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OpenAI’s warnings about risky AI are mostly just marketing

A powerful new AI called o1 is the most dangerous that OpenAI has ever released, the firm claims – but who are these warnings for, asks Chris Stokel-Walker

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Our fascination with monsters tells us a lot about ourselves

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Our fascination with monsters tells us a lot about ourselves

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Health

Rejecting standard cancer treatment like Elle Macpherson is a big risk

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis

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How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis

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How shrinking populations could help to save our planet

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How shrinking populations could help to save our planet

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Don't disrespect Alan Turing by reanimating him with AI

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Don't disrespect Alan Turing by reanimating him with AI

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The science is clear: repeatedly whipping a horse won't help it learn

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The science is clear: repeatedly whipping a horse won't help it learn

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Pen Hadow: Climate change is making my epic Arctic crossing impossible

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Pen Hadow: Climate change is making my epic Arctic crossing impossible

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Ants are incredible navigators - let's celebrate their brilliance

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Ants are incredible navigators - let's celebrate their brilliance

Ants and other insects are capable of astounding navigational feats. Perhaps an appreciation of this could aid conservation efforts, says Robert Barrie

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We are risking a heat disaster for athletes at the Olympics in Paris

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Why taking our grief out into nature can help us heal

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New Quiet Place movie adds to irrational fears over marauding aliens

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Health

Why we should be wary of social media's obsession with the vagus nerve

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