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Artificial intelligence may never reach its full potential unless it can interact with the physical environment. That means we need to give it a body, roboticist Josh Bongard tells Edd [...]

Nature is capable of astonishing feats of computation. Now, we are re-engineering molecules, cells and even whole organisms into living processors, says Edd Gent WHAT'S the difference between a thimbleful [...]

From 7 a.m. until well past dusk, seven days a week, N. Sudhakar sits behind the counter of his holein-the wall grocery store in the south Indian city of Bangalore. [...]

THE CURRENT whirlwind of interest in AI is largely down to the sudden arrival of a new generation of AI-powered chatbots capable of startlingly human-like text-based conversations. In May, computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, known as the "godfather of AI", quit his role at Google to warn of the "existential threat" posed by artificial intelligence. If you need to work off those meals, AI can help there too - AI-powered fitness apps are burgeoning, replacing personal trainers by taking charge of your exercise routine at a fraction of the cost. Artificial intelligence has exploded into the public consciousness, thanks largely to the meteoric rise of AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, with its ability to generate fluent text, and DALL-E, which creates compelling images in response to prompts in a similar way. [Extracted from the article]

Many of the scenarios for achieving net-zero carbon emissions from power generation by 2050 hinge on the success of some hugely ambitious initiatives. Perhaps none are more audacious than an envisioned renaissance of nuclear power driven by advanced-technology power reactors that are smaller than traditional ones.

Featuring Sonia Vallabh / Ehsan Hoque / Ronaldo Tenorio / Jagdish Chaturvedi / Kelly Sanders Sonia Vallabh Broad Institute A devastating personal diagnosis led her to become a scientist on [...]

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The article discusses three ways in which government is opting for cryptocurrency over notes and coins. Topics discussed include launch of Bitcoin in 2009 that uses blockchain technology, where the countries have responded to the recent change in cryptocurrency by adopting it as legal tender, such as El Salvador; and also mentions that Malta was one of the first countries to regulate cryptocurrencies when it passed a trio of laws in 2018 that defined Virtual Financial Assets.