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The Download: cut through AI coding hype, and biotech trends to watch

MIT Technology Review

AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented productivity boost or churning out masses of poorly designed code that saps their attention and sets software projects up for serious long term-maintenance problems. The problem is right now, it's not easy to know which is true. As tech giants pour billions into large language models (LLMs), coding has been touted as the technology's killer app. Executives enamored with the potential are pushing engineers to lean into an AI-powered future.


Revealed: The outdated British slang words that are making a surprising comeback - so, do you use them?

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Renee Good's last moments revealed as woman suffered FOUR gunshot wounds during deadly clash with ICE America's new hottest housing market is a leafy town with great prices where homes are selling at record speed Newsom backs away comment on his own office's his X account after post branded ICE'state-sponsored terrorism' A former Marine was unmasked as the'Zodiac killer' after a bombshell new investigation. I suffered a horrific side effect of a drug used by millions of Americans... and my face'melted off' 'Gigantic' refunds promised in bumper tax season... here's what you'll get and how it hits the US economy Bitter, past his best and seething with jealousy: Horrifying'insight' into mind of surgeon accused of killing ex-wife and her dentist spouse Sharon Stone blasts'kids' who accused her of stealing seat at awards show in profane rant Case cracked after teen disappeared without a trace in 1965... as his skull is found 2,000 miles away riddled with bullet holes Inside the'stalled' investigation into Timothy Busfield: Explosive police claims about how Warner Bros kept star out of handcuffs The rewarding, high-paid and storied trade job AI can't fill - but humans don't want European diplomats reveal the'tough guy' US negotiator leading the charge on Greenland: 'He hates us' Timothy Busfield told cops he wanted a'playful environment' on set after arrest for child sex crimes FedEx driver accused of abducting and killing little girl while delivering her Christmas present says he shouldn't be executed because he has autism Rare look inside $65million Manhattan penthouse reveals the bewildering lifestyle perks of NYC's ultra-rich Revealed: The outdated British slang words that are making a surprising comeback - so, do you use them? From '6,7' to'vibe-coding', new slang words and phrases seem to pop up on an almost daily basis. But it's time to wind the clock back, as new data shows several outdated words are making a surprising comeback. Experts from language learning app Preply have discovered a spike in once-forgotten slang.


How Does the Hive Mind Work in 'Pluribus?

WIRED

How Does the Hive Mind Work in? The "Joining" seems to connect people via radio waves. Let's dig into the physics at play. Carol Sturka (left) and her chaperone," Zosia, in the Apple TV show . You know what's great about a show like?


Black hole awakens after 100 million years of silence - and it's erupting like a cosmic VOLCANO

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Renee Good's last moments revealed as woman suffered FOUR gunshot wounds during deadly clash with ICE America's new hottest housing market is a leafy town with great prices where homes are selling at record speed Newsom backs away comment on his own office's his X account after post branded ICE'state-sponsored terrorism' A former Marine was unmasked as the'Zodiac killer' after a bombshell new investigation. I suffered a horrific side effect of a drug used by millions of Americans... and my face'melted off' 'Gigantic' refunds promised in bumper tax season... here's what you'll get and how it hits the US economy Inside the'stalled' investigation into Timothy Busfield: Explosive police claims about how Warner Bros kept star out of handcuffs Sharon Stone blasts'kids' who accused her of stealing seat at awards show in profane rant Case cracked after teen disappeared without a trace in 1965... as his skull is found 2,000 miles away riddled with bullet holes Ellen Greenberg's fiancé Sam Goldberg breaks cover as feds reopen probe into her'suicide'... and late teacher's mother shares incredible sign sent from beyond the grave The rewarding, high-paid and storied trade job AI can't fill - but humans don't want European diplomats reveal the'tough guy' US negotiator leading the charge on Greenland: 'He hates us' Timothy Busfield told cops he wanted a'playful environment' on set after arrest for child sex crimes FedEx driver accused of abducting and killing little girl while delivering her Christmas present says he shouldn't be executed because he has autism Rare look inside $65million Manhattan penthouse reveals the bewildering lifestyle perks of NYC's ultra-rich READ MORE: Little red dots are'the most violent forces in the universe' Astronomers have captured the moment a'reborn' supermassive black hole awakened after 100 million years of silence. Incredible images show the black hole erupting like a'cosmic volcano', with enough force to reshape its entire host galaxy. Spanning almost one million light-years, these plumes of cosmic lava are nearly 10 times wider than the Milky Way. Lead researcher Dr Shobha Kumari, of Midnapore City College in India, says: 'It's like watching a cosmic volcano erupt again after ages of calm.'


Death of a pet can hurt as much as losing a family member - and can even lead to 'prolonged grief disorder', scientists warn

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Renee Good's last moments revealed as woman suffered FOUR gunshot wounds during deadly clash with ICE America's new hottest housing market is a leafy town with great prices where homes are selling at record speed Newsom backs away comment on his own office's his X account after post branded ICE'state-sponsored terrorism' A former Marine was unmasked as the'Zodiac killer' after a bombshell new investigation. I suffered a horrific side effect of a drug used by millions of Americans... and my face'melted off' 'Gigantic' refunds promised in bumper tax season... here's what you'll get and how it hits the US economy Inside the'stalled' investigation into Timothy Busfield: Explosive police claims about how Warner Bros kept star out of handcuffs Sharon Stone blasts'kids' who accused her of stealing seat at awards show in profane rant Case cracked after teen disappeared without a trace in 1965... as his skull is found 2,000 miles away riddled with bullet holes The rewarding, high-paid and storied trade job AI can't fill - but humans don't want Ellen Greenberg's fiancé Sam Goldberg breaks cover as feds reopen probe into her'suicide'... and late teacher's mother shares incredible sign sent from beyond the grave FedEx driver accused of abducting and killing little girl while delivering her Christmas present says he shouldn't be executed because he has autism Timothy Busfield told cops he wanted a'playful environment' on set after arrest for child sex crimes Rare look inside $65million Manhattan penthouse reveals the bewildering lifestyle perks of NYC's ultra-rich RICHARD EDEN: Meghan and Harry'plot' and why Prince William and Kate have REALLY hired a crisis expert. Death of a pet can hurt as much as losing a family member - and can even lead to'prolonged grief disorder', scientists warn Scientists have confirmed what many pet owners already know to be true - the death of a pet can hurt just as much as losing a family member. In their study, the team from Maynooth University surveyed almost 1,000 Brits about different bereavements. The results revealed that more than one in five Brits think the death of a pet is more distressing than the death of a human.


X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool

The Guardian

A standalone version of Grok, Grok Imagine, easily accessible through a web browser, was still responding to prompts to remove the clothes from senior female politicians. A standalone version of Grok, Grok Imagine, easily accessible through a web browser, was still responding to prompts to remove the clothes from senior female politicians. X has continued to allow users to post highly sexualised videos of women in bikinis generated by its AI tool Grok, despite the company's claim to have cracked down on misuse. The Guardian was able to create short videos of people stripping to bikinis from photographs of fully clothed, real women. It was also possible to post this adult content on to X's public platform without any sign of it being moderated, meaning the clip could be viewed within seconds by anyone with an account.


Musk's Grok AI faces scrutiny from Japan over sexualized images

The Japan Times

Musk's Grok AI faces scrutiny from Japan over sexualized images The Cabinet Office has asked X to improve safeguards and curb the output of sexually altered images by Grok, Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda said. Japan has joined the growing list of countries probing X over Elon Musk's artificial intelligence service Grok and the chatbot's role in creating and spreading sexualized images of people without their consent. The Cabinet Office has asked the social media platform to improve safeguards and curb the output of sexually altered images by Grok, Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda said. Officials also submitted written questions about measures by X to prevent the creation of deepfakes and other images that violate people's privacy, intellectual property and right to control the use of their likeness, she said. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.


OpenAI and Microsoft lose last chance to avoid trial with Elon Musk

The Japan Times

OpenAI and Microsoft failed to escape a trial over Elon Musk's claims that Sam Altman's startup betrayed its founding mission as a public charity when it took billions in funding from the software giant and made plans to operate as a for-profit business. A federal judge in Oakland, California, on Thursday rejected requests by OpenAI and Microsoft to dismiss claims by Musk and ordered the case to proceed to a jury trial set for late April. Musk helped Altman and others launch OpenAI in 2015 and went on to found his own artificial intelligence company in 2023. Musk's lawsuit continues to be baseless and a part of his ongoing pattern of harassment, and we look forward to demonstrating this at trial," OpenAI said in a statement. "We remain focused on empowering the OpenAI Foundation, which is already one of the best resourced nonprofits ever."



Japan and ASEAN agree to cooperate on AI development

The Japan Times

Japanese internal affairs minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (center) poses for a photo with ministers from ASEAN member states in Hanoi on Thursday. HANOI - Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have agreed to work together on developing new artificial intelligence models and preparing related laws. The AI-sector cooperation was included in a joint statement adopted at a meeting of digital ministers from Japan and ASEAN member states in Hanoi on Thursday. The statement was proposed by Japanese communications minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who attended the meeting. Japan and ASEAN aim to join hands at a time when the United States and China are boosting their presence in the AI sector.