The U.S. is currently home to more than 18 million cancer survivors, over 5% of the total population (including those who are living with the disease). Their article tells the story of Gwen Orilio, who was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer at age 31. Ten years later she’s still alive Read more…
A new study by Anthropic and AI safety research group Truthful AI has found describes the phenomenon like this. “A ‘teacher’ model with some trait T (such as liking owls or being misaligned) generates a dataset consisting solely of number sequences. Remarkably, a ‘student’ model trained on this dataset learns Read more…
Odorless, quiet, sustainable. On the last day of July, passengers boarded Barcelona’s V3 bus line with no idea where its fuel came from. Written in large letters on the bus facade, just below its name “Nimbus,” a sign clearly stated: “This bus runs on biomethane produced from eco-factory sludge.” Still, Read more…
Illinois last week banned the use of artificial intelligence in mental health therapy, joining a small group of states regulating the emerging use of AI-powered chatbots for emotional support and advice. Licensed therapists in Illinois are now forbidden from using AI to make treatment decisions or communicate with clients, though Read more…
In a sharp rebuke to the anti-electrification agenda in the US, global EV sales are up 27% over last year, with some legacy automakers — but not all — indicating the potential for a successful transition to electric mobility. CleanTechnica has spilled much ink on the pace of plug-in hybrid Read more…
Take note of the name: ReHMGB1. A new study pinpoints this protein as being able to spread the wear and tear that comes with time as it quietly travels through the bloodstream. This adds significantly to our understanding of aging. The researchers were able to identify ReHMGB1 as a critical Read more…
After a brain stem stroke left him almost entirely paralyzed in the 1990s, French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote a book about his experiences — letter by letter, blinking his left eye in response to a helper who repeatedly recited the alphabet. Today people with similar conditions often have far more Read more…