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Google Suspends Engineer who Claimed its AI is Sentient
Google has placed one of its engineers on paid administrative leave for allegedly breaking its confidentiality policies after he grew concerned that an AI chatbot system had achieved sentience, the Washington Post reports.
The engineer, Blake Lemoine, works for Google’s...
Canada
Greek Doctor Uses Breakthrough AI to Improve Life of Cancer Patients
Dr. Peter Metrakos is a Greek doctor working on improving survival rates of cancer patients by using breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Medicine
Cancer Has a Smell — and Technology May Soon Be Able to Sniff It Out
Throughout our homes, we have electronics that can hear and see us, but we don't yet have technology that can smell. However, even this may be changing. And what if we could detect cancer by smelling it? The science...
Ancient Greece
Missing Ancient Greek Inscriptions Solved by Artificial Intelligence
Ancient Greek historians have a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help decipher texts, a study released on Tuesday suggests.
Being a scholar in ancient Greek is difficult. The primary texts, on stone that may have been chipped and weathered...
Technology
Tesla Robots Bigger than Cars Says Elon Musk
Elon Musk told investors that his company's robots, called "Tesla Bots," will likely overtake their signature electric vehicles in popularity.
Musk, speaking to investors on an earnings call for the company, said that his forthcoming robots have "the potential to...
Science
Meta Says its New AI Supercomputer Will be Fastest in the World
Meta says that its new AI supercomputer project is underway and that it will be the fastest technology of its kind before the end of 2022.
The AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) is set for completion by mid-2022 and the tech...
Science
Human Brain Cells Learn Faster Than AI Study Finds
Researchers have recently taught human brain cells in a petri dish to play the retro videogame Pong faster than artificial intelligence (AI).
Scientists created what they dubbed the "cyborg brain" in order to measure biological neurons against AI. This "brain"...