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  1. Artificial Intelligence

    How much energy does your AI prompt use? It depends

    AI models such as ChatGPT consume serious power. Experts break down where that energy goes, and what you can do to help.

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  2. Tech

    A new ‘eye’ may radically change how robots see

    The system contains a sensor, chip and tiny AI model inspired by biological eyes and brains and uses a tenth of the energy of a camera-based system.

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  3. Psychology

    AI can measure our cultural history. But is it accurate?

    Art and literature hint at past people’s psyches. Now computers can identify patterns in those cognitive fossils, but human expertise remains crucial.

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  4. Computing

    There’s no cheating this random number generator

    From jury duty to tax audits, randomness plays a big role. Scientists used quantum physics to build a system that ensures those number draws can’t be gamed.

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  5. 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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  6. Tech

    New audio tech could let you listen privately without headphones

    Private listening out in the open is possible thanks to acoustic metasurfaces that precisely bend and direct sound waves.

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  7. Tech

    A new 3-D display lets you reach in and touch virtual objects

    These hands-on displays might be used to create more immersive video games, educational tools and museum exhibits.

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  8. Artificial Intelligence

    Tech billionaires’ vision of an AI-dominated future is flawed — and dangerous

    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.

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  9. Artificial Intelligence

    Spotting climate misinformation with AI requires expertly trained models

    When classifying climate misinformation, general-purpose large language models lag behind models trained on expert-curated climate data.

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