Behind the scenes of The Electric State

The directors adopted more of a colorful 1990s aesthetic than the haunting art that originally inspired their film. While some ...
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For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids

At the same time, in many African countries, solar power now stands to offer much more than environmental benefits. About ...
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Researchers astonished by tool’s apparent success at revealing AI’s hidden motives

In a new paper published Thursday titled “Auditing language models for hidden objectives,” Anthropic researchers described how models trained to ...
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Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes

Signal, as an encrypted messaging app and protocol, remains relatively secure. But Signal’s growing popularity as a tool to circumvent ...
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In a last-minute decision, White House decides not to terminate NASA employees

So what changed? It was not immediately clear why. A NASA spokesperson in Washington, DC, offered no comment on the ...
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OpenAI board considers special voting powers to prevent Elon Musk takeover

Poison pill another option OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit in 2015 and created an additional “capped profit” entity in ...
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Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power

But, of course, you need to make the fuel there in the first place. The obvious choice for that is ...
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Reddit mods are fighting to keep AI slop off subreddits. They could use help.

Some moderators say generative AI helps people spam unwanted content on a subreddit, including posts that are irrelevant to the ...
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Moon rocks reveal hidden lunar history

That mission, and the 2020 Chang’e-5 robotic mission before it, are the first to return lunar rocks to Earth since ...
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How Diablo hackers uncovered a speedrun scandal

For years, Maciej “Groobo” Maselewski stood as the undisputed champion of Diablo speedrunning. His 3-minute, 12-second Sorcerer run looked all but ...
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