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Chemists create world’s thinnest pasta that would overcook in ‘under a second’ | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The world’s thinnest spaghetti, about 200 times thinner than a human hair, has been created by a team of UK chemists. The team at University College London (UCL) used a technique called “electrospinning” to create the nanofibres as part of master’s student Beatrice Britton’s research. “To make spaghetti, you push a mixture of water and…
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Public asked to help create ‘humanity’s last exam’ to spot when AI achieves peak intelligence | Science & Tech News
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Scientists are creating “humanity’s last exam” to test AI and see when it has reached expert-level intelligence. People are being asked to submit their questions and create “the world’s most difficult artificial intelligence test” by the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI. “Existing tests now have become too easy and we can no…
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Disgruntled school worker accused of using AI to create fake recording of principal on racist rant | US News
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A high school athletics director has been accused of using AI to create a fake recording of the principal going on a racist and antisemitic rant. Dazhon Darien allegedly impersonated Eric Eiswert’s voice with artificial intelligence, in a clip that went viral and was widely shared on social media. In the forged audio, it sounded as…
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‘We all want to live forever’: The tech letting people create avatars for loved ones to meet after they die | Science & Tech News
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When technology entrepreneur Artur Sychov’s father was diagnosed with cancer, he was forced to accept a day may soon come when he wouldn’t be able to speak to him again. The 38-year-old knew he would give anything to have another father-son conversation after his dad’s death. So, using artificial intelligence, he got to work on…
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Scientists use gene editing to create chickens resistant to bird flu | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have used genetic “scissors” to create chickens able to resist being infected with bird flu. The breakthrough suggests flocks could be protected from the strain of the disease that has spread rapidly around the world in wild birds. More than eight million poultry have died or been culled as a result of outbreaks in…
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Scientists create synthetic human embryos using stem cells in major breakthrough | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells in a major scientific breakthrough Experts believe the development could provide insight into causes of miscarriages and unique aspects of human development but also raises ethical and legal questions. Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, from the University of Cambridge and California Institute of Technology, described fostering the embryos…
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New iPhone feature can create a voice that sounds like you in just 15 minutes | Science & Tech News
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Apple has revealed a new feature that will allow iPhones and iPads to generate digital reproductions of a user’s voice. The Personal Voice feature, expected as part of iOS 17, will work with the Live Speech feature to allow users to record their voices and communicate with others on audio calls or platforms such as…
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Enzyme discovery could see devices literally create energy from thin air | Science & Tech News
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Devices that literally create energy from thin air could be made real thanks to a newly-discovered enzyme that transforms hydrogen into an electrical current, scientists have said. The finding was made in light of recent work by the same Australian team that showed many bacteria draw on hydrogen from the atmosphere as an energy source.…
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Scientists create ‘synthetic’ mouse embryos that went on to develop a brain, nerve cord and beating heart tissue | UK News
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A research team in the UK and US has created “synthetic” mouse embryos that went on to develop a brain, a nerve cord and beating heart tissue in the lab without the need for a fertilised egg or uterus for it to grow in. It is similar to a breakthrough by an Israeli team, published…
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Amazon files lawsuit against 10,000 Facebook groups designed to create fake reviews | Science & Tech News
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Amazon has filed a lawsuit against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups which attempt to orchestrate fake reviews in exchange for money or free products. The groups are set up to recruit individuals willing to post incentivised and misleading reviews on Amazon’s online stores in the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain,…