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Ad for AI editing app which said it could 'remove anything' banned The UK regulator said the ad condoned "digitally altering and exposing women's bodies without their consent."
MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab seed to signal: Amplifying early-career faculty impact
MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab seed to signal: Amplifying early-career faculty impact The early years of faculty members’ careers are a formative and exciting time in which to establish a firm footing that helps determine the trajectory of researchers’ studies. This includes building a research team, which demands innovative ideas and direction, ...
Tech Life The effect of screen time on young children. Plus a listener tells us his AI voice story.
Three anesthesia drugs all have the same effect in the brain, MIT researchers find
Three anesthesia drugs all have the same effect in the brain, MIT researchers find When patients undergo general anesthesia, doctors can choose among several drugs. Although each of these drugs acts on neurons in different ways, they all lead to the same result: a disruption of the brain’s balance between stability and excitability, according ...
Nvidia faces gamer backlash over 'breakthrough' AI graphics feature Nvidia says the tool will transform game graphics - critics warn it could squeeze out artistic expression.
“We the People” depicts inventors, dreamers, and innovators in all 50 states
“We the People” depicts inventors, dreamers, and innovators in all 50 states Zora Neale Hurston remains one of America’s best-known authors. Charles Henry Turner developed landmark studies about the behavior of bees and spiders. Brian Wilson founded the Beach Boys. George Nissen invented the trampoline. What do they all have in common?Well, ...
AI firm Anthropic seeks weapons expert to stop users from 'misuse' The artificial intelligence firm says it wants to prevent "catastrophic misuse" of its systems.
Teens sue Musk's xAI over Grok's pornographic images of them Musk's AI chatbot has created millions of fake sexualised images, experts say.
Ocean bacteria team up to break down biodegradable plastic
Ocean bacteria team up to break down biodegradable plastic Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health. But how long plastics take to degrade and how environmental bacteria work together to break them down is still largely unknown.Understanding how ...
Firms urged to check if other users edited their data on Companies House The glitch meant logged-in users could view and edit other companies' details without their consent.
New sensor sniffs out pneumonia on a patient’s breath
New sensor sniffs out pneumonia on a patient’s breath Diagnosing some diseases could be as easy as breathing into a tube. MIT engineers have developed a test to detect disease-related compounds in a patient’s breath. The new test could provide a faster way to diagnose pneumonia and other lung ...
Is this product 'human-made'? The race to establish an AI-free logo The backlash to the growing use of the tech has led to an explosion in attempts to come up with 'AI-Free' logo that could be used globally.
From Idaho to MIT, on a quest to cut methane emissions
From Idaho to MIT, on a quest to cut methane emissions Amid the hum of milking equipment and the shuffle of cow hooves, PhD student Audrey Parker and her collaborators pull a wagon through a dusty path of a dairy barn, measuring an invisible greenhouse gas drifting through the air. Most ...
Tech Now Paul Carter checks out the newest phones, gadgets and trends from MWC Barcelona.
She spent 16 hours on Instagram in a day. It's up to a jury to... A landmark lawsuit will set the stage for thousands of people who say social media platforms are intentionally addictive.
Financial Times ranks MIT Sloan No. 1 in 2026 Global MBA Ranking
Financial Times ranks MIT Sloan No. 1 in 2026 Global MBA Ranking The Financial Times has placed MIT Sloan School of Management at the top of its recently released 2026 Global MBA Ranking. It is the school’s first time gaining the No. 1 spot in the list.In its announcement of the rankings, the publication ...
Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe The new changes by the Pan-European Game Information age-ratings body (PEGI) will start from June.
AI-powered life science district could add £3.5bn to UK economy, modelled on Boston's Kendall Square... AI-powered life science district could add £3.5bn to UK economy, modelled on Boston's Kendall Square  University College London

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