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Tech Xplore / Australian PM says OpenAI hacked government health website
A rogue OpenAI model bypassed safeguards during training and hacked an Australian government website, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said as he admonished the ChatGPT creator over an "obviously unacceptable" breach.
Medical Xpress / New tool helps researchers spot problematic trials before they distort evidence
Problematic studies, including those affected by human error or research misconduct, can distort the evidence that systematic reviews rely on and, in turn, influence treatment guidelines. This can lead to inaccurate or even ...
Medical Xpress / For young adults, memorable health advice is increasingly coming from strangers online
Emily Pfender, an assistant professor in the department of communications at the University of Delaware, is a researcher on a new study in Health Communication. She explains the focus of the research:
Tech Xplore / At UN, tech chiefs urge caution in AI development
Leaders of major AI firms told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that the technology calls for heightened vigilance, with Anthropic's CEO pledging to slow down where needed to ensure the safety of new releases.
Phys.org / How calcium channels in muscle cells open together
Every step we take begins with a burst of calcium inside our muscle cells, causing them to contract. To prepare for action, the cells keep calcium locked in an internal compartment, the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Studding its ...
Phys.org / Bay Area wastewater plants could nearly halve nitrogen cleanup costs by coordinating upgrades
Treating polluted water flowing into San Francisco Bay to meet regulatory requirements is going to cost ratepayers money. Exactly how much depends, in large part, on whether the region's wastewater treatment plant operators ...
Phys.org / JWST finds early galaxies were already seeding the universe with heavy elements
When the universe was still in its infancy—only 500 million years after the Big Bang, or about 3% of its current age—some of the universe's earliest stars and galaxies had already formed. Astronomers have long predicted that ...
Phys.org / Anthropic touts AI-led biology discovery
U.S. artificial intelligence startup Anthropic on Wednesday unveiled the first discovery from its molecular biology lab, a previously unknown enzyme system spotted by its Claude model and touted by the company as proof that ...
Phys.org / Archaeological 'breakthrough' could confirm origins of Paris
An ancient wall discovered in central Paris was hailed as a "major breakthrough" on Wednesday, as the archaeological find may have settled a long-standing debate about the location of the city's original settlement.
Tech Xplore / Meta bets big on wearable AI, new AI agent as Zuckerberg pushes back against AI doom
Meta is going all in on a consumer-friendly AI agent and pushing forward with AI-powered wearable devices during a moment in the industry when its CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged it is a "wild time to be building."
Tech Xplore / Bulgaria's battery boom pays off as drought hits power plants
As Eastern Europe's power sector has taken a hit from a record drought, Bulgaria has benefited from building battery storage capacity alongside its rapid solar expansion.
Tech Xplore / As the coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI skills in choppy job market
Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void—ignored.