Representatives from the Hangzhou Zoo in eastern China are denying that their sun bears are really humans dressed in costume — and insisted that these are actually bears. “Some people think I stand like a person,” the Hangzhou Zoo wrote, as if
Colorado health authorities reported the first human case of West Nile virus in the state this year on Monday, as cases are confirmed across the nation. The Department of Public Health & Environment said the case was found in an individual from
Artificial intelligence-generated text can appear more human on social media than text written by actual humans, a study found. Chatbots, such as OpenAI’s wildly popular ChatGPT, are able to convincingly mimic human conversation based on prompts it is given by users. The
Humans may have lived in South America at the same time as the now-extinct giant sloth: new findings
New research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant sloths, bolstering evidence that people arrived in the Americas earlier than once thought. Scientists analyzed triangular and teardrop-shaped pendants made of bony material from the sloths.
The first-ever AI-generated drug has been given to patients in a clinical trial for chronic lung disease. Learn more about Insilico Medicine’s breakthrough in the article below. (Insilico Medicine) MEDS ON THE MOVE – First-ever AI drug could help chronic lung disease
A Harvard professor of astronomy is predicting extraterrestrials will make contact with artificial intelligence before humans, due to aliens potentially feeling a “kinship” with human technology. “My expectation from interstellar travel is that it’s best done with electronic gadgets and devices rather
Humans have historically been excellent at identifying faces and photos compared to computers, but the advent of artificial intelligence-generated photos is throwing a curveball at humans, according to a new study that examines how people perceive fake images versus real ones. Tech
The so-called “godfather of AI” continues to warn about the dangers of artificial intelligence weeks after he quit his job at Google. In a recent interview with NPR, Geoffrey Hinton said there was a “serious danger that we’ll get things smarter than
Artificial intelligence fails to match humans in judgment calls and is more prone to issue harsher penalties and punishments for rule breakers, according to a new study from MIT researchers. The finding could have real world implications if AI systems are used
Dog flu has shown adaptations that allow the virus to recognize a human-like receptor, according to a Chinese study, possibly indicating it may be closer to infecting humans. A receptor is a molecule inside or on the surface of a cell that