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"How new fiction could help us improve AI."

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May 21—This week, paint that can scrub pollutants from the air, teeny microphones inspired by spiderwebs, and a push to create science fiction that depicts helpful, non-threatening artificial intelligence. All that and more below! --Ben Guarino, Associate Editor, Technology

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How New Science Fiction Could Help Us Improve AI We need to tell a new story about AI, and fiction has that power, humanities scholars say Nick Hilden

AI Is Getting Creepier, and Risky Cheese Is Getting Trendier  A rare geomagnetic storm lit up skies, eerie AI demonstrations and a cautionary word about raw milk. Rachel Feltman; Kelso Harper

AI Tool Predicts Whether Online Health Misinformation Will Cause Real-World Harm A new AI-based analytical technique reveals that specific language phrasing in Reddit misinformation posts foretold people rejecting COVID vaccinations Joanna Thompson

Spiderweb Thread Inspires Ultrasmall Microphones Sound recording could take a cue from arachnid acoustics Elizabeth Anne Brown

The Missing Human in Misinformation Fixes Misinformation solutions target a rational, ethical ideal who doesn’t exist; to combat misinfo, we need to start with a richer concept of the human Luke Munn

This Paint Could Clean Both Itself and the Air Recycled materials contribute to a potential pollutant-neutralizing paint Kate Graham-Shaw

A Brand-New Spacecraft Will Visit the International Space Station Soon Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser is set to make its inaugural trip to orbit to deliver supplies to the International Space Station Sarah Scoles

There Is Too Much Trash in Space Debris from spacecraft threatens the burgeoning space economy. We need a global agreement to keep space clean The Editors