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AI can be a powerful tool for scientists. But it can also fuel research misconduct

AIHub

In February this year, Google announced it was launching "a new AI system for scientists". It said this system was a collaborative tool designed to help scientists "in creating novel hypotheses and research plans". It's too early to tell just how useful this particular tool will be to scientists. But what is clear is that artificial intelligence (AI) more generally is already transforming science. Last year for example, computer scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing an AI model to predict the shape of every protein known to mankind.


The White Lotus Season 3 finale trailer is brimming with tension

Mashable

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Startup Founder Claims Elon Musk Is Stealing the Name 'Grok'

WIRED

Elon Musk's xAI is facing a potential trademark dispute over the name of its chatbot, Grok. The company's trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office has been suspended after the agency argued the name could be confused with that of two other companies, AI chipmaker Groq and software provider Grokstream. Now, a third tech startup called Bizly is claiming it owns the rights to "Grok." This isn't the first time Musk has chosen a name for one of his products that other companies say they trademarked first. Last month, Musk's social media platform settled a lawsuit brought by a marketing firm that claimed it owns exclusive rights to the name X. Bizly and xAI appear to have arrived at the name Grok independently.


America's Golden Dome can't wait

FOX News

In response to an executive order, President Donald Trump's team will present him with a plan for creating the Golden Dome, a missile defense shield meant to guard against attacks that are increasingly difficult to defeat. This effort will demand innovative thinking, collective will and rapid action. Since my tenure as director of the Missile Defense Agency in the early 2000s, an integrated network of sensors based in space, land and sea paired with ground-based interceptors has effectively deterred rudimentary missile attacks on our homeland from Iran, North Korea and others. But as they continue to improve their capabilities and as we look at a resurgent Russia and aggressive China, we need to build our next-generation missile defense. The window to defeat ballistic missiles heading to targets in the US is less than 40 minutes and can be as brief as 10 or 15 minutes if launched from a submarine closer to its target.


Aiper Scuba X1 will get your pool ready for summer

PCWorld

Before we know it summer will be here, but don't wait for the hotter days to arrive to realize that your pool is in a state of disarray. The Aiper Scuba X1, priced at 1,399, is an ideal solution to help get your pool ready for action. The Scuba X1 is essentially the full package when it comes to cleaning your pool, taking care of everything for you. Aiper's robotic pool cleaner can provide everyday maintenance, saving you countless hours and money spent on other solutions. Each morning or evening, you can automate the Aiper Scuba X1 to scrub the pool bottom and walls free of algae and dirt, and scrub the waterline for any hair, leaves, sticks, and any other grime that blew into or otherwise ended up in the water.


As the US and China lock horns, Malaysia hopes to harness an AI revolution

Al Jazeera

Kulim, Malaysia โ€“ When tech giant AT&S decided a few years ago that it needed to ramp up production to keep pace with the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, it did not look to its largest manufacturing facilities in China. The Austrian firm's plants in Chongqing and Shanghai โ€“ opened in 2022 and 2016, respectively โ€“ employ some 9,000 workers between them, churning out high-end components used in everything from consumer electronics to cars. But AT&S was at the same time coming to grips with the risks of concentrating production in one country. Like many tech firms grappling with the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic and the trade war salvoes between the United States and China, AT&S decided it needed to diversify its supply chains. Malaysia quickly emerged at the top of the company's list of potential locations for its next plant.


In Turkey, new technologies reinforce repression

The Japan Times

With anti-government protests sweeping across Turkey, the authorities have used all technological means to try to curb them, from restricting internet access to using facial recognition to identify protesters, who have been forced to adapt. Amid a ban on protests, nearly 2,000 people have been arrested in connection with the demonstrations that erupted on March 19 following the detention of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on graft charges. As well as those apprehended in the streets, many others have been arrested in predawn raids at their homes after being identified from footage or photos taken by the police during the demonstrations.


AI was enemy No. 1 during Hollywood strikes. Now it's in Oscar-winning films

BBC News

AI may be a dirty word in Hollywood, but Mr Mooser says their version of the technology is "clean." "Artists should be at the table," he says, adding that it's better to build the tool for filmmakers rather than get "rolled over by big tech companies". Artificial Intelligence has long been depicted as a villain in Hollywood. In "The Terminator," AI used by the US military decides it must destroy everyone on Earth. But it's AI's creators, and not the technology itself, that has received the brunt of real-life criticism.


Bridget Phillipson eyes AI's potential to free up teachers' time

The Guardian

AI tools will soon be in use in classrooms across England, but the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has one big question she wants answered: will they save time? Attending a Department for Education-sponsored hackathon in central London last week, Phillipson listened as developers explained how their tools could compile pupil reports, improve writing samples and even assess the quality of soldering done by trainee electrical engineers. After listening to one developer extol their AI writing analysis tool as "superhuman", able to aggregate all the writing a pupil had ever done, Phillipson asked bluntly: "Do you know how much time it will have saved?" That will be our next step, the developer admitted, less confidently. In an interview with the Guardian, Phillipson said her interest in AI was less futuristic and more practical.


'Something is rotten': Apple's AI strategy faces doubts

The Japan Times

Has Apple, the biggest company in the world, bungled its artificial intelligence strategy? Doubts blew out into the open when one of the company's closest observers, tech analyst John Gruber, earlier this month gave a blistering critique in a blog post titled "Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino," referring to the home of Apple's headquarters. The respected analyst and Apple enthusiast said he was furious for not being more skeptical when the company announced last June that its Siri chatbot would be getting a major generative AI upgrade.