Why AI detectors think the US Constitution was written by AI
Can AI writing detectors be trusted? We dig into the theory behind them. Enlarge / An AI-generated image of James Madison writing the US Constitution using AI. (credit: Midjourney / Benj Edwards) If you feed America's mo.....»»
US and 19 Other Countries Agree To Stop Funding Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo, written by climate reporter Brian Kahn: In a major announcement at United Nations climate talks on Thursday, 20 countries said they would stop funding fossil fuel development abroad and instead plow m.....»»
Breaking the supposed accuracy limit for TES detectors
Scientists at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research are developing a detection technique (TES) that measures the energy of individual photons, for example in X-rays from the distant universe. Until now, it was assumed that the wiring on the d.....»»
Almost 30 percent of new GitHub code is written with AI assistance
If you haven't heard of Copilot before, it's essentially the equivalent of the predictive text systems you'd find on Gmail or even your phone. You start typing a line of code, and Copilot can autocomplete it for you -- or try to, anyway......»»
"Affective polarization" increasingly leaks into social situations, says new study
Partisanship is a particularly potent source of group identity in contemporary American politics, and a new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert in political psychology says the growing chasm between opposing groups is.....»»
COBOLing Together Unemployment Insurance Benefits: How Delays in Fiscal Stabilizers Impact Aggregate Consumption
Abstract of a paper written by Michael Navarrete of University of Maryland: The United States experienced an unprecedented increase in unemployment insurance (UI) claims starting in March 2020, mainly due to layoffs caused by COVID-19. State unemploy.....»»
The "Dune" Screenplay Was Written In MS-DOS
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Oscar winning Dune screenwriter Eric Roth banged out the screenplay using the MS-DOS program Movie Master. Roth writes everything using the 30-year-old software. "I work on an old computer program.....»»
The FBI"s Internal Guide For Getting Data From AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A newly obtained document written by the FBI lays out in unusually granular detail how it and other law enforcement agencies can obtain location information of phones from telecommunication compan.....»»
Intel"s Future Now Depends On Making Everyone Else"s Chips
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Tim De Chant: Over the last year and a half, as the pandemic has everyone turned to their screens, demand has surged for devices (phones and laptops) and cloud services (Netflix and Zo.....»»
PS3 Emulator Will Now Boot Every Game Ever Released On the Console
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Kotaku, written by Luke Plunkett: RPCS3, an emulator I've been writing about since 2016, but which first began in 2011, has come along way since it made its first tentative steps towards making PS3 games playa.....»»
The Roku-YouTube-YouTube TV impasse isn’t over yet
Roku has written a lengthy blog post saying that its dispute with YouTube and YouTube TV isn't over......»»
Before the New Version, Let"s Revisit 1984"s Dune
Thelasko shares a report from Ars Technica, written by Peter Opaskar: Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel Dune gets a new film adaptation -- this one helmed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Blade Runner 2049) -- later this month. But before Ars Technica r.....»»
So-called junk DNA plays critical role in mammalian development
Nearly half of our DNA has been written off as junk, the discards of evolution: Sidelined or broken genes, viruses that got stuck in our genome and were dismembered or silenced, none of it relevant to the human organism or human evolution......»»
Researchers Show Facebook"s Ad Tools Can TarSingle User
A new research paper written by a team of academics and computer scientists from Spain and Austria has demonstrated that it's possible to use Facebook's targeting tools to deliver an ad exclusively to a single individual if you know enough about the.....»»
Snowshoe hares with mismatched coats due to global warming are faring better than ever
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Canada has found that despite rising temperatures due to global warming, snowshoe hares with mismatched coats are experiencing reduced mortality rates. They have written a paper describin.....»»
Squid Game TikTok Video Points Out What The English Subtitles Get Wrong
A TikTok video made by a Squid Game fan reveals that the series' English subtitles don't often accurately translate to their Korean meaning. Squid Game is a survival drama written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk with a stellar cast of.....»»
Star Wars: Visions Understands The Force Better Than The Sequel Trilogy
Disney+'s Star Wars: Visions told a series of beautifully written and animated Star Wars short films, which, in some cases, understood the Force better than the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Visions exists outside of Star Wars canon,.....»»
Study of prior research suggests there is a swarm of large asteroids hidden in the Taurid complex
A pair of space scientists, one with the University of Antioquia, the other the University of Salento, has found evidence of a swarm of large asteroids hidden in the Taurid complex. Ignacio Ferrín and Vincenzo Orofino have written a paper describing.....»»
Spectral resolution of superconducting single photon detectors more than doubled
Scientist use superconducting detectors (MKIDs) to capture single photons coming from exoplanets. MKIDs constantly monitor their own kinetic inductance, which changes proportionally to the energy of an incoming photon. Researchers from SRON Netherlan.....»»
Developers Are Quitting To Escape From Your Bad Code
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a ZDNet article, written by Liam Tung: [A] survey has come up with another reason why your engineers might want to quit -- their fellow developers' terrible code. Software engineers have long struggled with.....»»
Blue Origin Has a Toxic Culture, Former and Current Employees Say
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A former communications executive at Blue Origin and 20 other current and former employees have written a blistering essay about the company's culture, citing safety concerns, sexist attitudes, a.....»»