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A Late, Great Texan’s Invention Is Helping His State Through the Heat
John Goodenough, who is known as the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, died Monday at 100. John Goodenough, who died Monday at the age…
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Will Humanity Be the Collateral Damage When the AI Machines Go to War?
“Autonomous weapons,” warns one expert, “could lead to accidental death and destruction at catastrophic scales in an instant.” A world in which machines governed…
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Wages Are Down 4% in Rich Nations as ‘AI Revolution’ Looms: OECD
Worker pay, already failing to keep pace with cost-of-living increases, is at risk of being further suppressed as artificial intelligence and other technologies threaten…
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White House Deal for Voluntary AI Safeguards Called ‘Great Step’ But ‘Not Enough’
Advocacy groups and experts are pressuring Congress and federal regulators to “put meaningful, enforceable guardrails in place.” Amid rising global fears about the dangers…
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What Kind of Danger Does AI Really Pose?
Perhaps an AI apocalypse primarily threatens to reveal the deeply embedded coded injustices, prejudices, and fallacies in our society, so that we can no longer ignore…
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Oppenheimer Ignores the First Victims of the Nuclear Era
The movie repeats the myth that the New Mexico bomb site was in a desolate area with “nothing for 40 miles in either direction.”…
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After Black Pregnant Woman’s False Arrest, Markey Renews Call for Federal Facial Recognition Ban
“We need to pass my bill to prohibit the use of biometric technologies by federal entities and law enforcement so that people like Porcha…
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To Curb Racist Abuses of Technology, Congress Must Rein in Facial Recognition
For many, the abuses of technology are not some future threats. Technology is often hailed as an engine of progress, but if unleashed without…
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What AI Could Mean for Accessing Public Benefits
While AI brings great potential to streamline burdensome processes and expand access to critical services, it also poses significant risks if deployed without care.…
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Ethics Group Asks SEC to Probe Musk Claims About ‘Gruesome’ Neuralink Monkey Trials
“It seems obvious to everyone but Elon Musk that Neuralink’s device is unsafe,” said one critic. “Now he is deliberately misleading investors and the…
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Report Urges Curbs on Development of ‘Deceptive and Dangerous’ Human-Like AI
“Lawmakers and regulators must step up and confront this threat before it’s too late,” the report’s author warns. Tech companies are creating and deploying…
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Tech Experts Warn Humanity Must Act Now to Avoid ‘Societal-Scale’ Damage by AI
“It’s time to get serious about advanced AI systems,” said one computer science professor. “These are not toys. Increasing their capabilities before we understand…
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Kidnapping Charges for Idaho Teen and Mother Seen as Test Case for ‘Abortion Trafficking’ Law
“Prosecutors seeking to test out laws like this are likely to go after people who won’t garner much sympathy from the public,” wrote one…
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‘Awful News for Humanity’: Alarm as Larry Summers Joins OpenAI Board
“There is no greater indication that OpenAI is unserious about the interests of humanity than their elevation of Larry Summers to its board of…
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US Among 18 Countries to Reach Deal on Keeping AI ‘Secure by Design’
The agreement “is a step in the right direction for security,” said one observer, “but that’s not the only area where AI can cause…
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Baseball Owners Blow Off Fans in Favor of Streaming Dollars
Baseball moguls should be focusing on doing everything they can to attract new fans, not punishing older and poorer fans who cannot navigate or…
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The AI-Robot Wars: Is Dystopian Science Fiction Becoming a Reality?
Will corporations in the not-too-distant future be “manufacturing” humans? And where does AI superstar Sam Altman fit into this picture? Have you ever felt…
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Corrupting the Future: The Sines 4.0 Data Center That Collapsed Portugal’s Government
Sines 4.0 will be a monumental consumer of energy with no return for society. A month has passed since the lightning resignation of António…
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Higher Education Cannot Train a New Generation Without the Humanities
The assault on the humanities is part of the larger effort to make America more and more hospitable to corporations and their allies. A…