Technology Headlines

Scientists make a pocket-sized AI brain with help from monkey neurons
Tue Mar 03 6:00 am
A new study suggests AI systems could be a lot more efficient. Researchers were able to shrink an AI vision model to 1/1000th of its original size.
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College students, professors are making their own AI rules. They don't always agree
Tue Mar 03 5:00 am
More than three years after ChatGPT debuted, AI has become a part of everyday life — and professors and students are still figuring out how or if they should use it.
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How long do electric vehicle batteries actually last?
Mon Mar 02 5:00 am
When the modern electric vehicle was still in its infancy, drivers worried that vehicles would need expensive battery replacements within a few years. But battery lifespans are exceeding expectations.
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Prediction market trader 'Magamyman' made $553,000 on death of Iran's supreme leader
Sun Mar 01 9:57 pm
It's the latest trade drawing scrutiny on the popular prediction market site for appearing to show an insider making profits on military secrets.
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How the federal government is painting immigrants as criminals on social media
Fri Feb 27 5:50 pm
Experts say this kind of media campaign is unprecedented and paints a distorted picture of immigrants and crime
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OpenAI announces Pentagon deal after Trump bans Anthropic
Fri Feb 27 3:03 pm
Shortly after the president's ban of artificial intelligence company Anthropic, rival OpenAI announced it had done a deal with the Defense Department to provide its technology for classified networks.
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What to know about the showdown between AI company Anthropic and the Pentagon
Fri Feb 27 4:43 am
NPR speaks with Maria Curi, an AI tech policy reporter at Axios, about the showdown between Anthropic and the Department of Defense.
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Deadline looms as Anthropic rejects Pentagon demands it remove AI safeguards
Thu Feb 26 9:19 pm
The Defense Department has been feuding with Anthropic over military uses of its artificial intelligence tools. At stake are hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and access to some of the most advanced AI on the planet.
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These major issues have brought together Democrats and Republicans in states
Thu Feb 26 2:22 pm
Across the country, Republicans and Democrats have found bipartisan agreement on regulating artificial intelligence and data centers. But it's not just big tech aligning the two parties.
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Secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules are made public
Thu Feb 26 1:32 pm
The Energy Department made the rules public a month after NPR reported about their existence. The rules slash requirements for security and environmental protections.
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