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A good summary of why Google may soon be in rapid decline. (www.wheresyoured.at)

submitted 8 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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Al Will Take Over Human Systems From Within - It’s not a tool, but an alien agent, says Yuval Noah Harari in an interview. (www.noemamag.com)

submitted 8 months ago by BaylorSwift3 to c/futurology

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Researchers modelling AI development say the conditions for it to happen safely are not what is happening now. (arxiv.org)

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In another indication of renewable energy's rapid technological advancement, a Chinese company has made a 26 MW wind turbine, and another is testing one of 35 MW. (www.rechargenews.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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Here's the 26MW one

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Catalyzed fusion system 'operates indefinitely without external power' (interestingengineering.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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Australian researchers have developed a synthetic version of a spider venom molecule for use in a groundbreaking new drug aimed at reversing heart attack damage. (www.uq.edu.au)

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A California startup claims it's brain monitoring device allows people to exchange information while asleep and dreaming. (www.businesswire.com)

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OpenAI is boasting that they are about to make a lot of the legal profession permanently unemployed. (wallstreetpit.com)

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A new study shows that an AI tool can help people with different views find common ground by more effectively summarizing the collective opinion of the group than humans. (www.science.org)

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Dutch biologists find nanoplastics in the hearts of chicken embryos (statnano.com)

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Selective breeding enhances coral heat tolerance to marine heatwaves - should we breed new types of coral to survive climate change? (www.nature.com)

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6G phone networks could be 9000 times faster than 5G (www.newscientist.com)

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De-extinction company claims it has nearly complete thylacine genome (www.newscientist.com)

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Santa Clarita County in California is using AI to weed out racist covenants from its 24 million deed documents that date back to 1850. (hai.stanford.edu)

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A new discovery about photosynthesis and K-Type-Stars may bolster the theory life on Earth was seeded from elsewhere via Panspermia, and have implications for the future search for alien life. (www.cambridge.org)

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Nine Predictions for the Future of the Music Business (www.honest-broker.com)

submitted 8 months ago by RewindAgain to c/futurology

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Kroger Asked About Surge Pricing and Facial Recognition at Grocery Stores (www.vice.com)

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It's not a dystopian future, it's a dystopian present.

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Anyone Can Turn You Into an AI Chatbot. There’s Little You Can Do to Stop Them - Character.AI lets users create bots in the likeness of any person—without requiring their consent. (archive.ph)

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AI firm Anthropic has updated its safety policy to explain how it will deal with dangers like its platform being used to develop bioweapons. (www.siliconrepublic.com)

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Super-light materials that help suppress EV battery fires just got a big boost (www.technologyreview.com)

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Taiwanese battery maker ProLogium says its new silicon composite anode batteries will make EVs 300 kg lighter, and can charge for a 300km (185 mile) journey in 5 minutes. (www.electrive.com)

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Solar Desalinization System From MIT Needs No Grid Connection Or Battery Backup - CleanTechnica (cleantechnica.com)

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Drug may boost motivation for people with depression (www.futurity.org)

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World's 1st 6-ton tiltrotor drone unveiled, 2,500-mile range at 340mph (interestingengineering.com)

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Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing? (www.theguardian.com)

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