As media bosses scramble to decide if and how they should partner with AI companies, workers are increasingly concerned that the technology could imperil their jobs or degrade their work…. The latest example? “Two months after the Atlantic reached a licensing deal with OpenAI, staffers at the storied magazine are Read more…
“Generation X and millennials are at an increased risk of developing certain cancers compared with older generations,” reports the Washington Post, “a shift that is probably due to generational changes in diet, lifestyle and environmental exposures, a large new study suggests.” Researchers from the American Cancer analyzed data from more Read more…
Stack Overflow says over 65,000 developers took their annual survey — and “For the first time this year, we asked if developers felt AI was a threat to their job…” Unsurprisingly, only 12% of surveyed developers believe AI is a threat to their current job. In fact, 70% are favorably Read more…
A professor in the University of Chicago’s department of geophysical sciences believes that by intentionally releasing sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, it would be possible to lower temperatures worldwide. He’s not the only one promoting the idea. “Harvard University has a solar geoengineering program that has received grants from Microsoft Read more…
Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, has reached a new milestone of 200 million active users, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. “I’m excited to share that we crossed the 200M milestone on @threads,” Mosseri wrote. “My hope is that Threads can inspire ideas that bring people together and this amazing community Read more…
The US government will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA vaccine against a pandemic influenza — an award given as the highly pathogenic bird flu virus H5N1 continues to spread widely among US dairy cattle. The funding flows through BARDA, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, as Read more…
The new Labour government has shelved $1.66 bn of funding promised by the Conservatives for tech and Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects, the BBC has learned. It includes $1 bn for the creation of an exascale supercomputer at Edinburgh University and a further $640m for AI Research Resource, which funds computing Read more…