9+ hour, 39+ min ago   (620+ words) US Senator Bernie Sanders has urged Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump to negotiate a treaty to pause advanced AI development and ban artificial superintelligence before it is too late, citing recent calls from leading technology executives…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (363+ words) Around 30 robots took to the streets of Warsaw, Poland’s capital city, on Monday, September 7, waving flags, playing protest slogans and marching in circles outside Poland’s digital affairs ministry to demand stronger rules for artificial intelligence (AI). The unusual demonstration, which…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (327+ words) OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki has warned that humanity should exercise “extreme caution” as artificial intelligence advances rapidly, saying people may not be prepared for the consequences of continued progress in machine intelligence. In a blog post, Pachocki wrote: “This…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (898+ words) A 5.0-magnitude earthquake has struck northern Tibet as the region remains engaged in an extensive rescue and recovery operation following last week’s devastating glacier collapse and floods along the Nepal-China border. The tremor occurred at a depth of 10 km, according…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (266+ words) A short workout or a nap can help protect memory after a sleepless night, a McGill University-led study has found. Researchers found people who either completed 20 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous exercise or took a 90-minute nap performed about 22 per cent better…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (774+ words) “Artificial Intelligence is coming! AI will take all our jobs!” Warnings like these might have felt a bit exaggerated just a few years ago, but when thousands of employees around the world wake up to layoff e-mails almost on a…...