AI Can Solve Many Complex Problems, So Why Isn’t Science Moving Faster?

One would imagine that an AI capable of solving the hardest Olympiad problems would naturally produce novel scientific ...

AI captures particle accelerator behavior to optimize machine performance

Keeping high-power particle accelerators at peak performance requires advanced and precise control systems. For example, the primary research machine at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ...
Daily Maverick

Sustainable use of wildlife in Africa is not the problem, it’s the way the term is exploited

Few terms in conservation generate as much heat, and as little shared understanding, as sustainable use. Across Africa, it is raised by policymakers, conservationists, traditional healers, hunters, ...
Android Police

I don't use my smartphone the way companies think I do — and that's a problem

When Mitsubishi made your first cellphone, you know you’ve been around a while. Steve has carried the latest and greatest around in his pocket for nearly 30 years, with everything from Motorola ...
Search Engine Land

Generative engine optimization (GEO): How to win AI mentions

Generative engine optimization (GEO) is the practice of positioning your brand and content so that AI platforms like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity cite, recommend, or mention you when ...
The Guardian

We have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones: can we get it back?

My use of mobile phones has been compulsive – has it been for better or for worse? From a priest to a pensioner, a teenager to a tech CEO: can you guess our screen time? In 2003, the Stanford social ...
Time

ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study

Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston ...