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New research funded by the Pentagon suggests that artificial intelligence can scan and analyze blocks of text to discern whether the humans who wrote it have done something wrong or not. David Byrne on New Tech and AI | Gizmodo InterviewThe paper, written by two researchers at Ben-Gurion University, leverages predictive models that can analyze messages for what they call “social norm violations.” To do this, researchers used GPT-3 (a programmable large language model created by OpenAI that can automate content creation…

OpenAI, the creator of the wildly popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, has shut down the tool it developed to detect content created by AI rather than humans. The tool, dubbed AI Classifier, has been shuttered just six months after it was launched due to its “low rate of accuracy,” OpenAI said. Since ChatGPT and rival services have skyrocketed in popularity, there has been a concerted pushback from various groups concerned about the consequences of unchecked AI usage. For one thing, educators have…

By Walter Beckwith, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) July 22, 2023A comprehensive analysis of GPS time-series data suggests a precursory phase of fault slip occurs two hours before large earthquakes. However, the current inability of monitoring tools to detect such slips at the scale of individual earthquakes remains a significant challenge for practical earthquake prediction.A systematic global analysis of GPS time-series data from nearly 100 large earthquakes suggests the existence of a…

Image Source : FILE Netflix's plan to detect Password Sharing in India In a bid to accelerate its revenue growth, Netflix has unveiled a two-fold strategy that includes the introduction of a subscription tier with ads and a crackdown on password sharing. Recently, the video-streaming platform reached out to its subscribers in India, urging them not to share their…

SwRI contributed to new Cycle 1 JWST findings that show the plume of water escaping from Saturn’s moon Enceladus extends 6,000 miles or more than 40 times the moon’s size. In light of this discovery, SwRI’s Dr. Christopher Glein was awarded a NASA JWST Cycle 2 allocation to study the plume as well as the icy surface of Enceladus, to better understand the potential habitability of this ocean world. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/Alyssa Pagan (STScI)/Geronimo Villanueva (NASA-GSFC)SwRI scientist awarded JWST Cycle 2 observations of…

Researchers from Mauritius and Manchester University used crowd-sourced data to simulate radio leakage from Earth’s mobile towers to predict what an alien civilization might perceive from afar. The team found that while individual systems output low radio power, the combined spectrum of billions of devices, coupled with more powerful future broadband systems, could be substantial enough to be detected by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations.How would the Earth look like to an extraterrestrial civilization situated…

Researchers have developed a new technique to better detect extraterrestrial radio signals by weeding out the interference caused by Earth-based devices. It’s hoped that the technique will lead to the discovery of the first evidence of life outside our planet.The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) aims to detect evidence of technological civilizations – technosignatures – elsewhere in the universe. Radio frequencies, out of the whole electromagnetic spectrum, are a good candidate for picking up…

From left: Vlad Dumitru, Werner Lienhart and Lisa Strasser from the Institute of Engineering Geodesy and Measurement Systems at TU Graz. Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz By changes in the wavelength of light pulses in fiber optic cables, researchers at TU Graz can measure where rockfalls, landslides, fires and earthquakes are taking place. …

Materials found in the rocks of Mars' Jezero Crater suggest that organic matter may be widespread across the red planet.Spectroscopic analysis using instruments aboard the Perseverance rover has revealed evidence of hydrocarbon molecules in multiple rock formations. Moreover, the detections show different abundances and types of molecules in different rocks.This is not the first time that organic molecules have been detected on our planetary neighbor – the Curiosity rover found them in the Gale Crater, too – but the…

The SNO+ detector 2 kilometers deep in a mine in Ontario, Canada. The image shows the ropes that hold the 12 m-diameter acrylic vessel filled with 1,000 tons of water and the light sensors that detect tiny amount of light from neutrino interactions. Credit: Image courtesy of the SNO+ CollaborationFor the very first time, the SNO+ experiment has demonstrated the capability to detect neutrinos emitted by a nuclear reactor located more than 240 km away using plain water.The ScienceNeutrinos are subatomic particles that…