
Artificial Intelligence
A new AI-based weather tool surpasses current forecasts
The AI tool used machine learning to outperform current weather simulations, offering faster, cheaper, more accurate forecasts.
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The AI tool used machine learning to outperform current weather simulations, offering faster, cheaper, more accurate forecasts.
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Adam Becker’s new book, More Everything Forever, investigates the dangers of a billionaire-driven tomorrow, in which trillions of humans live in space, served by AI.
When classifying climate misinformation, general-purpose large language models lag behind models trained on expert-curated climate data.
Two companies have announced photonic devices that could solve specific real-world problems faster and with less energy than conventional computers.
Imminent loss of NASA's Aura and Canada's SCISAT will severely diminish scientists’ ability to monitor ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere.
A new set of artificial intelligence models could make protein sequencing even more powerful for better understanding cell biology and diseases.
Controlled fusion, solar sails or ion engines could someday help spaceships travel between star systems.
Salto the jumping robot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe — just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch.
AI models are growing ever-more capable, accurate and impressive. The question of if they represent “general intelligence” is increasingly moot.
AI medical benchmark tests fall short because they don’t test efficiency on real tasks such as writing medical notes, experts say.
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