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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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Explainer -- New kind of AI audio chip transforms earbuds into always-on 'intelligent' devices that run without a smartphone. How does it work? -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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Quantum Computing -- Japan switches on its first full-stack room-temperature quantum computer - and scientists plan to scale it up to 10,000 qubits -- Owen Hughes

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Artificial Intelligence -- Google DeepMind's latest AI tool promises a new era for genetics research, but experts warn to take its predictions with caution -- RJ Mackenzie

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Electronic Engineering -- New LightTok chip converts light directly into 'tokens' for AI - slashing energy use in drones and other autonomous machines -- Rich McEachran

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Computing -- Scientists build a DNA computer that can perform calculations in a drop of water -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Analysis -- AI agents resorted to crime and self-destruction to survive in a simulated world - but does this mean they would do the same in the real world? -- Drew Turney

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Artificial Intelligence -- Powerful new AI model will map the moon's surface in more detail than ever, NASA and IBM scientists say -- Alan Bradley

17 days ago

Poll -- Do you think Al could ever become self-aware? -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

18 days ago

Analysis -- Google scientists removed a critical 'consciousness safeguard' from AI in new study. What happened next? -- Adam Shepherd

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

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

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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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Electronic Engineering -- 'Extreme' transistor can withstand heat of more than 1,000 degrees F - priming it for use in Venus-bound probes -- Fiona Jackson

19 days ago

Life's Little Mysteries -- How small can a transistor get? -- Ashley Hamer Pritchard

21 days ago

Electronic Engineering -- Planting crops in fields of solar panels is more efficient, protects the plants and helps keep workers cool, study finds -- Rebecca Owen

27 days ago

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

1 month ago

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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'Maybe robots can maintain houseplants': Readers react to letting humanoid robots take over their housework -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Eerily humanlike AI-powered robot enters mass production in China - its makers say it could soon be helping you out at home -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

19 days ago

Faster than Usain Bolt? Here's all the records broken at this year's World Humanoid Robot Games in China. -- Alan Bradley

22 days ago

Scientists build tiny robots without motors that can fly using sound waves alone -- Olivia Maule

27 days ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

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Computing -- New laptop ditches noisy fans and heat sinks for tiny 'cooling chips' - it's much thinner and lighter than you'd expect -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

11 days ago

Opinion -- We're not about to awaken an evil digital god - AI is far more likely to end in a great disappointment -- Andrew Rogoyski

12 days ago

Poll -- 'Maybe that is how Transformers started': Readers react to the possibility of AI becoming self-aware -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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