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Technology

ChatGPT seems to be trained on copyrighted books like Harry Potter

A test to see whether ChatGPT has memorised the contents of copyrighted material suggests it was trained on passages from Harry Potter, Game of Thrones and many other novels

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A large brown locust, Locusta migratoria, with a pattern on its body sits on branch among green vegetation in a summer garden. The migratory locust is the most widespread locust species

Life

Locusts produce an odour to try to put other locusts off eating them

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Mind

Movie clip reconstructed by an AI reading mice's brains as they watch

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Portrait of family of a Chimpanzee bonobo ( Pan paniscus). Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa

Life

Apes have the same willingness to share food as small children

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Blobs of worms untangle in milliseconds with a corkscrew wiggle

Life

Blobs of worms untangle in milliseconds with a corkscrew wiggle

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Technology

Fluent answers from AI search engines are more likely to be wrong

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A girl working at a computer

Technology

Tools to spot AI essays show bias against non-native English speakers

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Figure 4: At the beginning of the simulation, one agent is initialized with an intent to organize a Valentine?s Day party. Despite many possible points of failure in the ensuring chain of events?agents might not act on that intent, might not remember to tell others, might not remember to show up?the Valentine?s Day party does in fact occur, with a number of agents gathering and interacting.

Technology

ChatGPT agents are better at simulated role-play than humans

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Life

Elephant seals take power naps in the ocean while slowly sinking

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Moths around a light bulb

Life

We finally know why insects are attracted to lights

Artificial light doesn’t actually attract insects but instead interferes with the control systems they use to orientate their body when flying

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Technology

How smart is ChatGPT really – and how do we judge intelligence in AIs?

Features

Life

Big animals move more slowly than small ones to avoid overheating

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Technology

Artificial intelligence: 5 questions answered that you should know

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Technology

How this moment for AI will change society forever (and how it won't)

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