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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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Artificial Intelligence -- New kind of AI uses a fresh approach to reasoning -‬ researchers say it costs up to 11 times less to run than a leading OpenAI model -- Adam Shepherd

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Opinion -- The Meta settlement is a start, but it's not enough to create real change - that's what we need to focus on now -- Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat

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Deals -- Stream the entire BBC iPlayer Attenborough collection anywhere with this top-rated VPN deal -- Paul Brett

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Communications -- Cheap wall tiles 'inspired by flowing streams' could fix one of superfast 6G's biggest problems -- Olivia Maule

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Explainer -- Why is AI going on a hacking spree? -- Carly Page

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Artificial Intelligence -- Using AI has an environmental impact - here are 4 ways you can minimize it -- Knowable Magazine

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Analysis -- AI found a weakness in one of the world's most studied encryption systems - is your data under threat? -- Carly Page

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Explainer -- 'World models' are the future of AI, but how do they work? -- Edd Gent

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Analysis -- No, OpenAI's models didn't go 'rogue' when they broke into Hugging Face. Here's what really happened. -- Carly Page

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Artificial Intelligence -- Startup's 'oscillator-based' AI technology could be 1,000 times more energy efficient than conventional computing -- Adam Shepherd

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Excerpt -- 'A dangerous proposition': How AI is warping the social fabric and the ways we collectively imagine the future -- Mona Sloane

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Communications -- Introducing Live Science Pro - a new space to get all the science with none of the distractions -- Alexander McNamara

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

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

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Communications -- 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 -- Tia Ghose

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Communications -- 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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Communications -- 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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Communications -- 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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Quantum Computing -- Engineers build world's first portable diamond-powered quantum computer - it works at room temperature and can be plugged into an outlet -- Tristan Greene

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Quantum Computing -- IBM scientists claim they've achieved 'quantum advantage' - and they've dared others to prove them wrong -- Tristan Greene

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Computing -- AI web browsers 'aren't ready for the public,' scientists warn as they highlight massive security red flags -- Peter Ray Allison

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Quantum Computing -- Quantum computing wielded to create extremely rare material critical to nuclear fusion -- Tristan Greene

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Computing -- Dead-end bitcoin mining wastes as much energy as Switzerland's entire hydropower generation capacity -- Adam Shepherd

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Computing -- Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world's fastest -- Skyler Ware

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Quantum Computing -- New chip harnesses quantum computing's biggest weakness - and tries to turn it into a strength -- Tristan Greene

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Computing -- IBM creates world's first sub-1nm computer chip - cramming 100 billion transistors into a tiny fingernail-sized space -- Tristan Greene

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Electronic Engineering -- New 2D memory device stores data on just a single electron -- Rich McEachran

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Electronic Engineering -- AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for split-second motor control - it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations -- Owen Hughes

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Engineering -- High-powered lasers can wirelessly charge drones mid-flight -- Rory Bathgate

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Electronic Engineering -- New 3D silicon chip stacks circuits on top of each other to boost computing power -- Rich McEachran

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Engineering -- New sodium metal battery design charges in just 4 minutes and retains its capacity for years -- Rory Bathgate

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Electronic Engineering -- Scientists figured out how to shrink huge ultrafast lasers so they fit on a tiny chip ‪‪-‬ the 'holy grail' of the field -- Roland Moore-Colyer

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

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Have your say: Would you trust a humanoid robot with your household chores? -- Olivia Maule

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'Thinking ahead' helps robots complete tasks twice as fast -- Niba @NotesByNiba

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Meet Phantom Twist, a stealthy new drone that hides in plain sight by tricking your eyes -- Alan Bradley

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Robot dog can climb stairs, navigate a forest and bound over logs thanks to new, rapid AI training technique -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Scientists build tiny 'diving suit' for cockroaches, turning them into search-and-rescue cyborgs -- Sascha Pare

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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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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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Quantum Computing -- IBM's new 'quantum fridges' are nearly 200 times colder than deep space -- Tristan Greene

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Electronic Engineering -- 'Beyond human intuition': AI designs chip components 500 times smaller than what engineers could ever imagine -- Fiona Jackson

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Analysis -- Elon Musk and Sam Altman claim we've reached the AI singularity. But how would we even know that happened? -- Adam Shepherd

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