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Added 22 February, 2023

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman is saying that AI will soon be giving medical advice to people too poor for actual healthcare. "The adaptation to a world deeply integrated with AI tools is probably going to happen pretty quickly," he wrote. We are seeing in areas across the industrial spectrum that AI will be the default for most people, while actual...

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Added 22 February, 2023

Books created using AI text generators are starting to flood Amazon, Reuters reports. According to the report, there were over 200 e-books in the e-retailer's Kindle store as of this month that listed "ChatGPT" as an author — some of which are being sold for as little as $1 — but the real number is likely much higher, since people can use AI...

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Added 22 January, 2023

Researchers reporting in the American Chemical Society Applied Materials and Interfaces have found a way to give lipstick antimicrobial properties – by adding cranberry extract to the formulation. The formula, which is a deep red color, was found to inactivate any harmful and disease-causing viruses, bacteria, and a fungus that it encountered...

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Added 22 January, 2023

OpenAI's viral text generator ChatGPT has made some serious waves over the last couple of months, offering the public access to a chatbot that's arguably a vast improvement over its numerous and deeply flawed predecessors. In fact, one group of researchers is now so confident in its capabilities that they've included it as a coauthor in a...

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Added 14 January, 2023

Perishable groceries are getting the airline treatment. A company called Wasteless is looking to connect sell-by dates with pricing, so as fresh foods age they automatically decline in price to spur sales. The company argues this is also a great strategy to reduce waste. Normally, supermarkets put analogue stickers on foods they're looking to...

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Added 6 December, 2022

We have been hearing lots lately about lab-grown meats, cell-cultured muscle that doesn't require an killing any animals. So it makes sense that the same process can be applied to milk made from cell-cultures. And Wilk, an Israeli startup, is introducing the world's first yogurt made with cell-cultured milk fats. Perhaps even more exciting is...

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Added 24 November, 2022

Situated north of Austin in the city of Georgetown's master-planned community of Wolf Ranch by Hillwood Communities, a Perot company, the 100-home community combines innovative robotics, software and advanced materials to create homes that are technologically advanced, environmentally sustainable and architecturally striking. Each Lennar home...

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Added 22 November, 2022

For now, jobs in the clean energy sector are some of the fastest-growing in the world. Alas, even that won't last. As we fast approach a half-million wind turbines, there is a growing need to maintain them. A new fleet of drones are now taking the responsibility to inspect, clean, and repair the turbines using using a modular tool that can fix...

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Added 21 November, 2022

Tourism destinations are learning that electric vehicle charging stations present opportunities to attract visitation, especially to rural and underserved areas. “It would almost be like passive tourism,” said Visit North Carolina Director Wit Tuttell. “They needed to charge, they stopped and then they realized what a cute town it was and then...

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Added 29 September, 2022

The world’s first all-electric passenger airplane has finally taken flight. The Eviation Aircraft Alice went on its maiden voyage on Tuesday, after a series of setbacks and delays kept putting off the historic flight — officially bringing passenger planes into the EV age. The inaugural Alice flight was short and sweet, lasting eight minutes in...