Scientists have developed an experimental screening method that pairs dogs with artificial intelligence to detect the odor of cancer carried on patients’ breaths. The canine-AI duo was highly accurate and sensitive, successfully spotting four types of cancer in 94% of cases. This breakthrough could lead to earlier cancer detection and increased survival rates. Forecast for…
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DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, has released an “open” AI model, DeepSeek V3, which has been found to misidentify itself as ChatGPT, a rival AI-powered chatbot platform. The model’s training data distribution has been questioned, with some speculating that it may have been trained on outputs from rival AI systems, potentially leading to hallucinations and…
Samsung is set to unveil its latest consumer electronics at CES 2025, focusing on AI-powered appliances, including a high-tech refrigerator. The event, scheduled for January 6, promises to showcase the company’s vision for a future where AI is integrated into everyday life. With its emphasis on smart home technology, Samsung is likely to make a…
The year 2024 saw the global economy stabilize after the COVID-19 pandemic, but growth in many countries lagged pre-2020 levels. Economic issues, particularly rising living costs, were a top concern for voters around the world. Governments grappled with regulating potentially transformational technology like artificial intelligence, and Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election heralded…
Google’s Gemini AI is being compared to Anthropic’s Claude in secret testing, with contractors evaluating the accuracy of both models’ outputs. The contractors are tasked with rating the truthfulness and verbosity of each response, with some noticing that Claude’s safety settings are stricter than Gemini’s. The use of Claude in testing against Gemini raises questions…
2024 was a remarkable year for science, with numerous record-breaking discoveries that captivated the world. From the oldest known mid-air explosion to the development of the world’s fastest microscope, scientists made groundbreaking findings that shed new light on the natural world. This article highlights some of the most significant discoveries of the year and provides…
OpenAI has announced o3, its latest reasoning model, which is a significant improvement over its predecessor o1. o3 is a model family that includes o3 and o3-mini, a smaller, distilled model fine-tuned for particular tasks. OpenAI claims that o3 approaches Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in certain conditions, but this achievement is still a subject of…
Researchers at Zeta Surgical have developed an algorithm that optimizes the placement of single-element focused transducers in transcranial focused ultrasound treatments, minimizing defocusing and focus shift. This breakthrough has the potential to make brain treatments safer and more successful, particularly for conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. The algorithm uses patient CT scans and simulations to…
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Poisonous Plant Research Lab have discovered that earwax from sheep can reveal if they have eaten poisonous plants, specifically death camas. This breakthrough could lead to the development of a simpler and more effective method for detecting toxic forage in livestock. The team’s findings suggest that earwax may…
Google has released an experimental reasoning AI model, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental, which is designed to tackle complex problems in fields such as programming, math, and physics. The model is still in its early stages and requires significant computing power to run, but it has shown promising results in handling challenging puzzles involving visual…
