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AI may blunt our thinking skills – here’s what you can do about it

Technology

AI may blunt our thinking skills – here’s what you can do about it

There is growing evidence that our reliance on generative AI tools is reducing our ability to think clearly and critically, but it doesn’t have to be that way

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Technology

AI power use forecast finds the industry far off track to net zero

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Technology

AI scientist claimed to do six months of research in just a few hours

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Society

Could a self-monitoring system for criminals replace prisons one day?

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Humans

We’re finally reading the secrets of Herculaneum’s lost library

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Technology

Chatbots work best when you speak to them with formal language

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2AGP4K2 FBI Laboratory analysis of Castor Beans used to manufacture the highly poisonous agent Ricin. Ricin (/'ra?s?n/ RY-sin), a lectin (a carbohydrate-binding protein) produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, is a highly potent toxin. A dose of purified ricin powder the size of a few grains of table salt can kill an adult human. The median lethal dose (LD50) of ricin is around 22 micrograms per kilogram of body weight if the exposure is from injection or inhalation (2 milligrams for an average adult).

Technology

Should we worry AI will create deadly bioweapons? Not yet, but one day

Analysis

Los Angeles - CIRCA 1985: Author William Gibson poses for a portrait circa 1985 in Oakland, California (Photo by Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images)

Technology

Is Neuromancer's cyberpunk dystopia still thrilling in 2025?

Culture

Cyclists and commuters make their ways home in evening sunshine at the junction of Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill in the City of London, aka the Square Mile - the capital's financial district, on 4th April 2023, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

Technology

I'm a cyclist. Will the arrival of robotaxis make my journeys safer?

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Technology

NASA and IBM built an AI to predict solar flares before they hit Earth

An AI model trained on years of data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory can predict the sun’s future appearance and potentially flag dangerous solar flares

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Mind

Mind-reading AI can turn even imagined speech into spoken words

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Technology

How AI poisoning is fighting bots that hoover data without permission

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Chemistry

Super-sticky hydrogel is 10 times stronger than other glues underwater

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Technology

'Universal' detector spots AI deepfake videos with record accuracy

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