2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (552+ words) Fraud may be emerging as one of the most effective uses of artificial intelligence, according to a new study. In a simulated "pig butchering" scam, an AI chatbot outperformed human scammers, and participants even recalled they trusted the bot more....

9+ hour, 3+ min ago   (535+ words) Cringebot 3000 is a generator for over-the-top, cliché-heavy LinkedIn posts. LinkedIn may be full of complaints about AI-generated "thought leadership," but one experiment suggests the platform may still be rewarding exactly that kind of content. A deliberately bad tool called Cringebot…...

14+ hour, 22+ min ago   (375+ words) As North Port, Florida, considers the future of data centers, a residents group wants people to show up at City Hall to weigh in on how those facilities could affect electricity demand, water use, and utility costs. The push comes…...

23+ hour, 8+ min ago   (604+ words) If those machines are discarded, they would add up to 1.6 billion pounds of e-waste. Perfectly functional computers could soon be pushed toward the scrap heap — not because they stopped working but because Microsoft ended standard support for Windows 10 in 2025 and…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (614+ words) "It is surprising that the discourse from many developing AI is so filled with doom." Mark Zuckerberg has weighed in on the future of artificial intelligence with a sweeping new manifesto. In a new 6,500-word letter titled "The Future is…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (289+ words) The push comes as user frustration with spammy, assembly-line content continues to rise. Spotting AI-generated content online is getting easier as the web is filling up with machine-made material, from music and avatars to bland, formulaic posts. In response, platforms…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (519+ words) "Glad you go to unwind while we all protest this monstrosity." A promotional trip backed by OpenAI has become a public-relations problem for an influencer who posted a video of herself running a bath at a "luxury eco-retreat" in upstate…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (571+ words) "A multi-layered sandwich in which each layer is made of a different material and performs a specific function." Perovskite solar cells are cheaper, more efficient, thinner, and more flexible than other solar cell technologies, but they have one major drawback:…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (602+ words) This tension is heightened in the San Joaquin Valley, where farms and communities already vie for limited water. In California's San Joaquin Valley, people focused on two proposed data centers in Tulare and Kings counties want to know whether the…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (554+ words) "We're excited where this is going — it seems like we're being heard and listened to." Chicago is taking steps to curb data centers after community groups warned that the industry's fast growth could add to air pollution, use vast amounts…...