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Meta Releases Code Llama, a Coding Version of Llama 2

Code Llama may spur a new wave of experimentation around AI and programming—but ...

You Are Not Responsible for Your Own Online Privacy

In the age of generative AI, it's impossible to know where your information is g...

The Myth of ‘Open Source’ AI

A new analysis shows that “open source” AI tools like Llama 2 are still controll...

AI Can’t Read Books. It’s Reviewing Them Anyway

ChatGPT-powered avatars recently gushed over a new book—unconvincingly. But if A...

Sexy AI Chatbots Are Creating Thorny Issues for Fandom

Generative AI allows fans to “talk” to their favorite characters, drawing compar...

How to Use AI to Talk to Whales—and Save Life on Earth

With ecosystems in crisis, engineers and scientists are teaming up to decipher w...

Nervous About ChatGPT? Try ChatGPT With a Hammer

Once generative AI can use real-world tools, it will become exponentially more c...

It Costs Just $400 to Build an AI Disinformation Machine

A developer used widely available AI tools to generate anti-Russian tweets and a...

Meet Aleph Alpha, Europe’s Answer to OpenAI

The European Union is desperate for its own artificial intelligence giant. Germa...

The Inventor Behind a Rush of AI Copyright Suits Is Try...

Stephen Thaler’s series of high-profile copyright cases has made headlines world...

The Winds That Doomed Lahaina

Gusts primed the Maui landscape to burn, then drove an out-of-control blaze. It’...

India’s Lander Touches Down on the Moon. Russia’s Has C...

While India’s spacecraft landed on the lunar surface, the Russian one collided w...

Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Br...

Two new studies show that AI-powered devices can help paralyzed people communica...

The Battle Against the Fungal Apocalypse Is Just Beginning

Fungal infections are rising worldwide and climate change may be to blame. Medic...

How to Cool an Object Without Using Any Energy

It seems impossible, but there’s a way to cool things off without tapping into a...

Welcome to the Republic of Cows

When habitat loss is one of the biggest issues facing wild animals, why has Alas...

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