Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds

Camera traps and drones deployed by government authorities to monitor a forest in India are infringing on the privacy and rights of local women.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 25, 2024 ~5 min

NASA Reconnects with Voyager, Longest Serving Mission in History

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 24, 2024 ~6 min


Fossil Found in Brazil Shows Birds’ Brain Development

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 24, 2024 ~6 min

American Companies Develop Unmanned Aircraft for Crops

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 24, 2024 ~6 min

AI harm is often behind the scenes and builds over time – a legal scholar explains how the law can adapt to respond

The damage AI algorithms cause is not easily remedied. Breaking algorithmic harms into four categories results in pieces that better align with the law and points the way to better regulation.

Sylvia Lu, Faculty Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan • conversation
Nov. 22, 2024 ~10 min

MIT researchers develop an efficient way to train more reliable AI agents

The technique could make AI systems better at complex tasks that involve variability.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Nov. 22, 2024 ~7 min

‘A Great Situation:’ Canadian Town Lives with Polar Bears

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 21, 2024 ~6 min

Advancing urban tree monitoring with AI-powered digital twins

The Tree-D Fusion system integrates generative AI and genus-conditioned algorithms to create precise simulation-ready models of 600,000 existing urban trees across North America.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 21, 2024 ~8 min


AI could soon be making major scientific discoveries. A machine could even win a Nobel Prize one day

We’ve only just scratched the surface of what AI can achieve in science.

Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Bath • conversation
Nov. 21, 2024 ~8 min

Toddlers get the idea of possibility

New research suggests "that humans are equipped from the get-go to think about whether things are possible or unlikely or just can't happen."

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Nov. 21, 2024 ~5 min

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