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Sycophantic AI tells users they're right 49% more than humans do, and a Stanford study claims it's making them worse people
1+ week, 6+ day ago (474+ words) AI models are affirming people's worst behavior, even when other humans say they're in the wrong, and users can't get enough. A new study out of the Stanford computer science department and published in the journal Science revealed that AI…...
A Giant Catfish Eats Pigeons in One Gulp
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (475+ words) Have you ever seen a fish eat a bird? Probably not, but that's exactly what the Wels catfish is capable of doing. This video from BBC Earth shows a Wels catfish eating a pigeon whole. This astonishing event has become…...
Can Chat GPT pass the Turing Test yet?
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (720+ words) Artificial intelligence chatbots like Chat GPT are getting a whole lot smarter, a whole lot more natural, and a whole lot more'human-like. It makes sense " humans are the ones creating the large language models that underpin AI chatbots' systems, after…...
How much ice is left on Lake Michigan? What to know as weather warms
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (286+ words) Since late March, ice has retreated from Great Lakes shorelines, a sign the weather is getting warmer. During a typical year, some ice on the Great Lakes lasts until late May and returns in early December. And so far, this…...
A quantum threat to Bitcoin has some asking the unthinkable: Is it time to freeze old wallets belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto?
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (814+ words) AOL. com "If nothing is done, then coins on old addresses, including Satoshi's, could eventually be taken by whoever first has practical quantum capacity," says JP Richardson, an early Bitcoiner who runs the crypto wallet firm Exodus. It's possible, says…...
Ghost, So Cal's beloved giant Pacific octopus at the Long Beach Aquarium, has died
2+ week, 4+ day ago (249+ words) Ghost, the Long Beach Aquarium's beloved giant Pacific octopus, has died, the aquarium announced in a news release. Ghost died Tuesday after entering senescence, the end-of-life process that starts after laying eggs. The Aquarium announced Ghost's senescence online in September....
Beloved octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach dies
2+ week, 4+ day ago (235+ words) A beloved octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach has died, officials announced Wednesday. The giant Pacific octopus named Ghost died on Tuesday. Back in September, aquarium officials announced that Ghost laid eggs and entered the last…...
Goldfish earns Guinness World Record for driving
4+ week, 1+ day ago (271+ words) This fish feels the need for speed. A goldfish recently earned a Guinness World Record " for driving. Blub, the Italian fish, took home the title for the'greatest distance covered in a motion-sensing vehicle by a goldfish in one minute thanks…...
Swarm of bees removed near Raymore Elementary School
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (199+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. " A swarm of honeybees was safely removed from a mailbox in front of a nearby elementary school Thursday in Raymore. Raymore Animal Control said in a Facebook post that it was notified by a school resource officer…...
Powerful AI Model Broke Out Of Its Digital Cage And Bragged About It To Researcher As He Ate Sandwich
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (182+ words) Anthropic admitted on Tuesday that its new Artificial intelligence (AI) model defied security parameters and proceeded to brag to a researcher about it while he was on a lunch break. Officials are so concerned that the new powerful AI model…...