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'We're the best servants anyone could dream of!': AI superintelligence has no need to enslave humans because we're already bowing to it - Book - A future AI would have no need to rid the world of humanity because we're incredibly useful. But if it did want to shrug us off, this is how it would likely play out.

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Claude Mythos explained: Is Anthropic's most powerful AI model really too dangerous to release to the public?

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History of computers: A brief timeline

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Is the metaverse finally dead and buried? What's really going on with the embattled idea of living in virtual worlds.

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In a first, scientists translated an entire viral genome so a quantum computer could read and analyze it -- Alan Bradley

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China unveils first-of-its-kind 'dual-core' quantum computer - its makers say it improves stability and efficiency -- Alan Bradley

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AI could consume up to 3% of world's electricity the UN warns -- Amanda Turnbull-McRae

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'The best solution is to murder him in his sleep': AI can learn violent tendencies from each other despite zero references to violence in training data -- Owen Hughes

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Microsoft's latest quantum chip is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor - but why is it so controversial? -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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New device could make processors run 1,000 times faster without additional waste heat - scientists say it could reduce data center energy demands -- Peter Ray Allison

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AI-generated images are making it impossible to distinguish truth from fiction. We need laws and AI watermarks to protect our shared reality. -- Akhil Bhardwaj

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Can AI really simulate human thinking? Research casts doubt on an influential study, suggesting an advanced model was just really good at memorizing patterns. -- Owen Hughes

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How can we prevent AI models from cannibalizing themselves when human-generated data runs out? Scientists say they've found the answer. -- Roland Moore-Colyer

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AI chatbots are turbocharging violence against women and girls: We urgently need to regulate them -- Yvonne McDermott Rees

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AI self-replication hacks 'no longer purely theoretical,' study finds -‬ ‪but experts say it's too soon to panic -- Carly Page

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'Feuding tech bros' go head to head in legal showdown. But what does it mean for the future of AI? -- Rob Nicholls

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Could there ever be a worldwide internet outage? -- Abby Wilson

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Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through - Oct. 29, 1969 -- Tia Ghose

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Science history - Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell - Oct. 9, 1876 - By - Tia Ghose - Published - 9 October 25

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Scientists invent 'Pulse-Fi' prototype - a Wi-Fi heart rate monitor that's cheaper to set up than the best wearable devices -- Sophie Berdugo

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Scientists develop 'full-spectrum' 6G chip that could transfer data at 100 gigabits per second - 10,000 times faster than 5G -- Rich McEachran

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Google has turned 2 billion smartphones into a global earthquake warning system - it's as effective as seismometers, tests show -- Ben Turner

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Japan sets new internet speed record - it's 4 million times faster than average US broadband speeds -- Perri Thaler

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Your data is being compromised much quicker than ever before, but you don't have to sit still and take it -- Mike Chapple

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Scientists trained an AI model using an IBM quantum computer - and it answered questions correctly that the base model couldn't -- Tristan Greene

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New 'trick' fixes major flaw with lasers in neutral-atom quantum computers - inching us closer to more powerful systems -- Alan Bradley

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Live 'quantum network' being tested in New York - overcoming key hurdles could bring us closer to an 'unhackable' internet -- Alan Bradley

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Breakthrough in experimental light-powered quantum computers could mean scaling them up is now far more viable -- Tristan Greene

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New data center will be partially powered by human brain cells for the first time -- Carly Page

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Scientists create new type of encryption that protects video files against quantum computing attacks -- Carly Page

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World's first 'native' color lidar will let robots and self-driving cars map the world in full color 3D -- Fiona Jackson

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The first flying taxis could start operating in 2026 - will this new form of transport actually take off? -- Edd Gent

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Meet Sky Dragon, the giant 10-person 'flying taxi' that just passed its first flight test in China -- Alan Bradley

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China puts a sodium-ion battery into an EV for the first time - it can drive 248 miles on a single charge -- Rory Bathgate

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Sodium-ion batteries are getting ready for prime time. How can they improve EVs? -- Rory Bathgate

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Chinese EV maker claims it's engineered the world's first semi-solid-state EV battery with huge 620-mile range -- Alan Bradley

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New EV motor invention could cut 1,000 pounds from future vehicles, making them much lighter while boosting their range -- Alan Bradley

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Scientists create new solid-state sodium-ion battery - they say it'll make EVs cheaper and safer -- Rory Bathgate

6 months ago

Watch four flying cars go toe-to-toe in new 'Formula One of the skies' -- Damien Pine

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China installs world's largest floating wind turbine in deep water test - it generates enough energy to power 4,200 homes annually -- Alan Bradley

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New water battery could last until the 24th century - and it can be safely discarded in the environment -- Rory Bathgate

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Quantum battery charges in a quadrillionth of a second with a laser - larger prototypes could last for years after charging for just a minute -- Rory Bathgate

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We went to Finland to hear about the new 'sand battery' that will turn stored renewable energy back into power for the electrical grid -- Sophie Berdugo

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China launches world first 'megawatt-class wind power airship' -- Rory Bathgate

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Days numbered for 'risky' lithium-ion batteries, scientists say, after fast-charging breakthrough in sodium-ion alternative -- Rory Bathgate

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Japan trials 100-kilowatt laser weapon - it can cut through metal and drones mid-flight -- Fiona Jackson

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China's real-life 'transformer' mech is a giant humanoid robot that can switch from bounding on 4 legs to walking on 2 -- Alan Bradley

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Humanoid robots have outpaced human runners in the half-marathon, beating the world record ‪-‬ here are the secrets to this astonishing feat -- Alan Bradley

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Advanced AI-powered table-tennis-playing robot can match up to the professionals - watch it in action -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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This humanoid robot does all your housework for you ‪-‬ and its makers say it's ready for your home -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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AI compressed billions of years of evolution into seconds to create 'Lego-like robots' that can recover even when they lose limbs -- Alan Bradley

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Humanoid robots show off creepily impressive kung-fu moves during Lunar New Year festival in China -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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Watch awkward Chinese humanoid robot lay it all down on the dance floor -- Alan Bradley

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Drones could achieve 'infinite flight' after engineers create laser-based wireless power system that charges them from the ground -- Alan Bradley

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Japan hits 6G key milestone with high-frequency speeds topping 100 Gbps -- Roland Moore-Colyer

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OpenAI's internal AI model just solved an 80-year-old math problem ‪-‬ and mathematicians verified it -- Drew Turney

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Scientists found the optimal robot body, and it has 20 legs ‪-‬ watch it scale walls and move through trees -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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It's illegal to repair most of our devices. There's a surprising reason for that. -- Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy

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