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Enlarge (credit: Anadolu / Contributor | Anadolu) OpenAI hopes to convince the White House to approve a sprawling plan that would place 5-gigawatt AI data centers in different US cities, Bloomberg reports. The AI company’s CEO, Sam Altman, supposedly pitched…
Enlarge / LG’s 2024 G4 OLED TV. (credit: LG) Last month, Ars Technica went on a deep dive into the rapid growth of ads in TV software. Less than three weeks later, LG announced that it was adding advertisements to…
The finding suggests that a drug to ease swelling can speed recovery and stop cell death.
An analysis of 24 conversational large language models (LLMs) has revealed that many of these AI tools tend to generate responses to politically charged questions that reflect left-of-center political viewpoints. However, this tendency was not observed in all models, and…
Evolving techniques and data indicate some ancient giants like Dunkleosteus and Megalodon may have been smaller than initial estimates suggested.
The record-breaking crystal will act as a DNA time capsule that could be used to bring back humanity after our extinction, researchers say. But not everyone is convinced.
Enlarge / An independent automotive testing company has evaluated Tesla FSD, and it found some concerning results. (credit: PonyWang/Getty Images) Tesla’s controversial “Full Self Driving” is now capable of some quite advanced driving. But that can breed undeserved complacency, according…
Enlarge / Physicist Martin Bier in an aerodynamic tuck, a cycling position that reduces wind resistance. (credit: Martin Bier) Many avid bicyclists these days have hopped onto the “everesting” bandwagon, in which one rides up and down the same mountain…
A boom in vegetation at the end of the last ice age may have created so much pollen, it blocked mammoths’ sense of smell. A new study suggests this drove the beasts to extinction, but not everyone agrees.
A recent study published in Simulation & Gaming explores the mental health effects of playing Fantasy Football, with mixed results. The researchers found that higher levels of engagement, frequent team comparisons, and constant performance monitoring were linked to increased mental…
