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“AI 2027” Forecast Envisions Superintelligent Systems—and a World on the Brink.
The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) makes Big Tech (like Meta, Google) reveal how they track users, moderate content, and handle disinformation. Most of these companies hate the law and are lobbying against it in Brussels—but except for Twitter (now X), they’re at least trying to follow it for EU users.
Meanwhile, US politics may push Big Tech to resist these rules more aggressively, especially since they have strong influence over the current US government.
AI will be the next big tech divide: The US will likely have little regulation, while the EU will take a much stronger approach to regulating. Growing tensions—over trade, military threats, and tech policies—are driving the US and EU apart, and this split will continue for at least four more years.
EU prepares billion-dollar fine against Twitter/X over disinformation law violations.
AI-powered phishing agents have surpassed elite human red teams in crafting effective phishing attacks, a milestone that arguably reshapes the cybersecurity threat landscape.
It's time to start preparing for AGI, Google says | With better-than-human level AI (or AGI) now on many experts' horizon, we can't put off figuring out how to keep these systems from running wild.
Rivals are rising to challenge the dominance of SpaceX : Startups and legacy aerospace companies alike are aiming to take a chunk out of its launch business.
The Russian propaganda seems much more effective with the right-wing people. Is that an AI thing, or are they more susceptible for other reasons?
I'm sick of hearing Musk's plans for it, those will never pan out. But humans are probably destined to leave Earth and spread out someday - that I still think will happen, and is worth considering.
Study shows Russian propaganda outlet leverages AI to amplify content without any loss in persuasive power
I was wondering would they have over-heating problems, but the energy is so small it can probably be dissipated elsewhere.
As places are limited, they need to focus on those with talent and ability.
If you google Hitler's paintings you can see why he was rejected. They're flat, rigid and lacking in creativity - perhaps not surprising for a fascist megalomaniac. I'm curious to see what the AI will learn here. Lots of ai-generated imagery is technically good, but can it really be said to have creativity?
An AI has been accepted as a student at the Vienna art school that twice rejected Hitler.
As radioactive decay can't be stopped, I'm assuming this emits power continuously. Whatever this is used for won't have any On/Off buttons.
This exponential rate of progress has been observed many times with different types of AI, here's a recent example of it.
My reasoning is based on the fact they are selling similar to these in the $20k price range. Buying them means they cost a fraction of employing a minimum wage worker in western countries.
They are embodied AI, so improving at the rate AI is. That is exponentially. Meaning iterations of these may be 32, 64, 128, etc times more powerful in the 2030s, and even cheaper.
I think it is very reasonable to say they will be common in the 2030s.
Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows.
This Demo of KEENON XMAN-R1 Hospitality Service Robots shows us what will be common in the 2030s.
With upcoming space telescopes in the 2030s, there should be a few capable of analyzing exoplanet atmospheres. Exciting to think we may be soon able to deduce the presence of carbon-based life in another planetary system.
Yeah, I wonder how far they can extend the magnetic fields that power them? Even if it is relatively short range, they look really cheap to make, so you could have thousands of them with sensors to scan localized areas.
The US and China are racing to build a truly useful humanoid worker. Whoever wins could gain a huge edge in countless industries.
An AI safety expert warns we are underestimating AI's effect on nuclear deterrence and the nuclear balance of power among the US, China & Russia.
Chinese data says the output of service robots in China – used for tasks like delivery and cleaning – jumped 35.7 per cent to nearly 1.5 million units in the first two months of the year.
Ethically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine - Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages.
Engineers have figured out how to recycle cement without compromising its strength.
Enzyme engineering: New method selectively destroys disease-causing proteins.
The coming wave of confluent biosynthetic, bioinformational and bioengineering technologies.
I get that capacitators are only good for seconds at a time, but given their other advantages, I wonder why people don't build batteries with them, where hundreds or thousands of cells are individual capacitators that get used in sequence.
Another team has done the same in Denmark. I wonder how soon we will see these at consumer level for residential buildings?
DEEP Robotics makes four-legged robots starting at $2,800. They’re now equipping one model with a CPR machine, oxygen, and a heart monitor to help respond to emergencies faster.
This is better than nothing. Though a lot of the threats that are building, like conflict with Russia, seem like they will need more.
Leaked Database Reveals China’s Use of AI to Supercharge Online Censorship
Lariocidin is produced by a type of bacteria called Paenibacillus, which the researchers retrieved from a soil sample collected from a Hamilton backyard.
It's amazing how random this discovery was. Makes you wonder at all the rest that is still undiscovered in nature.
1X is in Norway. Norwegians are notoriously solitary and hate small talk. Of all people it would be interesting to see how they react to domestic humanoid robots. Perhaps they will like them more than most.
Wrong. The World Bank says 13% of Indians live in extreme poverty & 97% of the population have wired electricity. Also, surely the way to be richer and more developed is investing in high tech growth industries like advanced space tech?
Its the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) who've said this, and they've a pretty good track record of achieving stated goals.
It is interesting that they have successfully tested the magnetic micro-algae in tightly confined and viscous environments. Those are the same conditions they would find in living tissue and blood vessels.
Still, this is just a proof-of-concept. I wonder if any useful treatments for illness ever come from it.
So if all goes to plan there should be three space stations in 2028 - when will there be a fourth? Russia has plans for an Russian Orbital Service Station. While no one doubts Russia has the necessary technical expertise, can it spare diverting the cash from its war in Ukraine?
Presumably that will be a commercial one someday, it doesn't seem like any other countries are in the pipeline for developing one. The ISS is slated to be deorbited around 2030. The US & ESA/Canada might well part ways when the ISS is decommissioned, and it seems unclear what will replace the ISS, and exactly how much longer it will last.