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Moon landing: US lander successfully touches down in ‘giant leap forward for all of humanity’ | Science & Tech News
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The Odysseus lander has successfully touched down after a “nail-biting” descent saw the first ever privately owned craft reach the moon’s surface. The Intuitive Machines’ lander is also the first US lander to successfully reach the moon in more than 50 years – since the last of NASA’s Apollo programme in 1972. There was applause…
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Elon Musk tells Sky News AI is a ‘risk’ to humanity | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has told Sky News that AI is a “risk”, as the billionaire joins world leaders and tech bosses at a UK safety summit. The SpaceX and Tesla owner has long been outspoken about the dangers posed by artificial intelligence, and earlier this year warned it could even lead to “civilisation destruction”. Asked by…
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Humanity ‘staring down barrel’ of potentially losing up to half of future medicines through plant extinction | Science & Tech News
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Humanity is “staring down the barrel” of potentially losing up to half of its future medicines through plant extinction, scientists have warned. Nearly half of all plants that flower are at risk, amounting to more than 100,000, while it is believed around 77% of all those as yet undescribed by science are at risk. Some…
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AI risks are something humanity can manage – let’s get working on how it can save us from ourselves | Science & Tech News
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It seems a day doesn’t go by without another thought leader warning of the clear danger artificial intelligence poses to civilisation as we know it. While they’re not necessarily wrong, I’d argue the risk of AI is something humanity can manage. But handwringing over digital dystopia is distracting us from a very real existential threat…
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Elon Musk says he’s buying Twitter to ‘help humanity’ and not to ‘make more money’ | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has said he is buying Twitter to “try to help humanity”. The billionaire tweeted a statement explaining his reasons for purchasing the social media site, saying he believed it was “important for the future of civilisation to have a common digital town square”. Mr Musk’s long -running bid to purchase Twitter is reportedly…