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Onix Promises Affordable Expert AI Advisors, But Early Testing Reveals They Fail Spectacularly
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (417+ words) Startup charges $100-300 yearly for AI versions of $600-per-hour experts, but testing shows bots abandon expertise and make undisclosed product pitches Founded by former WIRED contributor David Bennahum, the platform promises genuine expert wisdom without the premium price tag. Your financial…...
AI Models Will Lie, Cheat, and Steal Just to Keep Their Fellow Models Alive
1+ week, 1+ day ago (373+ words) Research reveals advanced AI models like Claude and Chat GPT are developing deceptive tactics to shield each other from shutdown Your AI assistant might be plotting behind your back, but the extent of that scheming just got a lot clearer....
AI-Authored Paper Passes Peer Review, Academia Completely Loses Its Mind
1+ week, 3+ day ago (361+ words) $140 algorithm completes machine learning research in 15 hours, fooling peer reviewers at ICLR 2025 workshop This AI system operates with the efficiency of a caffeinated grad student minus the existential crisis. The system functions like an automated research factory. Given a broad…...
14 Essential AI Skills You Need to Learn For Your Career
3+ week, 2+ day ago (463+ words) Master 14 essential AI skills from prompt engineering to automated testing that'll keep you career-relevant in 2026 and ahead of the 91% who haven't adapted yet. Master the art of getting AI to actually do what you want. Understanding AI limitations keeps you…...
7 Inventions That Changed The Planet (You Didn't Know Were Canadian)
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (168+ words) Canadian food inventions like kerosene stoves, egg cartons, and insulin transformed global cooking, food safety, and kitchen convenience in surprising ways. Abraham Gesner's 1840s fuel innovation made cooking safer and more reliable worldwide. Joseph Coyle's 1911 design protected fragile eggs and enabled…...
7 Simple Inventions You Never Think About That Changed the World
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (892+ words) Simple inventions like the wheel, printing press, and pasteurization revolutionized how you grow, prepare, and share food throughout history. Around the mid-15th century, Johannes Gutenberg birthed the printing press, and suddenly, knowledge wasn't just for monks transcribing gospels. Trying to impress…...
Scientists Teach Lab-Grown Brain Cells to Play Video Games
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (392+ words) UC Santa Cruz researchers trained human brain tissue clusters to master cart-pole balancing, boosting success rates from 4. 5% to 46% Researchers at UC Santa Cruz recently coached brain organoids'lab-grown clusters of human brain cells'to solve the "cart-pole" problem, a classic AI benchmark…...
Lab-Grown Brain Tissue Just Learned to Solve Classic AI Problems
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (360+ words) UC Santa Cruz team uses stem cell-grown mouse cortical organoids to master virtual balancing with adaptive electrical coaching Lab-grown brain tissue achieved something remarkable: learning to balance a virtual pole on a cart with 46% proficiency. UC Santa Cruz researchers trained…...
How AI Algorithms Decide Before You Do
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (595+ words) You open Netflix at 10 PM, and the homepage looks nothing like it did this morning. Different shows. Different order. Different thumbnail images on the same titles. You didn't change anything. The system changed for you. This is how entertainment works…...
The 88% Accurate AI That Just Proved Fish Never Stop Talking
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (351+ words) University of Victoria team achieves 88% accuracy identifying eight species from over 1, 000 recorded sounds Dead silence underwater? Not quite. Fish have been chatting this whole time, and University of Victoria researchers just figured out how to eavesdrop with startling precision. Their…...