Human thought crawls at 10 bits per second, Caltech study finds
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have unveiled a startling revelation about the human mind: our thoughts move at a mere 10 bits per second, a rate that pales in comparison to the staggering billion bits per second at which our sensory systems gather environmental data…
Luigi Mangione Pleads Not Guilty to NY Murder and Other Charges
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UHC CEO Brian Thompson, pled not guilty in NY on state murder and other charges. Mangione’s defense attorney expressed concern that her client was being “treated like a human ping pong ball.” (12/23/24…
The humans behind the robots
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Here’s a question. Imagine that, for $15,000, you could purchase a robot to pitch in with all the mundane tasks in your household…
These are all of the missions heading to the moon in 2025
From Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander to SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System, around a dozen spacecraft teams have their sights on the moon…
AGI Manhattan Project Recommended to Congress
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s top recommendation to Congress is an AGI Manhattan project. It is recommended Congress establish and fund a Manhattan Project-like program dedicated to racing to and acquiring an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) capability. AGI is generally defined as systems that are as good as or better than human capabilities…OpenAI ‘considered’ building a humanoid robot: report
OpenAI has recently explored building its own humanoid robot, according to The Information. The report cites “two people with direct knowledge” of those conversations. The ChatGPT maker has been involved in the space for some time now, by way of financial backing. It has thus far invested in Figure and 1X…Google is using Anthropic’s Claude to improve its Gemini AI
Contractors working on Google Gemini are comparing its responses to Claude’s, according to internal correspondence seen by TechCrunch. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
Pioneering Métis human rights advocate Muriel Stanley Venne dies at 87
Venne, born in Lamont, Alta., was one of the first appointees to Alberta’s Human Rights Commission in 1973 and later served as chair…
Unfair decisions by AI could make us indifferent to bad behaviour by humans
Artificial intelligence (AI) makes important decisions that affect our everyday lives. These decisions are implemented by firms and institutions in the name of efficiency. They can help determine who gets into college, who lands a job, who receives medical treatment and who qualifies for government assistance…