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A new study published in Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum shows that an artificial intelligence program can create realistic images of what many people consider the ideal female breasts—and that these ideals vary by race. Researchers used an online image…
Here at Ars, we’ve done plenty of coverage of the errors and inaccuracies that LLMs often introduce into their responses. Now, the BBC is trying to quantify the scale of this confabulation problem, at least when it comes to summaries…
Prime Video’s epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time returns in March. We’ve finally got a full-length trailer for Prime Video’s epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time, adapted from the late Robert Jordan‘s bestselling 14-book series of epic fantasy novels.…
Big news for people who prefer their product announcements to be pre-announced: Apple CEO Tim Cook says that the company has something brewing for next Wednesday, February 19. Cook referred to “the newest member of the family,” suggesting a launch…
Six zebras wore video cameras attached to collars, capturing the equines’ daily life. Sticking with giraffes may let the two species protect each other.
The US Senate on Thursday confirmed the long-time anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. The vote was largely along party lines, with a tally of 52 to 48. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R–Ky.), a…
The U.S. is currently experiencing very high levels of seasonal influenza across the country. Here’s why.
A recent study published in Psychological Science found that engaging in proenvironmental behaviors—such as cleaning up litter, reducing waste, or using sustainable transportation—boosts happiness and a sense of meaning. Remarkably, the effect was just as strong as that of engaging…
A little less than a month after the successful debut of its New Glenn rocket, Blue Origin’s workforce will be trimmed by 10 percent. The cuts were announced during an all-hands meeting on Thursday morning led by the rocket company’s…
On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a roadmap for how the company plans to release GPT-5, the long-awaited follow-up to 2023’s GPT-4 AI language model that made huge waves in both tech and policy circles around the world. In…
