Today’s AI won’t achieve superintelligence. But catastrophic risk is real | Sunita Verma

The White House even published an accord about it. This isn't enough. Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI, estimates the risk of human extinction is at least 10% within the next few decades. The Anthropic CEO, Dario…

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Narwal V50 Cube review: a self-emptying stick vacuum with brilliant smart features

The vacuum performed well on most of our tests, despite poor front edge cleaning. At first glance, the battery life seems average, however, this vacuum comes with a second battery that always stays charged and ready in a…

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Authors Can Defend Against AI Allegations With ‘Paper Trail’ Tools. Is It Enough?

She also has a legal claim to fame: Bartz was the lead plaintiff in a class-action suit against Anthropic that alleged the company had downloaded millions of copyrighted books from pirate sites to use as training data…

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Audioengine Color of the Year Kit Review: Bright Look, Good Sound

At 10 inches by 8.7 inches, the compact, front-firing form factor lets you snuggle it into various spaces that wouldn't work for a larger, bottom-firing subwoofer. This is a class D sub with a frequency response down to…

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Dark nutrition: what happens when people stop trusting food and nutrition science?

Another of the duo’s YouTube videos is titled The Elite Know Raw Food is Safe & Healthy and Vilify it to Keep You a Weak Slave. That title neatly sums up the ethos of “dark nutrition”. A New York Times Magazine article…

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Since tokenmaxxing is the wrong metric for AI ROI, what is the right one?

Employees who did not use AI were immediately visible through their AI consumption bill, or lack thereof, while high consumption was treated as a positive signal. The number of tokens consumed became a badge of honor.…

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Android Auto drops support for two Android versions, leaving older phones behind

And now, two more versions of Android are being left behind. As spotted by Android Authority , Google has quietly updated its Android Auto support page , confirming that smartphones now need to run at least Android 11 to…

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Who Gives A Crap: Data breach at ethical toilet paper company exposes customer information across UK, US and Australia

In an email sent to customers seen by TechRadar Pro, the company apologized for the "unwelcome news" and promised to be "as clear as we can about what we know". It noted that customers in its home country of Australia…

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OpenAI says its new cyber-focused AI model found thousands of Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Unveiled on 5 November, the company said the new model marks a “major leap in security research” and is more capable of finding and fixing vulnerabilities than its predecessor. “GPT-6 Cyber delivers major gains on key…

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Sewers could hold the key to detecting deadly fungal infections

Yet most people may have never heard of the fungi responsible, and few health systems track them in any organised way. In a recent review , my colleagues and I argue that one of the best places to start looking for these…

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