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"For autistic people, AI companions offer promise and risk." 

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Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.com).

June 11—This week, the environmental costs of Google’s AI search feature, how astronomy’s early adoption of digital imagery is connected to smartphone cameras, and what it’s like to live with the Neuralink implant, according to the first person to receive one. Enjoy!

--Ben Guarino, Associate Editor, Technology


 
For Autistic People, AI Companions Offer Promise and Risks

AI apps can help autistic people practice social skills. But algorithms are no substitute for human relationships, experts say

 
What Do Google’s AI Answers Cost the Environment?

Google is bringing AI answers to a billion people this year, but generative AI requires much more energy than traditional keyword searches

 
AI Will Become Mathematicians’ ‘Co-Pilot’

Fields Medalist Terence Tao explains how proof checkers and AI programs are dramatically changing mathematics

 
Climate Misinformation Is Rampant. AI May Be Able to Stop It

Researchers want to create an AI system that can quickly detect and debunk false or misleading claims about climate change

 
What It’s like to Live with a Brain Chip, according to Neuralink’s First User

Thirty-year-old Noland Arbaugh says the Neuralink chip has let him “reconnect with the world”

 
Smartphone Cameras Owe Their Power to Astronomy

The next time you snap a selfie, consider thanking an astronomer for your phone’s camera

 
Teens Are Spreading Deepfake Nudes of One Another. It’s No Joke

Teens are sending deepfake nude images of classmates to each other, disrupting lives. Schools, technology developers and parents need to act now

 
Carbon Removal Is Catching On, but It Needs to Go Faster

World leaders must make plans to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a new report says

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