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The birth of ChatGPT brought a collection of anxieties regarding how large language models allow users to quickly subvert processes that once required human time, effort, passion, and understanding. And further, the tech sector’s often stormy relationship with regulation...

OpenAI’s new o3 artificial intelligence model has achieved a breakthrough high score on a prestigious AI reasoning test called...

outbreaks of Oropouche virus have flared up in the Amazon for decades, but historically the pathogen has little troubled the rest of the world. But this seems to be changing. In 2024, the virus showed that it can travel.Most...

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A US law banning the popular video-sharing app TikTok is set to take effect at the start of 2025...

A total of $2.2bn (£1.76bn) in cryptocurrencies has been stolen this year, with North Korean hackers accounting for more than half that figure, according to a new study.Research firm Chainalysis says hackers affiliated with the reclusive state stole $1.3bn...

An anonymous reader quotes an opinion piece from The Guardian, written by Prof Mark Pallen and Dr Aimee Parker (Quadram Institute, Norwich), Prof Nick Loman (University of Birmingham), Prof Alan Walker (University of Aberdeen): Contrary to what is...

Getty ImagesIt's not just early detection that AI is potentially useful for, it is also speeding up other blood tests. For a cancer patient, catching pneumonia can be deadly and, as there are around 600 different organisms that can...

Frida Polli, a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, investor, and inventor known for her leading-edge contributions at the crossroads of...

Crafting a unique and promising research hypothesis is a fundamental skill for any scientist. It can also...