Science
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Microsoft wants to use generative AI tool to help make video games
The Muse AI was trained on the video game Bleeding Edge Microsoft An artificial intelligence model from Microsoft can recreate…
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Can Google’s new research assistant AI give scientists ‘superpowers’?
Google’s AI “co-scientist” is based on the firm’s Gemini large language models Raa/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Google has unveiled an experimental artificial intelligence…
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When did life begin on Earth? New evidence reveals a shocking story
Earth is some 4.5 billion years old. When it formed from colliding rocks around a dim, young sun, it was…
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Electrodes made from bread could replace metal conductors
David Bujdos holds a bread-based electrode Liz Palmer Old pieces of bread can be transformed into precisely shaped electrodes using…
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How both your genes and lifestyle alter risk of age-related diseases
Exercise can influence your risk of developing age-related conditions Olja Simovic / Alamy Does your lifestyle play the biggest role…
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Dark algae could accelerate melting of Greenland ice sheet
Algae on the Greenland ice sheet absorb light and accelerate melting Laura Halbach Dark algae that grow on the surface…
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Slowdown of AMOC ocean current may preserve the Amazon rainforest
Rainfall in the Amazon may be influenced by sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean Maarten Zeehandelaar/Shutterstock The potentially…
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When did the first galaxies form? Earlier than we thought possible
Many millions of years after the big bang, a point of light arose in a dark universe. This first star…
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Why AI resorts to stereotypes when it is role-playing humans
AI models struggle to mimic people with particular demographic identities whitebalance.oatt/Getty Images Artificial intelligence models from OpenAI and Meta often…
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Astronomers uncover the topsy-turvy atmosphere of a distant planet
The three layers of the atmosphere of the gas giant Tylos ESO/M. Kornmesser The atmosphere of a distant world has…
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