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Can AI Replace Human Research Participants? These Scientists See RisksSeveral recent proposals for using AI to generate research data could save time and effort but at a costBy Chris Stokel-Walker Credit: zepp1969/Getty ImagesIn science, studying human experiences typically requires time, money and—of course—human participants. But as large language models such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 have grown more sophisticated, some in the research community have been steadily warming to the idea that artificial intelligence could replace…

Alexandra Alper / Reuters: The UN unanimously adopts the first global resolution on AI to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding human rights — The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence … Alexandra Alper / Reuters: The UN unanimously adopts the first global resolution on AI to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding human rights …

Lenny Kravitz brought his shiny pants to The Tonight Show to debut his latest single, “Human.” Appearing with his live band, the singer offered an uplifting rendition of the track, which reflects on finding confidence in your existence. The song comes off the rock musician’s forthcoming 12th album, Blue Electric Light, which is set to drop May 24 via Roxie Records. So far Kravitz has released one single, “TK421.” The album marks Kravitz’s first album in five years, since 2018’s Raise Vibration, as well as the…

Three years after Neuralink showed footage of a monkey playing Pong using signals delivered via a brain implant, the Elon Musk-backed company has shared another video, this time of a human using the same technology to play chess on a computer. Neuralink live streamed the remarkable demonstration (below) on social media on Wednesday. https://t.co/OMIeGGjYtG — Neuralink (@neuralink) March 20, 2024 It features 29-year-old quadriplegic Noland Arbaugh, who recently became the first human patient to have…

Earlier this year, Elon Musk announced that the first human patient had received a Neuralink brain implant as part of the company’s first clinical trial. Now, the company has shared a brief public demo of the brain-computer interface (BCI) in action.The company briefly live streamed a demo on X with a 29-year-old man named Nolan Arbaugh, who said he was paralyzed from the neck down after a diving accident eight years ago. In the video, Arbaugh explains that after receiving the implant — he said the surgery was “super…

On Wednesday, Neuralink introduced the first human subject to receive the company’s brain implant, a 49-year-old man who has been paralyzed from the shoulders down for eight years after a diving accident.In a brief livestream on the social media platform X, the man said he’s able to play online chess and the video game Civilization using the Neuralink device. “If y'all can see the cursor moving around the screen, that's all me,” he said during the livestream as he moved a digital chess piece. “It's pretty cool,…

OpenAI has hit back, saying they are not in any kind of founding agreement with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Elon Musk who is currently locked in a battle with ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Wednesday that artificial intelligence (AI) will probably be smarter than any single human by next year.Musk has sued Sam-Altman-run company, alleging that it had breached the “founding agreement” via its partnership with tech giant Microsoft. OpenAI has hit back, saying they are not in any kind of founding…

How the Bud Light boycott and SalesForce’s innovation plans confuse the best LLMsImage by Dall-E 3Can the best AI models today, accurately pick up the most important message out of a company earnings call? They can certainly pick up SOME points but how do we know if those are the important ones? Can we prompt them into to doing a better job? To find those answers, we look at what the best journalists in the field have done and try to get as close to that with AIThe ChallengeIn this article, I look at 8 recent company…

The human brain, it turns out, can be surprisingly resistant to the ravages of time.A new study has cataloged human brains that have been found on the archaeological record around the world and discovered that this remarkable organ resists decomposition far more than we thought – even when the rest of the body's soft tissues have completely melted away.Led by molecular taphonomist Alexandra Morton-Hayward of the University of Oxford, a team of scientists has identified more than 4,400 preserved human brains, dating back…

Fragments of brain from an individual buried in a Victorian workhouse cemetery (Bristol, UK), some 200 years ago. No other soft tissue survived among the bones, which were dredged from the heavily waterlogged grave. Credit: Alexandra L. Morton-Hayward Soft tissue preservation in the geological record is relatively rare, and except where deliberate intervention halts the process of decay (like embalming or freezing), the…