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The moon and Venus will align in the Connecticut night sky Monday
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (252+ words) A close-up view from the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II crew's lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, captures a total solar eclipse, with only part of the moon visible in the frame as it fully obscures the sun. The bright silver…...
Which jobs are most vulnerable to AI?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (513+ words) Since the public release of generative artificial intelligence programs like Chat GPT, Claude and others, many in the workforce have wondered if AI would eliminate their jobs. Researchers from Harvard Business School sought out to answer that question. Their research…...
Button-pushing explorers: How to grasp that AI agents can do amazing things while knowing nothing
1+ week, 6+ day ago (795+ words) Ji Y. Son, California State University, Los Angeles and Alice Xu, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) The nonprofit ARC Prize Foundation on May 1, 2026, released the results of a new benchmark: a test of an AI system's ability to solve…...
The rapid embrace of AI in China, its biggest testing ground, may shape how AI is used globally
2+ week, 6+ day ago (935+ words) The scene in Beijing, China's capital, was repeated for days at several events and was also seen in the southern technology hub Shenzhen in March, as engineers helped crowds trying to set up the popular AI "agent" Open Claw on…...
Mythos AI is a cybersecurity threat, but it doesn't rewrite the rules of the game
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (522+ words) Mohammad Ahmad, West Virginia University The news ignited concern among the public, world governments and the information technology sector about the capabilities of today's AI to undermine cybersecurity, with some people framing the model as a global cybersecurity threat. Claiming…...
Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of US cities " now, their integration with AI is sounding alarms
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1057+ words) Jess Reia, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States. Few could have predicted that they would one day also double as nodes for surveillance. In thousands of towns and cities across the…...
Data centers don't have to be a burden on local communities " and can even support them by generating power and repurposing waste heat
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (635+ words) Gregor Henze, University of Colorado Boulder and Sean Shaheen, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) Many consumers " and state policymakers and even utility companies " are worried about the possibility of large numbers of data centers raising electricity demand and power…...
Michael and Susan Dell fund 'AI-native' medical center with $750 million gift to University of Texas
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (616+ words) The UT Dell Medical Center, announced Tuesday, is projected to open in 2030 as the crown jewel of a new 300-plus-acre advanced research campus. The university expects to break ground this fall on what school leaders are calling the country's first…...
US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech, data brokers " and your apps and devices
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (930+ words) Anne Toomey Mc Kenna, Penn State Meanwhile, your phone continuously senses and records your communications, info about your health, what apps you're using, and tracks your location via cell towers, GPS satellites and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. As you enter the…...
Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines " but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (719+ words) Bruce Weinberg, The Ohio State University; Enrico Berkes, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Monica Marion, Indiana University, and Sta'a Milojevi, Indiana University Similarly, the advances in genetics that have made the biotechnology revolution possible involved contributions from disciplines as far…...