Why ‘prosocial AI’ must be the framework for designing, deploying and governing AI
Prosocial AI supports a hybrid future where human and machine intelligences co-evolve, guided by shared principles and grounded in truth.Read More
George R.R. Martin Coauthored a Scientific Paper
OK, cool, now finish The Winds of Winter.
Gaming comedy Mythic Quest Season 4 debuts on January 29 on Apple TV+
Season 4 of a TV show is not something I write about very often, given my focus is video games. But Season 4 of Mythic Quest is another matter.Read More
This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef That Cholesterol Oozes From His Skin
High cholesterol is considered 240 mg/dL. The man’s was over 1,000 mg/dL.
Self-adaptive LLM dynamically adjusts its weights to learn new tasks
A trio of AI researchers at Sakana AI, a Japanese startup, has announced the development of a self-adaptive AI LLM called Transformer2. Qi Sun, Edoardo Cetin, and Yujin Tang, have posted their paper on the arXiv preprint server.
The Trump Cryptonaissance Is Here
US President Donald Trump has wasted no time in demonstrating his fealty to the cryptocurrency industry that backed his 2024 election ambitions. The alliance could herald a golden dawn for crypto, industry figures believe.
Chatbot offers empathetic, multilingual crime reporting to ease dispatcher workload
Across the nation, 911 dispatch centers are facing a worker shortage. Unfortunately, this understaffing, plus the nature of the job itself, leads to dispatchers who are often overworked and stressed. Meanwhile, when community members need to report a crime, their options are to contact 911 for an emergency or, in a non-emergency situation, call a …
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Elon Musk Plays DOGE Ball—and Hits America’s Geek Squad
Under Donald Trump, the United States Digital Service is morphing into Elon Musk’s cost-cutting machine.
Automating penmanship: Researchers develop cost-effective, AI-enhanced robotic handwriting system
Recent advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are enabling the development of a wide range of systems with unique characteristics designed for varying real-world applications. These include robots that can engage in activities traditionally only completed by humans, such as sketching, painting and even hand-writing documents.
Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison
Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.