Science & Technology

UK Study Finds AI Chatbots Highly Persuasive but Often Inaccurate ……… AI chatbots can influence people’s political opinions but often do so while providing significant amounts of inaccurate information, according to a major study released by the UK government’s AI…

Amazon unveils its new AI chip Trainium3 in boost to AI race —————————- Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing platform of US e-commerce giant Amazon, announced the launch of its new artificial intelligence (AI) chip called Trainium3 on Tuesday,…

AI-Enabled Sweat Sensors Offer Promising Future for Health Monitoring …………. Sweat could become a key tool for real-time health monitoring as artificial intelligence and advanced sensor technology continue to evolve, ScienceDaily reported. A recent study published in the Journal of…

AI-Generated TikTok Content Draws Billions of Views, Raises Moderation Concerns …………….. Hundreds of TikTok accounts are generating billions of views with AI-created content, including sexualized material and anti-immigrant posts, The Guardian reported. A report by Paris-based non-profit AI Forensics found…

AI-Based Information Searches May Weaken Human Memory and Depth of Knowledge ——————————– A new study suggests that increasing reliance on AI-generated summaries may lead to more superficial understanding and reduced retention of information. According to a report by Shia Waves…

Study Reveals First Gene Capable of Independently Causing Mental Illness ………….. According to the World Health Organization, nearly one in seven people worldwide lived with a mental health condition in 2021, with anxiety and depression being most common, ScienceDaily reported.…

U.S. Senator Warns Congress to Act on Rapidly Growing AI Threats ………….. Artificial intelligence and robotics are advancing so quickly in the U.S. that they pose far-reaching consequences for the economy, national security, democracy and human wellbeing, The Guardian. Senator…

“Heating Up: The New Cooling Crisis for Data Centers and AI” ———————————— As demand for cloud services, big-data processing, and artificial-intelligence computations surges worldwide, data centers — the backbone of the digital economy — face a growing challenge: how to…

Young Innovators Reject Musk’s Multi‑Million‑Dollar Offer, Launch AI Start‑Up Aiming for AGI ——————————— Two 22-year-old AI researchers, William Chen and Guan Wang, have declined a lucrative multimillion‑dollar recruitment offer from Elon Musk’s xAI in order to develop their own AI…

Amazon Employees Warn AI Expansion Risks Jobs and Climate Commitments ————————– More than 1,000 Amazon employees have signed an anonymous open letter warning that the company’s rapid expansion of artificial intelligence threatens workers’ jobs, raises environmental risks and could undermine…