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From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet
Technology

From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet

ChatGPT drops its sign-in requirement for searchImage: The VergeChatGPT no longer requires you to log in to use the AI chatbot’s search engine, OpenAI announced on Wednesday. With the feature, ChatGPT will surface responses based on information from the web while presenting a list of sources it used to inform its answer.OpenAI first launched its search engine to paid ChatGPT subscribers last October and later rolled it out to everyone in December. But now that you no longer need an account to use it, ChatGPT search will compete directly with search engines like Google and Bing.Read Article >Google’s Gemini app adds access to ‘thinking’ AI modelsGoogle is bringing its experimental “reasoning” artificial intelligence model capable of explaining how it answers complex questions to the Gemini ...
Downloading DeepSeek could lead to jail time and a $1 million fine under new US bill
Artificial Intelligence

Downloading DeepSeek could lead to jail time and a $1 million fine under new US bill

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. WTF?! Would you be willing to use the App Store-topping DeepSeek if doing so were illegal, potentially landing you behind bars for 20 years and a fine up to $1 million? A senator has introduced a new bill designed to restrict Chinese AI products that would make this bizarre scenario a reality. Republican Senator from Missouri Josh Hawley's proposed legislation, the Decoupling America's Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act of 2025, aims to prohibit those in the US from advancing AI capabilities within the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. If passed, the law would impose fines of up to $100 million on US enterprises that conduct AI research wit...
Will AI revolutionise drug development? Researchers say it depends on how it’s used
Artificial Intelligence

Will AI revolutionise drug development? Researchers say it depends on how it’s used

The potential of using artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development has sparked both excitement and skepticism among scientists, investors and the general public. “Artificial intelligence is taking over drug development,” claim some companies and researchers. Over the past few years, interest in using AI to design drugs and optimise clinical trials has driven a surge in research and investment. AI-driven platforms like AlphaFold, which won the 2024 Nobel Prize for its ability to predict the structure of proteins and design new ones, showcase AI’s potential to accelerate drug development. AI in drug discovery is “nonsense,” warn some industry veterans. They urge that “AI’s potential to accelerate drug discovery needs a reality check,” as AI-generated drugs have yet to demonstra...
This Experimental Google Feature Lets You Send Robocalls to Local Businesses
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This Experimental Google Feature Lets You Send Robocalls to Local Businesses

Usually, it’s the businesses that are behind robocalls, but if you work at a nail salon or an auto repair shop, get ready for customers to start sending hordes of AI Karens your way.Google’s latest experimental AI feature, available to those who sign up for “Ask for me” on Google Search Labs, is aiming to be a sort of personal AI secretary for you. Once enabled, it’ll pop up an “Ask for me” button under certain searches, promising to call local shops for you to help you figure out availability, service costs, and the like.Clicking the “Ask for me” button will take you to a form, where you’ll fill out, for example, the make and model of your car, what services you need, and when you can come in. Google will then canvass local shops (there doesn’t seem to be an option to send a call only to ...
Male Amazon river dolphins pee into the air, confusing scientists
Science and Nature

Male Amazon river dolphins pee into the air, confusing scientists

The new research confirms past anecdotal evidence. Credit: Deposit Photos Researchers say they have made a startling discovery in the Amazon River. But their evidence wasn’t collected from the water—it could be seen from shore. After around 219 hours of observations, they can confirm that male Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis), also known as botos, often roll onto their backs and urinate over three feet into the air. It isn’t random. The male botos appear to be peeing with a purpose. Over four years, a team from Canada’s CetAsia Research Group traveled to the Amazon river, where they then closely watched river dolphin social interactions. Researchers documented a total of 36 separate instances of male botos deciding to pee wh...
New Zombie Fungus Is Infecting and Killing Spiders in Irish Caves
Science and Nature

New Zombie Fungus Is Infecting and Killing Spiders in Irish Caves

Researchers have identified a new form of zombie fungus that is infecting spiders in Irish caves. According to the study published in Fungal Systematics and Evolution, the spider species were found in different “ecological niches within the caves.”While filming a BBC nature program — Winterwatch — the crew came across a spider infected with a fungus. The white fungus looked like frost or coral had grown from the spider’s body. Now, after further study, researchers have identified it as a possible zombie fungus and have named it after long-time presenter and nature advocate Sir David Attenborough.A New Zombie Fungus A zombie fungus sounds like something straight out of science fiction; however, a fungus like this isn’t new to science. Another fungus species, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis infe...
Mice with 2 fathers have actually been produced utilizing CRISPR
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Mice with 2 fathers have actually been produced utilizing CRISPR

Human beings are off limitations in the meantime, however the work does assist us much better comprehend an odd biological phenomenon called inscribing, which triggers particular genes to be revealed in a different way depending upon which moms and dad they originated from. For these genes, animals acquire part of a "dosage" from each moms and dad, and the 2 should operate in consistency to develop a healthy embryo. Without both dosages, gene expression can go awry, and the resulting embryos can wind up with irregularities. This is what scientists have actually discovered in previous efforts to produce mice with 2 fathers. In the 1980s, researchers in the UK attempted injecting the DNA-containing nucleus of a sperm cell into a fertilized egg cell. The resulting embryos had DNA from 2 male...
The Surprising Science of Creatine’s ‘Loading Phase’
Health and Mediacal

The Surprising Science of Creatine’s ‘Loading Phase’

IF YOU RECENTLY began taking creatine, you might have seen guidelines to take 3 to 4 times the serving size quantity throughout the very first week of supplements noted on the bottle. This odd phenomenon is called the developing filling stage-- and it's been puzzling fitness center goers for a long time. You need to definitely include creatine into your regular if your chief physical fitness objective is to get muscle (as long as your medical professional okays it, naturally)-- that much holds true. It's one of the most looked into supplements on the marketplace, and dietitians and medical professionals alike concur its safe and efficient so long as you follow dose standards. Those standards are a bit complicated right from the start. Have a look at the guidelines label on your container. ...
Cleveland Clinic groups with Miami University for quantum computing education
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Cleveland Clinic groups with Miami University for quantum computing education

Cleveland Clinic, which has actually been acutely concentrated on health care quantum computing applications recently, is partnering with Oxford, Ohio-based Miami University to advance quantum education in the Buckeye State. WHY IT MATTERS The partnership will produce Ohio's very first specialized degree programs and research study experiences in quantum computing, the companies state, with a concentrate on cultivating clinical and entrepreneurial skill to "establish business, raise companies and advance companies" that use quantum computing. The brand-new program will focus around production of specialized degree programs throughout a spectrum of calculating platforms-- from classical systems to innovative high-performance and quantum computing methods-- with bachelor's, master's and post...