Beyond spy balloons: here are 7 kinds of intelligence spies want, and how they get it
The news of a so-called “Chinese spy balloon” being shot down over the US has reignited interest in how nation-states...
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Text-to-audio generation is here. One of the next big AI disruptions could be in the music industry
ShutterstockThe past few years have seen an explosion in applications of artificial intelligence to creative fields. A new generation of...
ChatGPT is great – you’re just using it wrong
ChatGPT is better used for playacting than playing at finding facts. EvgeniyShkolenko/iStock via Getty ImagesIt doesn’t take much to get...
Seti: alien hunters get a boost as AI helps identify promising signals from space
The new study analysed data gathered at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia. ShutterstockAn international team of researchers looking...
In a world of limited resources, the future is low-tech – providing we make products more user-friendly
Prototyping of a self-built stove. Julien Lemaistre/Low-tech LabSemiconductors for electric vehicles have been in short supply since 2020. The causes...
Our future could be full of undying, self-repairing robots. Here’s how
frank60/ShutterstockWith generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT and StableDiffusion being the talk of the town right now, it...
Major publishers are banning ChatGPT from being listed as an academic author. What’s the big deal?
ShutterstockUnless you’ve spent your summer on a digital detox, you’ve probably heard of ChatGPT: the latest AI chatbot taking the...
AI is helping us search for intelligent alien life – and we’ve found 8 strange new signals
Midjourney, Author providedSome 540 million years ago, diverse life forms suddenly began to emerge from the muddy ocean floors of...
AI is helping us search for intelligent alien life – and we’ve already found 8 strange new signals
Midjourney, Author providedSome 540 million years ago, diverse life forms suddenly began to emerge from the muddy ocean floors of...
Unlike with academics and reporters, you can’t check when ChatGPT’s telling the truth
Being able to verify how information is produced is important, especially for academics and journalists. (Shutterstock) Of all the reactions...
