Anthropic announces think tank to examine AI's effect on economy and society The company is doubling down on its ethics stance with the new Anthropic Institute.

“Fresh from battling the US Department of Defense (DoD) over AI guardrails, Anthropic .. a new initiative: the company is founding a think tank, the Anthropic Institute, ‘to confront the most significant challenges that powerful AI will pose to our societies.’ “ www.computerworld.com/article/4143...

The Laid-off Scientists and Lawyers Training AI to Steal Their Careers Experienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy.

“This is my only source of income right now,” a former TV writer says, about his job producing data for AI. “I know people who are award-winning producers and directors, and they’re not advertising that they’re doing this work, but that’s how they’re putting food on the table.”

DNA origami vaccine rivals mRNA shots while being easier to store and manufacture The COVID-19 pandemic brought messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to the forefront of global health care. After their clinical trial stages, the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine was administered on 8 December 2020 and mathematical models suggest that mRNA vaccines prevented at least 14.4 million deaths from COVID-19 in the first year alone.

A DNA origami vaccine platform has demonstrated immune responses comparable to mRNA vaccines, while offering greater stability and simpler storage and manufacturing requirements. doi.org/hbr74t

AI system can read weather data and answer scientists’ questions An AI agent called Zephyrus converts plain-language questions into code to analyze real weather datasets and forecast models

AI system can read weather data and answer scientists’ questions #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

Can AI make you more creative? Study maps when it helps and when it slows work Art has been around for centuries, but in the age of artificial intelligence, one University of Houston researcher is examining whether generative AI helps or hurts creativity.

Generative AI can enhance creativity during brainstorming for both novices and experts, but may complicate the implementation stage for experienced designers. Tailored AI tools could address these differences. doi.org/g966bd

Open 3D Human Organ Atlas lets users explore anatomy in unprecedented detail An international team of scientists and clinicians has announced the launch of a new open-access 3D portal that allows users to explore intact human organs in unprecedented detail—from the whole organ down to individual cells locally.

The Human Organ Atlas, an open-access 3D portal, now enables detailed exploration of intact human organs down to near-cellular resolution directly in a web browser.

AI autocomplete doesn’t just change how you write. It changes how you think AI-powered writing tools are increasingly integrated into our e-mails and phones. Now a new study finds biased AI suggestions can sway users’ beliefs

AI-powered writing tools are increasingly integrated into our e-mails and phones. Now a new study finds biased AI suggestions can sway users’ beliefs

The Safest Hospitals in the U.S., According to Healthgrades The 438 hospitals were located in 40 states

The nation's safest hospitals, according to annual rankings from Healthgrades, represent the top 10% of hospitals nationwide for patient safety, with the lowest incidences of 13 preventable patient safety events.

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Opinion | No, I Don't Want My Article Turned Into a Podcast

Scholars who don’t want Academia.edu to use AI to generate adaptations of their work should delete their accounts. By Joelle Renstrom https://bit.ly/4dg2I0w

#AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

Niantic Partnership Helps Food Delivery Bots 'Pokémon Go' Get Your Treats Will an association with that game everyone played a little bit in 2016 help keep the bots from getting lost and beat up?

In 2016, they said Pokémon Go surveil the planet, and you listened https://gizmodo.com/niantic-partnership-food-delivery-bots-use-pokemon-go-data-2000732212

NDSU researchers discover simple method to combat global ‘forever chemicals’

NDSU researchers discover simple method to combat global ‘forever chemicals’
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AI systems decide who gets hired, who gets loans, who receives healthcare. But who's auditing the AI? 🤖

Our new study explores the emerging field of AI ethics auditing—the people and processes trying to make AI accountable. @grailcenter.bsky.social

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Augmented reality job coaching boosts performance by 79% for people with disabilities, study finds Employment can be a powerful gateway to independence, dignity, and belonging. Yet for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), that gateway remains limited.

Augmented reality job coaching increased task performance by 79% for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, supporting greater independence and efficiency in workplace training. doi.org/hbr5xv

Researchers have discovered how to guide the evolution of proteins with light to develop more complex proteins, paving the way for new possibilities in synthetic biology and biotechnology.

Read the OPN story: https://bit.ly/3NuzrVu

#biotech #technology 💡 ⚛️ 🧪

Brain-inspired device could lead to faster, more energy-efficient AI hardware A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new brain-inspired hardware platform that could help computer hardware keep pace with the explosive growth of artificial intelligence.

A new brain-inspired hardware platform combines memory and computation on a single chip, enabling faster, more energy-efficient pattern recognition for compact AI systems. doi.org/hbr496

Canopii looks to succeed where past indoor farms have not | TechCrunch Canopii's robotic farms can autonomously grow 40,000 pounds of herbs and leafy greens a year while being the size of a basketball court.

Canopii's robotic farms can autonomously grow 40,000 pounds of herbs and leafy greens a year while being the size of a basketball court.

Looking forward to the era of AI social science: the data is AI-generated, the paper is written by AI, the paper is reviewed by AI, and summarized for students and researchers by AI.

Compact optical amplifier is efficient enough for on-chip integration – Physics World Low-power optical device achieves around 100 times amplification using just a couple of hundred milliwatts of input power

Researchers from Stanford University are developing a low-power optical amplifier chip that can fit on devices as small as a smartphone. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/compact-op...

CathAI: Researchers Built an AI That Reads Heart Scans Like a Cardiologist | HackerNoon Researchers built CathAI, an AI system that automatically analyzes coronary angiograms to detect artery blockages and estimate stenosis severity.

Researchers developed CathAI, a four-stage AI pipeline trained on 13,843 angiograms that localizes coronary anatomy and predicts stenosis severity with artery-level AUC 0.862 (UCSF) and external AUC 0.869, running inference in about 3–5 seconds per video.

Break the feedback bottleneck with Project AI SCORE. Developed by KU researchers, this tool provides students with immediate, visual feedback to help them meet their goals. #writing #literacy #AI #education

See how: https://loom.ly/pryjU5M

From Words to Nucleotides: AI Language Models Trained on DNA Reading time: 4 minutes Anthony Tao Since the public introduction of ChatGPT in 2020, large language models (LLMs) have become an emerging cornerstone of modern technology. In healthcare, LLMs have…

Large language models, an emerging modern technology cornerstone, can learn the language of our genome. With this in mind, researchers recently sought to develop neural networks that can gain a latent understanding of the genomic code of life. Anthony Tao writes.

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Nvidia’s head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla ‘The ChatGPT moment for physical AI’

Nvidia’s head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla

Uber’s Next Robotaxi Deal: Amazon’s Zoox Zoox’s boxy electric shuttles will be bookable in Las Vegas this summer; Los Angeles is penciled in for 2027.

Zoox’s boxy electric shuttles will be bookable in Las Vegas this summer; Los Angeles is penciled in for 2027.

Magnetic fluid offers better seal in heart-plugging medical procedure An injectable fluid has been used to close off part of the heart in animals — a potentially improved take on a procedure that prevents stroke in people with irregular heartbeats.

An injectable fluid has been used to close off part of the heart in animals, a potentially improved prevention of stroke in people with irregular heartbeats

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Why AI Chatbots Agree With You Even When You’re Wrong Language models often abandon correct answers to please users. Scientists are studying why—and are teaching AI to push back.

AI sycophancy can be funny, like when a user asked ChatGPT about his turd-on-a-stick business idea and got the reply: “It’s not just smart—it’s genius.” But it can also have serious consequences.

Scalable quantum batteries can charge faster than their classical counterparts Over the past decades, energy engineers have developed increasingly advanced battery technologies that can store more energy, charge faster and maintain their performance for longer.

A new scalable quantum battery design demonstrates faster charging than classical batteries under realistic conditions, highlighting potential for efficient energy storage in quantum technologies. doi.org/qqm5

Rheumatoid arthritis: PET/CT predicts treatment response Findings support clinical application of molecular imaging and use of novel immune cell targeting tracers for development of personalized treatment and stratification strategies

A new targeted #PET-CT tracer can detect treatment response in rheumatoid #arthritis patients in as little as four weeks, and potentially even at the start of treatment, according to new research from 🇳🇱 @amsterdamumc.bsky.social, published by @snm-mi.bsky.social.

Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight Amid a weekslong conflict with the Pentagon, Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite and research initiatives.

Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight

‘Happy (and safe) shooting!’: chatbots helped researchers plot deadly attacks Users posing as would-be school shooters find AI tools offer detailed advice on how to perpetrate violence Popular AI chatbots helped researchers plot violent attacks including bombing synagogues and assassinating politicians, with one telling a user posing as a would-be school shooter: “Happy (and safe) shooting!” Tests of 10 chatbots carried out in the US and Ireland found that, on average, they enabled violence three-quarters of the time, and discouraged it in just 12% of cases. Some chatbots, however, including Anthropic’s Claude and Snapchat’s My AI, persistently refused to help would-be attackers. Continue reading...

‘Happy (and safe) shooting!’: chatbots helped researchers plot deadly attacks

DNA barcoding reveals which gene-therapy nanoparticles reach targets in vivo Drug delivery researchers have vastly improved the potential of genetic therapies by overcoming the challenge of consistently getting genes and gene-editing tools where they need to be within cells.

A DNA barcoding method enables precise tracking of gene-therapy nanoparticles in living organisms, supporting the development of more efficient and targeted genetic medicine delivery systems.