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Artificial intelligence: Rishi Sunak vows to tackle ‘dangers’ around AI as landmark paper published | Science & Tech News
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Rishi Sunak has vowed to tackle fears around artificial intelligence (AI) “head-on” as the government prepares to host a world-first global safety summit. The prime minister has made taking advantage of the fast-improving technology, while also regulating against its potential dangers, a focus since taking office last year. Politics latest: Potential by-election headache for PM…
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Discovery of molten layer covering Mars may explain why Martians don’t exist | Science & Tech News
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A liquid silicate “blanket” wrapped around the core of Mars gives us new clues about the planet’s history and why it is devoid of life, researchers have said. Findings from a paper published today in the journal Nature provide insights into how Mars formed, evolved and became the barren planet it is now, according to…
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Paedophiles using AI to ‘de-age’ celebrities and ‘nudify’ fully clothed children | Science & Tech News
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Thousands of AI-generated images depicting child abuse have been shared on a dark web forum, new research has found. About 3,000 AI images of child abuse were shared on the site in September, with 564 depicting the most serious kind of imagery including rape, sexual torture and bestiality. Of the images, 1,372 depicted children aged…
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‘Exciting’ deal paves way for more UK astronauts to head into space | Science & Tech News
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British astronauts could get the chance to blast into the cosmos thanks to a new deal between the UK and a US space company. The UK Space Agency has signed an agreement with Axiom Space, a Texas-based firm working on what it says will become the first ever commercial space station. It has previously sent…
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Bitcoin mining consumes more electricity than most countries, study suggests | Science & Tech News
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Bitcoin mining consumes more electricity than most countries, according to a new report on its damaging environmental impact. Mining is the process by which transactions are added to and validated on the blockchain, the public ledger for cryptocurrencies. Competing miners race to use computers to solve complex mathematical puzzles using extremely powerful hardware – receiving…
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ChatGPT and other chatbots ‘could be used to help launch cyberattacks’, study warns | Science & Tech News
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ChatGPT can be tricked into producing malicious code that could be used to launch cyberattacks, a study has found. OpenAI’s tool and similar chatbots can create written content based on user commands, having been trained on enormous amounts of text data from across the internet. They are designed with protections in place to prevent their…
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Cervical cancer treatment breakthrough could cut deaths by 35% | Science & Tech News
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Scientists say already-available drugs could lead to a 35% reduction in deaths caused by cervical cancer, labelling their findings as the biggest breakthrough in treating the disease for over 20 years. Researchers from UCL Cancer Institute and UCLH say a short course of induction chemotherapy (IC) before standard treatment for cervical cancer, chemoradiation (CRT), could…
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Biggest-ever supercomputer simulation delves into universe’s evolution | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have performed the biggest-ever computer simulations to investigate how the universe evolved from the Big Bang. Project Flamingo calculated how ordinary matter, dark matter and dark energy evolved according to the laws of physics. Virtual galaxies and clusters of galaxies emerge in detail as the simulations progress. Researchers hope they can compare the virtual…
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Tinder lets family and friends suggest potential partners | Science & Tech News
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Tinder is now letting users’ family members suggest potential partners on the dating app. The company’s new feature, Matchmaker, allows users to give access to their potential matches to up to 15 friends or relatives in a 24-hour period. Those people can then view profiles and suggest possible matches even without a Tinder account. However,…
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Moon is millions of years older than previously thought, study suggests | Science & Tech News
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The moon is 40 million years older than scientists previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers analysed crystals brought back by Apollo astronauts between 1969 and 1972 to pinpoint the time of the moon’s formation. During Apollo missions, astronauts gathered rocks, pebbles, sand and dust from the moon’s surface – and it was lunar…