Science & Technology

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…

OpenAI Projects 220 Million Paid ChatGPT Users by 2030 ———————————- OpenAI has projected that by 2030, approximately 220 million users could be paying for access to its ChatGPT service, according to Investing.com. This would represent about 8.5% of total weekly…

Scientists claim to provide first direct evidence of dark matter —————————- A new study claims to provide the first direct evidence of dark matter, marking what researchers say could be a pivotal moment in the decades-long search for the elusive…

HP Plans Up to 6,000 Job Cuts as AI Adoption Reshapes Operations …………. HP Inc. said it will eliminate between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs worldwide by fiscal 2028 as part of a broad restructuring initiative, Reuters reported. The company said…

AI Could Eliminate 3M Low‑Skilled UK Jobs by 2035, New Report Warns ——————————— A newly released report by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) warns that up to 3 million low‑skilled jobs in the United Kingdom could be lost by…