Lifeboat Foundation

Astronomers have recently found hundreds of “polluted” white dwarf stars in our home galaxy, the Milky Way. These are white dwarfs caught actively consuming planets in their orbit. They are a valuable resource for studying the interiors of these distant, demolished planets. They are also difficult to find.

Historically, astronomers have had to manually review mountains of survey data for signs of these stars. Follow-up observations would then prove or refute their suspicions.

By using a novel form of artificial intelligence, called manifold learning, a team led by University of Texas at Austin graduate student Malia Kao has accelerated the process, leading to a 99% success rate in identification. The findings were published July 31 in The Astrophysical Journal.

The CEO for iPad design app Procreate is taking out his stylus and going to war with Silicon Valley’s latest heavily-invested upon baby. “I really f— hate generative AI,” said executive James Cuda in a viral Twitter post uploaded by his company.

In a stripped-down-style video usually reserved for an actor publically atoning for cheating, Cuda tore into his sector’s implementation of AI and vowed to never get aboard the train.

Noting he doesn’t often get in front of the camera, Cuda explained after getting peppered with questions about AI, he wanted to set the record straight. “I don’t like what’s happening in the industry and I don’t like what it’s doing to artists,” he said.

Boardwalk Robotics has introduced its new humanoid robot called Alex, aiming to enhance productivity and efficiency across various industries.

A video released by the firm showcases the humanoid, devoid of legs, carrying out various household tasks like organizing and cleaning a vessel.

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The CEO of Amazon Web Services suggested in leaked audio that human devs may not be coding in as little as two years.

Hundreds of medical algorithms have been approved on basis of limited clinical data. Scientists are debating who should test these tools and how best to do it.

Skyfire claims it is offering the world’s first payment network designed to support fully autonomous transactions across AI agents, large language models (LLMs), data platforms and various service providers.

This development marks a significant step toward creating a new global economy where AI agents can function as independent economic actors, capable of making and receiving payments without human intervention.

“We really see that next million users for a lot of these [vendor] companies coming from AI agents being the customer,” said Sarhangi.

Researchers at a Swedish university have developed tiny robots that can kill cancerous tumours with deadly precision.

Forget Hollywood depictions of gun-toting robots running wild in the streets – the reality of artificial intelligence is far more dangerous, warns the historian and author in an exclusive extract from his new book.

The rise of the smaller models.