgoAI Tech, told Fox News. "And one of these impenetrable differences will be human emotions, as well as empathy, intuition and other intelligences only humans have. "Empathy is not anything that AI will ever be able to really, truly understand. If you were to get into a shared Uber with a couple that was…

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Wednesday, 05 April 2023 03:21

AI expert warns: ‘Literally everyone on earth will die’

An artificial intelligence expert is warning America that Elon Musk and others’ proposal to halt AI technology for six months is not nearly enough. Eliezer Yudkowsky, a decision theorist at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute with more than two decades of experience studying AI safety said Musk and other understated the “seriousness of the situation.” Yudkowsky said that he would take the moratorium further, implementing a halt of AI production that is “indefinite and worldwide.” Yudkowsky’s suggestions appeared in an op-ed in which he warned that “literally everyone on Earth will die” if tech companies don’t put an end to…

Tuesday, 04 April 2023 03:31

Drone-on-drone combat in Ukraine marks a new era of aerial warfare

In the skies over Ukraine, a new epoch in air warfare is emerging: drone-on-drone combat. These aerial duels don’t involve bullets, missiles or bombs. In some, hobby-type camera quadcopters that are used to spy on enemy positions simply ram each other in a crude aerial demolition derby. In other encounters, highly sophisticated craft use advanced radar—backed by artificial intelligence and the latest aerospace engineering technology—to precision fire nets that snag other drones. “This is something we haven’t seen before,” says Caitlin Lee, who leads the Center for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Autonomy Studies at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies…

Tuesday, 04 April 2023 03:29

Inside the AI ‘arms race’: How Google is combating AI language generators like ChatGPT

While it's fascinating to witness the intensifying arms race between AI-powered language generators like ChatGPT and Google (and make no mistake – that's exactly what's happening), my thoughts keep turning to those of us caught in the middle. We, the content producers, businesses relying on search engines for web traffic and customers looking for reliable information, we all have questions. And one question in particular: Will this fundamentally change how we work, learn, create and interact on the internet? ChatGPT (like other natural language generators) poses a significant challenge – a significant threat – even to Google. As ChatGPT's writing…

Wednesday, 29 March 2023 03:29

I gave ChatGPT an IQ test. Here's What I discovered

ChatGPT is the first nonhuman subject I have ever tested. In my work as a clinical psychologist, I assess the cognitive skills of human patients using standardized intelligence tests. So I was immediately intrigued after reading the many recent articles describing ChatGPT as having impressive humanlike skills. It writes academic essays and fairy tales, tells jokes, explains scientific concepts and composes and debugs computer code. Knowing all this made me curious to see how smart ChatGPT is by human standards, and I set about to test the chatbot. My first impressions were quite favorable. ChatGPT was almost an ideal test…

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