A “rapidly spreading” measles outbreak in north London has infected more than 60 children, with nearly a dozen requiring hospital treatment. The Sunday Times has reported that of the 60 suspected cases in Enfield, 34 have so far been confirmed by the UK Health Protection Agency between 1 January and 9 February. According to a message posted…
World’s Quietest Room: Inside Microsoft’s Silent Room Where You Can Hear Your Heartbeat (AI-Generated) Inside Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, there is a room where sound behaves in an unfamiliar way. Noise from outside does not penetrate, and any sound made within its walls fades out almost instantly. The space is known as an anechoic…
The colour of the universe is a cosmic latte. The night sky appears to be completely dark with a scattering of bright stars. Many people assume that the universe must be dark because of this common perspective. However, astronomers have posed a different query: what would the universe’s colour be if all of the light…
AI expert Dr Yampolsky has warned that almost all jobs may disappear by 2027; only a few people will be left. A leading artificial intelligence researcher has issued a dire warning about the future of work, arguing that most human jobs could disappear within the next five years and that society could pass the technological…
Anthropic, one of the largest and most influential technology companies in the world, is launching a new model: Cloud Opus 4.6. Anthropic is lauded as the creator of cloud code. By now, this will be big news to most techies, as Anthropic is lauded as the creator of cloud code, code-writing. Aye, many engineers say that…
The announcement was brief and eminently confident. “To the stars,” Elon Musk wrote, confirming that SpaceX and XAI are now operating as a single company. The message itself delivered little, yet the decision marks a significant turn in the direction of how Musk wants to pursue his long-term ambitions. By bringing together his space and…
The big news in the tech world is that AI has its own social network. It’s called Moltbuk, and things are getting pretty weird in there. Since its launch last Wednesday by (human) developer and entrepreneur Matt Schlicht, the AI-only site has seen artificial intelligence create its own religion, discuss the creation of its own…
