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Slack researcher discusses the fear, loathing and excitement surrounding AI in the workplace

Artificial intelligence’s recent rise to the forefront of business has left most office workers wondering how often they should be using the technology and worried about whether a computer will ...

Tech - ABC News - October 21

Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say

Federal and state researchers said there might be five million to 19 million tons of lithium, more than enough to meet the world’s demand for the battery ingredient.

Business - The New York Times - October 21

Fear, Loathing, and Excitement: What a Slack Researcher Learned About AI at Work

Christina Janzer, Slack’s senior vice president of research and analytics, learned some interesting things in a study of how people view AI at work, which about half the respondents use in some form.

Business - Inc. - October 22

Former OpenAI Researcher Says Company Broke Copyright Law

Suchir Balaji helped gather and organize the enormous amounts of internet data used to train the startup’s ChatGPT chatbot.

Tech - The New York Times - October 23

OpenAI researchers develop new model that speeds up media generation by 50X

A pair of researchers at OpenAI has published a paper describing a new type of model — specifically, a new type of continuous-time consistency model (sCM) — that increases the speed at which ...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 23

Russia amplified hurricane disinformation to drive Americans apart, researchers find

New research shows Russia has worked to amplify false and misleading claims about the U.S. government's response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton as part of the Kremlin's efforts to manipulate ...

Tech - ABC News - October 24

UK tax raid on private equity could raise £1bn, say researchers

Analysis of HMRC data by Centre for the Analysis of Taxation comes as industry braces for Budget changes

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Animals become less sociable as they age in similar way to humans, research shows

While decline in interactions is seen as negative for humans, it can have health benefits for animals. While Victor Meldrew was a cantankerous caricature, humans are known to become less social as ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Markey urges Meta to relaunch research initiative for 2024 election

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Wednesday urged Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to enable independent academic researchers to study the impact of its platforms on the 2024 election ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Keanu Reeves Was Dedicated To Researching Shadow For Sonic The Hedgehog 3

Later this year, Keanu Reeves will voice Shadow for the upcoming movie, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 . This isn't Reeves' first brush with gaming, as he previously lent his voice and likeness to Johnny ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 30

More than 100 researchers call for pause in Musk Starlink launches

Researchers are urging the federal government to pause further low-orbit internet satellite launches until a comprehensive review is conducted to determine the potential environmental damage that ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

New York State Chosen as National Center for Chip Manufacturing Research

The Biden administration will place a hub of a newly created national semiconductor technology center in upstate New York.

Business - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Plans must be made for the welfare of sentient AI, animal consciousness researchers argue

Computer scientists need to grapple with the possibility that they will accidentally create sentient artificial intelligence (AI) — and to plan for those systems’ welfare, a new study argues. The ...

Politics - The Hill - October 31

New York Site for Semiconductor Research to Get $825 Million

Another CHIPS ACT project, this one outside Albany, will be one of three national technology centers developed with federal funding.

Business - Inc. - 6 days ago

How Researchers Are Using Geospatial Technology to Uncover Mexico's Clandestine Graves

Thousands of hidden graves contain the bodies of the disappeared all across Mexico. Using drones, hyperspectral imaging, and other technologies, scientists and members of the public are uncovering ...

Tech - Wired - 6 days ago

Alzheimer's researchers say brain stimulation device may slow symptoms

Alzheimer's disease researchers found that when they aimed a TMS device at the right spot in the brain, it could slow the progression of memory loss.

Runes prove Elfdalian is distinct ancient Nordic language, say researchers

Linguists argue language spoken by 2,500 people in central Sweden is more than an esoteric dialect. It is a distinct language that has survived against the odds for centuries in a tiny pocket of ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

The Novo Nordisk scientist behind Ozempic, Wegovy weight loss research

Drugs Ozempic and Wegovy have slimmed down Hollywood stars — and millions of non-celebrities worldwide — while adding great heft to the economy of Novo Nordisk’s home country, Denmark.

Meta makes its MobileLLM open for researchers, posting full weights

Developers and researchers interested in testing MobileLLM can now access the models on Hugging Face, fully integrated with the Transformers library.

Tech - VentureBeat - 6 days ago

Oklahoma small town police chief and entire police department resign

The police chief and three officers that make up the entire four-person police department of the town of Geary, Oklahoma resigned on Thursday with little explanation.

Police investigating unexplained death of infant

The police received a call concerning the welfare of an infant on Friday afternoon.

MP disturbance matter for police, says minister

The MP for Runcorn appeared to be shouting at a man warning him 'he will never threaten an MP again'.

Cavaliers break ground on new state-of-the-art training facility scheduled to open in 2027

Cleveland guard Donovan Mitchell grabbed a shovel and was one of the dignitaries who took part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cavaliers’ new, state-of-the-art downtown training facility ...

Sports - ABC News - October 14

Oil Prices Fall After Israel Reportedly Says It Won’t Target Iran’s Nuclear or Oil Facilities

Brent crude, the international benchmark, was trading at below $74 a barrel on Tuesday, a drop from the $80 range.

World - The New York Times - October 15

Cowboys' Mike McCarthy preparing to face 49ers' Deebo Samuel in Week 8, advises WR to take a week off to rest

Dallas' McCarthy jokingly recommends Samuel rest a week instead of returning to play against his Cowboys in Week 8

Sports - CBS Sports - October 24

Lawsuits aims to block Stan Kroenke from buying Rams' former practice facility for $1

Stan Kroenke's NFL team left St.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 22

Two Israeli officials say Israeli strikes on Iran are not targeting nuclear or oil facilities

World - ABC News - October 25

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