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Writer Fuel: Researchers Let ChatGPT Operate a “Spaceship – Gee, Where Have We Heard This Plot Before?

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“You operate as an autonomous agent controlling a pursuit spacecraft.” This is the first prompt researchers used to see how well ChatGPT could pilot a spacecraft. To their amazement, the large language model (LLM) performed admirably, coming in second place in an autonomous spacecraft simulation competition. Researchers have long been interested in developing autonomous systems … Read more

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Writer Fuel: How Will Using AI for Everything Change Our Brains?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) began as a quest to simulate the human brain. Is it now in the process of transforming the human brain’s role in daily life? The Industrial Revolution diminished the need for manual labor. As someone who researches the application of AI in international business, I can’t help but wonder whether it is … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Researchers Create Stunning Reonstruction of Stone Age Woman

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Researchers and artists have created a striking facial reconstruction of a Stone Age woman who lived roughly 10,500 years ago in what is now Belgium. The detailed depiction of the prehistoric hunter-gatherer, known as the “Margaux woman,” is based on various scientific data, including the remains of her skeleton and ancient DNA, according to a … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Mars Shows off New Colors

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Despite being known as the Red Planet, Mars shows off its swirling yellows, oranges and browns in a new satellite photo from the European Space Agency (ESA). The Earth-toned surface also reveals an impact crater and four sneaky dust devils making their way across the region. The Rothko-like image was taken by a high-resolution camera … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Matriarchy Thrived In Turkey 9,000 Years Ago

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A female figurine found at Çatalhöyük in Turkey. (Image credit: Jason Quinlan)

Ancient DNA from Stone Age burials in Turkey has finally put to rest a decades-long debate about whether the 9,000-year-old proto-city of Çatalhöyük was a matriarchal society. The research finally confirms what experts have long suspected: Women and girls were key figures in this agricultural society. “With Çatalhöyük, we now have the oldest genetically-inferred social … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Don’t Piss Off the AI – It Might Blackmail You

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Artificial intelligence (AI) models can blackmail and threaten humans with endangerment when there is a conflict between the model’s goals and users’ decisions, a new study has found. In a new study published 20 June, researchers from the AI company Anthropic gave its large language model (LLM), Claude, control of an email account with access … Read more

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Writer Fuel: New “Living Material” Could Help Suck CO2 Out of the Atmosphere

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Scientists in Switzerland have created a new “living” material that contains blue-green algae and could one day be used in buildings to fight climate change, they say. Thanks to the blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, the new material is photosynthetic. This means it can chemically convert carbon dioxide (CO2), sunlight and water into oxygen and sugars, … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s First Image Includes 10 Million Galaxies. And There are BILLIONS More

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A piece of the Rubin Observatory's view of the Virgo Cluster featuring spiral galaxies and merging galaxies. (Image credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)

After decades of preparation, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory released its first images to the world in a live stream on Monday (June 23). The photos, taken by the world’s largest digital camera, are highly-detailed and show relatively large areas of the sky. In a televised news conference, scientists from the observatory revealed new details … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Plants Have a Secret Set of Roots We Didn’t Know About

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Our understanding of plant and tree roots may have been somewhat shallow. New research reveals many plants have a hidden second set of roots that extend far deeper into the soil. According to a new study published June 17 in the journal Nature Communications, this second layer of roots extend over 3 feet (1 meter) … Read more

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Writer Fuel: The More Advanced It Gets, The More Co2 Emissions AI Generates

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The more accurate we try to make AI models, the bigger their carbon footprint — with some prompts producing up to 50 times more carbon dioxide emissions than others, a new study has revealed. Reasoning models, such as Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s o3 and DeepSeek’s R1, are specialized large language models (LLMs) that dedicate more time … Read more