Machine learning & AI
In a new study, participants tended to assign greater blame to artificial intelligences (AIs) involved in real-world moral transgressions when they perceived the AIs as having more human-like minds. Minjoo Joo of Sookmyung ...
Dec 18, 2024
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Internet
The emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools that allow people to efficiently produce novel and detailed online reviews with almost no work has put merchants, service providers and consumers in uncharted territory, ...
Dec 23, 2024
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Robotics
With a more efficient method for artificial pollination, farmers in the future could grow fruits and vegetables inside multilevel warehouses, boosting yields while mitigating some of agriculture's harmful impacts on the environment.
Jan 15, 2025
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Business
There are no photos or videos of LocalThunk, an anonymous computer programmer who lives in the vast and desolate prairies of Canada's Saskatchewan province, far from Silicon Valley.
Dec 22, 2024
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Automotive
The growing popularity of Chinese sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks has shaken up Mexico's luxury car market, hitting sales of traditionally dominant brands such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW.
Dec 27, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium-sulfur batteries have a number of advantages over conventional lithium batteries: they use the abundant raw material sulfur, do not require the critical elements cobalt or nickel, and can achieve extremely high specific ...
Jan 8, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Artificial intelligence (AI) helps heat pumps to operate more efficiently, by avoiding incorrect device settings and optimizing system operation. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE is researching a new ...
Dec 17, 2024
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Business
In recent years, more than 60 countries have developed strategies to stimulate the market ramp-up of hydrogen, particularly in the industrial sector. However, in 2023, less than 10% of the originally announced green hydrogen ...
Jan 14, 2025
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Engineering
With a rush of piped-in air, the little pile of powdered coffee creamer lifted into a miniature dust cloud inside a clear tube where an electrode glowed red-hot. In a split second, the dust flared and then exploded, blowing ...
Dec 17, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
When we plug in our cell phones to charge them, we take it for granted that they'll soon be brimming with energy for scrolling, texting and receiving news alerts. But the technology powering this—rechargeable lithium-ion ...
Jan 9, 2025
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