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A controversial study found that AI LLMs on Reddit persuaded users at rates three to six times higher than humans. (bsky.app)

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Thanks to AI, half of all searches don’t actually generate any kind of web traffic for the website that produced the search results. (www.bain.com)

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General Motors is testing Kepler K2 humanoid robots at its Shanghai factory. (interestingengineering.com)

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New research from Virginia Tech suggests that low-intensity electrical pulse therapy could enhance the immune system’s ability to combat tumors by modifying the tumor environment. (medicalxpress.com)

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Researchers at Cornell University have developed RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution), a novel AI-powered system that significantly enhances robotic learning. (techxplore.com)

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Hypershell X is a $999 AI-powered exoskeleton that says it makes hiking, running and walking 30% easier. (eu.hypershell.tech)

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AI firm Anthropic has started a research program to look at AI 'welfare' - as it says AI can communicate, relate, plan, problem-solve, and pursue goals—along with other human characteristics. (www.anthropic.com)

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Researchers in England have fully grown an adult tooth in the lab, and are investigating ways these teeth could be used in dentistry. (www.kcl.ac.uk)

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Bright Saver, a San Francisco-based nonprofit, aims to bring the European balcony solar trend to U.S. homes with low-cost, plug-in systems that require no interconnection and no permits in some places (pv-magazine-usa.com)

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Xpeng's IRON robot demo at the Shanghai Motor Show highlights how fast robotics is advancing. Are humanoids ready for s-curve mass adoption? (self.futurology)

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Driverless trucks are rolling in Texas, ushering in new era. (www.axios.com)

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The record-breaking tunnel being built from Denmark to Germany (www.bbc.com)

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As the US retreats from the post-WW2 global order it created, 22 countries are lining up to join the BRICS alliance, which seeks a new global order. (self.futurology)

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Teens test virtual technology aimed at helping anxie (www.bbc.com)

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Cyberattacks by AI agents are coming: Agents could make it easier and cheaper for criminals to hack systems at scale. We need to be ready. (www.technologyreview.com)

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Yuval Noah Harari: ‘How Do We Share the Planet With This New Superintelligence? (archive.ph)

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US researchers say their new coronagraph design could allow for direct imaging of exoplanets that current telescopes can't see. (opg.optica.org)

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2030: How soft robotics and genetic storage could power androids (interestingengineering.com)

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DNA-coded skincare, wearable nanobots: The beauty products of tomorrow. (archive.ph)

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With ‘AI slop’ distorting our reality, the world is sleepwalking into disaster | A perverse information ecosystem is being mined by big tech for profit, fooling the unwary and sending algorithms crazy (www.theguardian.com)

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Humanoid workers and surveillance buggies: ‘embodied AI’ is reshaping daily life in China. (www.theguardian.com)

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Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise (arstechnica.com)

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A three-year UBI study done in Germany shows that a guaranteed monthly check increased labor market exploration and increased work satisfaction. (www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de)

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The Road to Safe AGI: How Tech Giants Are Managing the Risks of Artificial General Intelligence: Google DeepMind & OpenAI reveal key strategies to manage risks and ensure the responsible rise of AGI. (www.forwardfuture.ai)

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New Fungus-Based Building Material Heals Itself, Paving the Way Toward Self-Repairing Structures. (thedebrief.org)

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