8+ hour, 1+ min ago   (653+ words) The gene-editing field has long faced a stubborn trade-off. Tools such as CRISPR-Cas9 excel at cutting DNA and at making small, targeted changes, but installing large pieces of genetic material into a genome at a precise location — without causing collateral…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (451+ words) More than 800 former Environmental Protection Agency employees are warning about health risks tied to the rapid growth of data centers. The Environmental Protection Network released a report Thursday examining pollution tied to the facilities' soaring electricity demand. The group focused…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (22+ words) Confluent's cofounder, Jay Kreps, says AI's rapid progress makes its risks impossible to dismiss as a marketing ploy....

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (57+ words) September 9, 2026 at 16:16 JST The race to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence has entered a new stage and prompted a higher level of worry. [Read More] Team uses AI to study colors seen when black-and-white top is spun Fire destroys shopping street…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (155+ words) wtmj.com A viral post from a man identified as former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon sparked a broader conversation on Point Taken about artificial intelligence, regulation and how much the public should trust alarming claims about the technology The discussion…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (293+ words) According to a new analysis, just two of the UK’s planned AI datacenters will emit more carbon than ExxonMobil, the world’s second-largest fossil fuel company. The analysis comes as community-led pushback against datacenters gains momentum. New datacenters are almost universally…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (647+ words) OpenAI CEO Dario Amodei has issued a stark assessment of artificial intelligence development, warning that the technology is accelerating toward recursive self-improvement at a pace that outstrips current safety frameworks. Drawing on breakthroughs first observed in mid-2023 through the RLSlow project,…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1088+ words) While climate change is undoubtedly an urgent security challenge for NATO, its risks extend beyond physical and environmental consequences. This article examines climate disinformation as a hybrid threat that exploits uncertainty to delay climate action, divide allies, and undermine trust....

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (253+ words) Journalists from Estonia’s ERR News conducted an experiment involving so-called paper mills and, within several hours, received offers to buy co-authorship on papers for academic journals for $200–800. The outlet contacted seven active sellers via WhatsApp who advertised their services in…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (345+ words) The 2002 procrastination paper, cited more than 2,100 times, failed a replication; Data Colada found duplicated observations and other anomalies, while Ariely says records and memory from the experiments are insufficient to explain them An influential 2002 study co-authored by Israeli behavioral economist…...