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The Medical Revolutions That Prevented Millions of Cancer Deaths
Vox publishes a story about "the quiet revolutions that have prevented millions of cancer deaths....
"The age-adjusted death rate in the US for cancer has declined by about a third since 1991, meaning people of a given age have about a third lower risk of dying from cancer than people of the same ...
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'AI Is Not Intelligent': The Atlantic Criticizes 'Scam' Underlying the AI Industry
The Atlantic makes that case that "the foundation of the AI industry is a scam" and that AI "is not what its developers are selling it as: a new class of thinking — and, soon, feeling — machines."
[OpenAI CEO Sam] Altman brags about ChatGPT-4.5's improved "emotional intelligence," which...
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Caffeine Has a Weird Effect On Your Brain While You're Asleep
A new study "adds a whole extra level of detail to our understanding of caffeine's impact on the brain during sleep," reports ScienceAlert:
Caffeine was shown to increase brain signal complexity, and shift the brain closer to a state of 'criticality', in tests run by researchers from the University...
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Microsoft Announces Upcoming Windows-Powered Handheld Xbox Device: the 'ROG Xbox Ally'
Nintendo's new Switch 2 console sold a record 3 million units after its launch Thursday. But then today Microsoft announced their own upcoming handheld gaming device that's Xbox-branded (and Windows-powered).
Working with ASUS' ROG division, they build a device that weighs more than the Nintendo S...
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After 'AI-First' Promise, Duolingo CEO Admits 'I Did Not Expect the Blowback'
Last month, Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn "shared on LinkedIn an email he had sent to all staff announcing Duolingo was going 'AI-first'," remembers the Financial Times.
"I did not expect the amount of blowback," he admits....
He attributes this anger to a general "anxiety" about technology replacing...
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