Machine learning & AI
Ideally, artificial intelligence agents aim to help humans, but what does that mean when humans want conflicting things? My colleagues and I have come up with a way to measure the alignment of the goals of a group of humans ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
About 85% of South Africa's electricity is produced by burning coal. The country's move to renewable energy means that the coal industry will be phased out. To this end, the South African cabinet recently approved the country's ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Engineering
Bridges, roads, bike lanes, traffic signals, railroads and interstate highways allow millions of people to travel each year, but they are one of the most expensive investments for governments and taxpayers, according to a ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Engineering
A wearable system designed to assist navigation for blind and partially sighted people is presented in a study published in Nature Machine Intelligence. This system uses artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to survey the ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Business
Social media company Meta said Monday that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train its artificial intelligence models, resuming work put on hold last year after activists raised concerns ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
The Trump administration is working to lift regulations on coal-fired power plants in the hopes of making its energy less expensive. But while cost is one important aspect, utilities have a lot more to consider when they ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Internet
A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users—the West Philippine Sea.
Apr 14, 2025
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Business
Nvidia announced Monday that it will produce its artificial intelligence super computers in the United States for the first time.
Apr 14, 2025
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Robotics
RoboCake is ready. This edible robotic cake is the result of a collaboration between researchers from EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Whether it's for your vehicle or your home, from small-scale uses to the largest, the debate over the most efficient and cost-effective fuels continues. Currently, there's no shortage of options either. Nuclear power provides ...
Apr 14, 2025
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