Category: 3. Tech
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AI anxiety as computers get super smart
Before his death, Professor Stephen Hawking called on the world to avoid the risks of artificial intelligence, warning it could be the worst event in the history of civilization. From Hollywood’s death-dealing Terminator to warnings from genius Stephen Hawking or Silicon Valley stars, fears have been fueled that artificial intelligence (AI) could one day destroy…
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The tech to recycle clothes is only just being invented
CETIA is the first company in the world with a machine to pull the soles off shoes because there was previously no demand. The vast waste and pollution caused by the fashion industry has made recycling clothes a top priority, but only now are simple tasks like pulling the sole off a shoe being done…
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Toyota hikes annual forecast as first-half net profit doubles
Toyota is having a roaring year, thanks to strong demand in Japan, North America and Europe, among others. Toyota ramped up its annual net profit forecast to $26.1 billion on Wednesday after reporting it more than doubled in the first six months of the year. The world’s biggest automaker by sales said a weaker yen…
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UK summit aims to tackle thorny issues around cutting-edge AI risks
US Vice President Kamala Harris, with husband Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, arrives at Stansted Airport for her visit to the UK to attend the AI safety summit at Bletchley Park, in Stanstead, England, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Credit: Joe Giddens/PA via AP Digital officials, tech company bosses and researchers are converging Wednesday on a historic…
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The US Just Unveiled The Most Ambitious Attempt to Control AI to Date : ScienceAlert
On Monday US President Joe Biden released a wide ranging and ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) – catapulting the US to the front of conversations about regulating AI. In doing so, the US is leap frogging over other states in the race to rule over AI. Europe previously led the way with its…
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Lawn equipment spews ‘shocking’ amount of air pollution, new data shows
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Lawn-care equipment—leaf-blowers, lawnmowers, and the like—doesn’t top most people’s lists of climate priorities. But a new report documents how, in aggregate, lawn care is a major source of U.S. air pollution. Using the latest available data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2020 National…
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Interviewing Chris Gunn on the James Webb Space Telescope
Sometimes, amazing science happens in the background with little to no public attention. All those years of hard efforts and incremental progress are left unseen except by those living and working through it. Now, a new book detailing the making of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) aims to change that by sharing photographs, diagrams,…
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New MIT Design Would Harness 40% of the Sun’s Heat To Produce Clean Hydrogen Fuel
MIT engineers have developed a new system using a series of sun-driven reactors to produce carbon-free hydrogen fuel, significantly increasing efficiency from 7% to 40%. Their innovative train-like reactor design could make green hydrogen production scalable and economically feasible. MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of…
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Biden’s Executive Order on AI Is a Good Start, Experts Say, but Not Enough
The U.S. now has its farthest-reaching official policy on artificial intelligence to date. President Joe Biden signed an executive order this week that urges new federal standards for AI safety, security and trustworthiness and addresses many other facets of AI risk and development. The broad order, nearly 20,000 words long, uses the term “artificial intelligence”…
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A surprising finding shows that light can make water evaporate without heat could enable new approaches to desalination
A new study says that Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria thrive in dew drops. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Evaporation is happening all around us all the time, from the sweat cooling our bodies to the dew burning off in the morning sun. But science’s understanding of this ubiquitous process may have been missing a piece all this…