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Trust large language models at your own peril
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How much would you pay to see a woolly mammoth?
Sara Ord spent her week talking to scientists about skin cells from a mouse-size marsupial…
The US climate bill has made emission reductions dependent on economic success
In August, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, the largest…
Why Meta’s latest large language model survived only three days online
On November 15 Meta unveiled a new large language model called Galactica, designed to assist…
The Download: Twitter may only last weeks, and Meta’s unforced AI error
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The Download: cattle’s deadly tick-borne disease, and molten salt batteries
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Former Twitter employees fear the platform might only last weeks
Recently-departed Twitter staff have told MIT Technology Review they worry that the platform has weeks…
I found out my biological age—and was annoyed by the result
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These three charts show who is most to blame for climate change
Leaders at the annual UN climate conference are still in the thick of negotiations, working…