AI Platforms like ChatGPT Are Easy to Use but Also Potentially Dangerous
Something incredible is happening in artificial intelligence right now—but it’s not entirely good. Everybody is talking about systems like ChatGPT, which generates text that seems remarkably human. This makes it fun to play with, but there is a dark side, too. Because they are so good at imitating human styles, there is risk that such
U.S. Energy Emissions Set to Rise for Second Straight Year
Increasing demand for natural gas and oil has offset emissions reductions associated with coal and pushed U.S. energy emissions higher for a second consecutive yearThe Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) Playa del Rey underground natural gas storage facility in the Playa del Rey neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Friday, April 22, 2022. U.S.
Arctic Lakes Are Disappearing Fast, and Scientists Are Just Figuring Out Why
Credit: Jay BendtResearch sometimes proves, with data, what we more or less already know. Exercise is good for you, and polluted air isn’t. Still, sometimes our intuitions are incorrect, and scientific findings surprise researchers, along with the rest of us. A recent example is the phenomenon of disappearing lakes in the Arctic tundra. You might
These Male Wasps Use Genital Spines to Scare Off Attackers
In one species of mason wasp, “pseudo stings” on males’ genitals let them mimic females and scare predators“Pseudo stings” and reproductive organ of a male wasp of the species Anterhynchium gibbifrons. Credit: “Male Wasp Genitalia as an Anti-Predator Defense,” by Shinji Sugiura and Misaki Tsuji, in Current Biology. Published online December 19, 2022 (CC BY 4.0)Males of
Science News Briefs from around the World: December 2022
Lightning-resistant trees in Panama, an Australian avian arms race, hydrogen-powered trains in Germany, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits Credit: NASA AUSTRALIA An “innovation arms race” may be brewing between humans and trash-can-raiding cockatoos in Sydney’s suburbs. Humans keep trying new defenses, such as placing bricks or rubber snakes on their bin lids,…
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