Technology
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AI Winter Coming In 2024, Top Scientist Predicts -- Tom Hale, IFL Science
Large language models were all the rage in 2023, but has their future been oversold? Image credit: Rose Pilkington/Google DeepMind/Unsplash. “Get your thick coats now. There may be yet another AI ...
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Journalism, Media, And Technology Trends And Predictions 2024 -- Nic Newman, Reuters Institute
Illustration created with AI-powered tool Dall-E. Nic Newman 9th January 2024 DOI: 10.60625/risj-0s9w-z770 Executive summary The disruptive power of artificial intelligence (AI) will sweep through ...
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Where Will The Global Economy Land In 2024? -- Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel RoubiniHeading into 2024, most economists and market analysts have adopted a baseline scenario in which most major economies avoid both a recession and renewed inflation – the much-desired ...
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Jan. 6 Was An Example Of Networked Incitement − The Danger Of Political Violence Orchestrated Over Social Media -- Joan Donovan, The Conversation
U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021. Brett Davis, Flickr Joan Donovan -- The Conversation Jan. 5, 2024 The shocking events of Jan. 6, 2021, signaled a major break from the nonviolent rallies that categorized ...
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AI Is Our 'Promethean Fire': Using It Wisely Means Knowing Its True Nature And Our Own Minds -- Randolph Grace, The Conversation
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Randolph Grace -- The Conversation Jan. 5, 2024 Future historians may well regard 2023 as a landmark in the advent of artificial intelligence. But whether that ...
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Artificial Intelligence’s Threat to Democracy -- Jen Easterly, Scott Schwab, and Cait Conley, Foreign Affairs
AI threat to democracy How to Safeguard U.S. Elections From AI-Powered Misinformation and Cyberattacks Jen Easterly, Scott Schwab, and Cait Conley -- Foreign Affairs Jan. 3, 2023 Generative ...
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Disinformation Casts A Shadow Over Global Elections -- US Institute Of Peace
Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Lai Ching. His campaign was the target of an audio deepfake in Taiwan. Taiwanese fact-checkers say they are ready to counter Beijing’s meddling in ...
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Hubble Captures Throng Of Spiral Galaxies -- European Space Agency
Credit: ESA/Hubble CC BY 4.0 Acknowledgement: L. Shatz European Space Agency -- Phys.org Dec. 29, 2023 This Hubble Picture of the Week features a richness of spiral galaxies. Tthe large, prominent ...
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WATCH: Noam Chomsky On China, Artificial Intelligence And The 2024 Presidential Election -- Thought Conversations Podcast
Noam Chomsky -- Thought Conversations Podcast Apr 17, 2023 Noam Chomsky joins Alex Levy on the Thought Conversations Podcast for the third time to discuss in depth the 2024 elections, the fentanyl ...
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Iceland Volcano: Continued Ground Uplift beneath Svartsengi -- Iceland Met Office
Photo taken on Dec. 19 at 15:00 and shows the three fountains, the most powerful being from two of them. At the front of the picture is the lava tongue that stretches to the west just north of ...
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'Electronic Soil' Enhances Crop Growth -- Linköping University
Eleni Stavrinidou, associate professor, and supervisor of the study and Alexandra Sandéhn, Ph.D. student, one of the lead authors, connect the eSoil to a low power source for stimulating plant ...
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