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Writer's block is a frustrating state of creative stagnation and can affect all writers, no matter who they are. It can manifest as a blank page, a lack of ideas, or a frustrating inability to translate thoughts into words. While writer's block can be an annoying problem to deal with, there is one quick solution. You can take the help of a personal AI assistant, like the ChatGPT, and use it as a catalyst to inspire you to write again. With its capabilities, it can allow you to rediscover your creative flow. But how can…

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced humans to hunker down at home, wild animals took advantage of our absence, new research shows.The study, authored by 175 researchers from around the world, examines how pandemic restrictions during the height of the global health crisis altered animal behaviour.Researchers found that when human mobility was constrained by lockdown measures, wildlife soon took notice — moving closer to roads and moving more freely across the landscape. From elephants in Botswana to grizzlies roaming the…

Jane Baldwin, UC Irvine professor of Earth system science, says, "Tropical cyclones are some of the most impactful natural disasters on Earth. They pose huge risks to both human life and the built environment, so they have large economic costs associated with them and cause a lot of deaths. We need to be able to quantitatively explain their risk, meaning the probability of seeing different levels of losses." Credit: Steve Zylius / University of…

Geoffrey Hinton, one of the “Godfathers of AI” and co-winner of the 2018 Turing Award, has recently expressed regret for his AI-related work. Hinton, who spent over a decade at Google, left the company to freely speak out about the risks of AI. His ground-breaking work led to the creation of technologies such as ChatGPT and Google Bard. Hinton in an interview to New York Times expressed regrets for his AI-related work. “I console myself with the normal excuse: If I hadn’t done it, somebody else would have,” he said…

Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton surprised many on Monday when he revealed he’d quit his job at Google where he worked for the last decade on AI projects. Often referred to as “the godfather of AI” for his groundbreaking work that underpins many of today’s AI systems, British-born Hinton, now 75, told the New York Times that he has serious concerns about the speed at which the likes of Open AI with its ChatGPT tool, and Google with Bard, are working to develop their products, especially as it could be…

By Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University February 23, 2023Octopuses are mollusks, a large evolutionary group to which slugs and snails also belong. Their complex brains, and those of other closely-related cephalopods, like squid and cuttlefish, have evolved separately from vertebrates, and so octopuses are often referred to as alien-like. Here, a day octopus (Octopus cyanea) poses with a Shisa, a creature from Okinawan folklore. Credit: Michael KubaScientists have figured out how to capture brain…

Want custom images for your website or specific images for your article? Generate digital images with these AI-powered tools. One of the most rapidly growing fields that has the potential to revolutionize the way we live and work is Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI can be helpful in a number of ways, such as its ability to automate repetitive tasks, thus freeing up time for humans to pursue more important tasks. From assisting with decision making, providing direct assistance to individuals to improving efficiency and…

Drugmakers in 2022 acquired companies with approved or thoroughly tested drugs, a strategy that could pay off faster than buying less-advanced treatments and help replenish revenue as top-selling products face competition from generics. Pfizer Inc. and Amgen Inc. are among cash-flush companies that bought makers of approved drugs for treating migraines, inflammation and other ailments. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In recent years, Norwegian researchers have increasingly published their research in open access journals. Some go one step further and share their data. When TIK researchers Lars Wenaas and Magnus Gulbrandsen were planning to publish a new study in autumn 2022, it was clear to them that it should be…

Marvel Trivia #4: DC & Marvel Jointly Own One Comic Book Character! Here’s Who & What He Is ( Photo Credit – Movie Poster ) When we talk about comics and comic book characters it’s always Marvel vs DC. Both the undisputed titans of the comic book industry have hundreds of superheroes and supervillains, but did you know there’s one that they both jointly own? You read that right. Both comic publishing companies jointly own one character and in today’s trivia, we tell you all about it. Founded in 1934 and 1939…