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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

Germany's largest telecom company, Deutsche Telekom, says AI will render apps on phones obsolete and is launching a high-end smartphone with only an AI interface.

www.verdict.co.uk

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Germany's largest telecom company, Deutsche Telekom, says AI will render apps on phones obsolete and is launching a high-end smartphone with only an AI interface.

www.verdict.co.uk

Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

Google Is Paying Publishers to Test an Unreleased Gen AI Platform. In exchange for a five-figure sum, publishers must use the tool to publish 3 stories per day.

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Google Is Paying Publishers to Test an Unreleased Gen AI Platform. In exchange for a five-figure sum, publishers must use the tool to publish 3 stories per day.

Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

German researchers have turned a fiber optic cable into a computational device that runs some AI models, using only light, better than silicon chips.

www.techradar.com

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German researchers have turned a fiber optic cable into a computational device that runs some AI models, using only light, better than silicon chips.

www.techradar.com

Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

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Futurologist@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 months ago

Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI- Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube's kids content

www.theintrinsicperspective.com

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Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI- Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube's kids content

www.theintrinsicperspective.com

Futurologist@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 months ago

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Futurologist@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 months ago

Adobe previews ‘Photoshop of music’ - new cutting-edge generative AI tools for crafting and editing custom audio.

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Adobe previews ‘Photoshop of music’ - new cutting-edge generative AI tools for crafting and editing custom audio.

Futurologist@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 months ago

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

Swedish Company Klarna is replacing 700 human employees with OpenAI's bots and says all its metrics show the bots perform better with customers.

www.euronews.com

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Swedish Company Klarna is replacing 700 human employees with OpenAI's bots and says all its metrics show the bots perform better with customers.

www.euronews.com

Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

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Espiritdescali@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

Electric vehicles will crush fossil cars on price as lithium and battery prices fall

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Electric vehicles will crush fossil cars on price as lithium and battery prices fall

Espiritdescali@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

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Espiritdescali@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

Peter Diamandis Predicts 'Millions, Then Billions' of Humanoid Robots Are Coming

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Peter Diamandis Predicts 'Millions, Then Billions' of Humanoid Robots Are Coming

Espiritdescali@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

Nvidia researcher Dr. Jim Fan announced he is co-founding a new research group named GEAR, aimed at building AI foundation agents spanning multimodal LLMs, general purpose robots, and more.

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Nvidia researcher Dr. Jim Fan announced he is co-founding a new research group named GEAR, aimed at building AI foundation agents spanning multimodal LLMs, general purpose robots, and more.

research.nvidia.com

Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

A new study from the Mozilla Foundation warns that AI romance chatbots pose privacy risks, collect sensitive user data, and may foster unhealthy behaviors.

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A new study from the Mozilla Foundation warns that AI romance chatbots pose privacy risks, collect sensitive user data, and may foster unhealthy behaviors.

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

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voidx@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

Can we drill for hydrogen? New find suggests additional geological source.

arstechnica.com

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Can we drill for hydrogen? New find suggests additional geological source.

arstechnica.com

voidx@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

“Corolla killer:” BYD launches $US15,000 sedan EV with 420 km range in direct attack on legacy makers

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“Corolla killer:” BYD launches $US15,000 sedan EV with 420 km range in direct attack on legacy makers

Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

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voidx@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

Swarms of AI "killer robots" are the future of war: If that sounds scary, it should

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Swarms of AI "killer robots" are the future of war: If that sounds scary, it should

voidx@futurology.todayMEnglish · 8 months ago

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 9 months ago

China's hyperloop maglev train has achieved the fastest speed ever for a train at 623 km/h, as it prepares to test at up to 1,000 km/h in a 60km long hyperloop test tunnel.

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China's hyperloop maglev train has achieved the fastest speed ever for a train at 623 km/h, as it prepares to test at up to 1,000 km/h in a 60km long hyperloop test tunnel.

Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 9 months ago

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RewindAgain@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 months ago

In animal testing researchers at Columbia University have successfully delivered an mRNA treatment for lung cancer via a nebulizer.

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In animal testing researchers at Columbia University have successfully delivered an mRNA treatment for lung cancer via a nebulizer.

RewindAgain@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 months ago

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 9 months ago

Tyler Perry has halted a 12 sound stage $800 million expansion of his Atlanta studio because of OpenAI's Sora and says a lot of film industry jobs will be lost because of it.

www.theguardian.com

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Tyler Perry has halted a 12 sound stage $800 million expansion of his Atlanta studio because of OpenAI's Sora and says a lot of film industry jobs will be lost because of it.

www.theguardian.com

Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 9 months ago

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 9 months ago

An international group of researchers have discovered a new phase of matter called Non-Abelian Topological Order, which may open a new route to dramatically more effective quantum computers.

thequantuminsider.com

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An international group of researchers have discovered a new phase of matter called Non-Abelian Topological Order, which may open a new route to dramatically more effective quantum computers.

thequantuminsider.com

Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 9 months ago

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Futurologist@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 months ago

Can new legislation protect us from the companies building tech to read our minds?

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Can new legislation protect us from the companies building tech to read our minds?

Futurologist@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 months ago

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 9 months ago

Drilling operations at Fervo’s Cape Station in Utah show a 70% year-over-year reduction in drilling times and pave the way for rapid geothermal deployment

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Drilling operations at Fervo’s Cape Station in Utah show a 70% year-over-year reduction in drilling times and pave the way for rapid geothermal deployment

fervoenergy.com

Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 9 months ago

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Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 9 months ago

The rapid adoption of EVs is forcing China to explore Virtual Power Plants. These integrate people's batteries into the national grid and allow them to sell electricity at times of high demand.

www.technologyreview.com

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The rapid adoption of EVs is forcing China to explore Virtual Power Plants. These integrate people's batteries into the national grid and allow them to sell electricity at times of high demand.

www.technologyreview.com

Lugh@futurology.todayMEnglish · 9 months ago

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