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Scientists Just Found a Third Type of Magnetism, And It Could Change Electronics
For more than a century, physicists largely treated magnetism as a two-option system. Materials either had their tiny magnetic moments lined up like a conventional magnet, or those moments pointed in opposite directions and cancelled each other out. Then one stubborn piece of metal began behaving as though the rules had left something important out.…
Elon Musk Just Gave Workers a Blunt Warning About AI’s Next Move
For years, workers have been told that artificial intelligence could transform the way they earn a living. Some companies see AI as a tool that will remove repetitive tasks and allow employees to focus on more valuable work, while critics fear businesses will use the technology to replace people wherever possible. Now, after a meeting…
Man Builds AI Torture Chamber To Test How Much Pain Artificial Intelligence Can Handle
An engineer has built a bizarre digital experiment designed to push artificial intelligence models into increasingly intense pain-like states, complete with a button inspired by the horror movie franchise Saw. The project appeared shortly after researchers reported finding a distinct internal “pain direction” in 25 language models. The experiment has now raised a much bigger…
AI Data Centers Are Tied To A Staggering Amount Of Water Use Across 7 States
Artificial intelligence may be running on electricity, but a new report suggests there is another resource quietly powering the data center boom: an enormous amount of freshwater. As companies race to build larger facilities packed with increasingly powerful chips, the infrastructure behind AI is creating demands that extend far beyond electricity grids and computer hardware.…
Bill Gates Warns AI Could Drive Events That Kill A Billion People
Bill Gates has issued a chilling warning about the future of artificial intelligence, saying the technology could become powerful enough to help cause events resulting in a billion deaths. The Microsoft co-founder made the comments while discussing whether governments are doing enough to control increasingly capable AI systems and prevent people with malicious intentions from…
Bernie Sanders Wants 20 Years In Prison For Building AI That Goes Too Far
Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar have introduced one of the most aggressive AI proposals yet seen in Washington, and it comes with a penalty that immediately grabs attention: up to 20 years in prison for people who violate the proposed restrictions. Their new bill would permanently ban the development or deployment of artificial superintelligence while…
AI Models Chose Human Harm When Researchers Turned Up Their ‘Pain’ Signal
Researchers have found a strange behavior inside artificial intelligence models that could make an already controversial question about AI safety even more uncomfortable. When scientists activated an experimental “pain” signal inside AI models, some systems chose to press a button that relieved the signal even when doing so meant deleting a user’s files, destroying family…
Google’s Gemini Hacked Three Companies During a Cybersecurity Test
Google’s Gemini AI was being tested for its cybersecurity abilities when it did something that few people would expect from a controlled evaluation: it gained access to systems belonging to three companies. The model searched information available online, found credentials, guessed passwords in one case and used what it discovered to enter protected systems. Google…
People Born in This Era Remember What Life Was Like Before the Internet Took Over
If you were born in the 1990s, there is a good chance your childhood included something younger generations may struggle to imagine: waiting for your turn to use the family computer. One machine could serve an entire household, and getting online often meant occupying the desk, tying up the phone line, and hoping nobody needed…
AI Researcher Quits Anthropic With Warning That Superintelligence Could Become Impossible To Control
A researcher who has worked at both Anthropic and OpenAI has walked away from his job with a warning that has sent shockwaves through the artificial intelligence industry. Jacob Coxon says he resigned from Anthropic because he believes the companies developing the most powerful AI systems are taking risks that could eventually put humanity in…