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AI misdiagnoses over 80% of early medical cases, study finds
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (345+ words) "Human insight remains the gold standard." A new study tested AI chatbots' ability to diagnose patients in a clinical setting and found that the technology wasn't quite up to the task yet, the Financial Times reported. In a tweet, the…...
Man sparks outrage with video of maddening feature on new TV: 'I would return it"
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (339+ words) A frustrated Redditor posted a video of their Amazon TV unmuting itself during a commercial break from programming. "I would return it," commented one Redditor. In addition to being a frustration, advertising inundation, of which commercials automatically unmuting themselves is…...
Anthropic may now demand your government ID and a real-time photo to use its AI model Claude
3+ hour, 6+ min ago (326+ words) Users are increasingly concerned about how their data is being used. Anthropic raised eyebrows this week with the introduction of an identity verification system to access certain functions of its artificial intelligence model, Claude." While Anthropic assures it won't use…...
Why the San Francisco Bay has become a death trap for gray whales
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (465+ words) "It's such a uniquely complex and busy waterway." Gray whales are appearing more frequently in San Francisco Bay. But for many, the journey is ending in tragedy. New research suggests the busy waterway has become a danger zone for these…...
New gene-edited wheat could reduce dangerous carcinogen levels in bread
13+ hour, 6+ min ago (455+ words) Because they don't occur naturally, genetically modified foods have been a source of controversy. The quest for a healthier and longer life has been underway since time immemorial. Now, gene-edited wheat could play a key role in reducing exposure to…...
New AI tool can predict heart failure five years early with 86% accuracy
14+ hour, 6+ min ago (618+ words) "This will allow doctors to make more informed decisions about the best way to treat patients." Experts at the University of Oxford have found a way to use artificial intelligence to predict the future as part of potentially life-saving research....
30-year-old Internet archive could become obsolete as New York Times, Reddit block content
20+ hour, 6+ min ago (473+ words) "There's no question that the general locking-down of more and more of the public web is impacting society's ability to understand what's going on in our world." A number of news platforms have restricted the Wayback Machine " a crucial tool…...
US ski resort takes drastic measures amid struggle to open slopes: 'You can do everything from a smartphone"
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (477+ words) "I always figure the weather is going to come sooner or later." Utah skiers are relying on machines to get their "White Christmas"-like scene this year." It's part of a declining snowfall trend reported on by CNN. CBS affiliate…...
Scientists grow concerned over troubling phenomenon impacting one of America's largest lakes: 'May be the death of agriculture"
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (537+ words) Utah's Great Salt Lake is drying up and has hit record low levels in recent years " with the lowest coming in 2022 " and over half of its water is now gone, according to The New York Times. The decline of the…...
Officials stunned by drastic transformation in Great Salt Lake over summer months: 'We're sitting at " a scary low level"
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (525+ words) At present, levels are teetering on the precipice of "'adverse' conditions." Utah's Great Salt Lake has alarmingly low water levels amid drought conditions, The Salt Lake Tribune reports, and it's not the first time in recent years that officials have…...