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I can’t decide if this is genius or a new way to injure myself in the kitchen. The inventors behind this company have made a chef’s knife that vibrates at ultrasonic frequencies. This kind of tech is

Spotting cancer with computer vision. Pulling together weather data for better predictions. Solving long-running research quandaries such as protein folding. These are useful tasks for AI that benefit

A s we edge closer to spring, I find myself daydreaming about morning walks that no longer require five carefully chosen layers just to stay warm. That said, I’m far less confident that a change in se

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AI can be brilliant when put to proper use, but it also has some major downsides

It’s safe to say our audience across X, Discord and Facebook were split when we asked whether they would like a robot helper. Let’s start with the naysayers. “By all means, if you want to forgo the la