Machine learning & AI

Will ChatGPT replace human writers? A psychologist weighs in

Steven Pinker thinks ChatGPT is truly impressive—and will be even more so once it "stops making stuff up" and becomes less error-prone. Higher education, indeed, much of the world, was set abuzz in November when OpenAI ...

Business

Amazon algorithms promote vaccine misinformation, study finds

As vaccine misinformation has prompted some to say they will refuse to be inoculated against the coronavirus, the world's largest online retailer remains a hotbed for anti-vaccination conspiracy theories, according to a new ...

Energy & Green Tech

Battery components recycled into fertilizer

Lithium Australia's Envirostream Australia has announced that they have been extracting manganese and zinc from used batteries to use as a fertilizer supplement. In their press release, the company reported that they have ...