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Experts Warn AI Use May Contribute to Declining Human Intelligence, Critical Thinking Skills

Experts Warn AI Use May Contribute to Declining Human Intelligence, Critical Thinking Skills

Recent research and expert analysis highlight increasing worries that widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, may be contributing to a decline in human intelligence and critical thinking skills, The Guardian reported in a…
Microsoft experiences mounting internal unrest over its involvement in Israel’s Gaza conflict: ‘Approaching a breaking point’

Microsoft experiences mounting internal unrest over its involvement in Israel’s Gaza conflict: ‘Approaching a breaking point’

Microsoft is facing increasing internal unrest as employees protest the company’s involvement in providing AI and cloud computing services used by Israel in its ongoing military operations in Gaza, The Guardian reported. Over recent months, multiple protests have disrupted high-level…
EU Bans AI Agents from Official Online Meetings

EU Bans AI Agents from Official Online Meetings

The European Commission has banned AI-powered virtual assistants from participating in its online meetings, marking its first formal restriction on the emerging technology, Politico reported. The rule, introduced during a digital policy meeting earlier this month, explicitly states “No AI…
Breakthrough Turns Raindrops into Renewable Electricity

Breakthrough Turns Raindrops into Renewable Electricity

Scientists have developed a revolutionary system that converts falling raindrops into usable electricity, offering a potential new source of clean energy, SciTech Daily reported. Researchers from the American Chemical Society achieved this by channeling water droplets through a narrow vertical…
Tech Giants’ Data Centers Strain Water Resources in Drought-Prone Regions

Tech Giants’ Data Centers Strain Water Resources in Drought-Prone Regions

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are building data centers in water-scarce regions, raising concerns about resource depletion, The Guardian reported. Amazon’s three proposed data centers in Spain’s Aragon region are licensed to use 755,720 cubic meters of water annually—enough to irrigate…
UN Warns AI Could Impact 40% of Jobs, Increase Global Inequality

UN Warns AI Could Impact 40% of Jobs, Increase Global Inequality

The U.N. Trade and Development agency (UNCTAD) has released a report projecting that artificial intelligence (AI) could reach a market value of $4.8 trillion by 2033, roughly equivalent to Germany’s economy, CNBC reported. However, the report raises alarms about the…
Academic Warns Against Blanket Smartphone Bans for Teens

Academic Warns Against Blanket Smartphone Bans for Teens

A leading academic, Dr. Amy Orben from the University of Cambridge, has cautioned against blanket bans on smartphone use among teenagers, labeling them “unrealistic and potentially detrimental,” The Guardian reported. Appointed by the UK government to review the impact of…
Authors Protest Against Meta’s AI Training Practices

Authors Protest Against Meta’s AI Training Practices

Authors and publishing professionals are protesting outside Meta’s King’s Cross office in London today, opposing the company’s use of copyrighted books from the LibGen database to train its AI models, The Guardian reported. Notable participants include novelists Kate Mosse and…
Screen time before bed linked to insomnia and reduced sleep, study finds

Screen time before bed linked to insomnia and reduced sleep, study finds

A new study reveals that using screens before bed significantly increases the risk of insomnia and reduces sleep duration. The survey, which included 45,202 young adults in Norway, found that screen use in bed raises the risk of insomnia by…
Stanford Scientists Solve the Mystery of Antarctica’s Cooling Waters

Stanford Scientists Solve the Mystery of Antarctica’s Cooling Waters

Researchers at Stanford University have identified that the cooling of surface waters in the Southern Ocean, contrary to climate model predictions of warming, is largely due to freshwater from melting ice sheets, SciTech Daily reported. Their study reveals that this…
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