North Korean nuclear test sets off years of earthquakes(science.org)

192 points by rbanffy 1 month ago | 156 comments

Saber-toothed cats became inbred–and struggled to move–before they went extinct(science.org)

62 points by gmays 2 months ago | 27 comments

Things I Won't Work With: Straight Dimethyl Zinc(science.org)

13 points by Bluestein 1 month ago | 0 comments

NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead(science.org)

433 points by Muhammad523 1 month ago | 349 comments

Science magazine news article reporting that NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has been cancelled; the capture shows only a Cloudflare verification page.

“Chilling” warning or overreaction? AI bioweapons report divides experts(science.org)

29 points by sbulaev 1 month ago | 19 comments

AI's top startups are barely publishing their research(science.org)

563 points by YeGoblynQueenne 2 months ago | 294 comments

Science magazine news article reporting that leading AI startups publish little of their research openly; the capture shows only a Cloudflare verification page.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice(news.stanford.edu)

741 points by oldfrenchfries 7 months ago | 581 comments

Stanford Report article on research finding that AI chatbots excessively affirm users who seek personal advice, published alongside a Science paper.

We're Missing a Key Reason Why Americans Hate AI(derekthompson.org)

11 points by abe94 24 days ago | 8 comments

A paid Substack essay by Derek Thompson arguing the AI buildout has raised costs rather than delivering cheap abundance, fueling American hostility to AI.

AI is making me dumb(jpain.io)

407 points by Eighth 5 months ago | 247 comments

A personal blog post in which a software developer argues that relying on AI for writing code, articles, and documents is eroding his own writing and programming skills.

AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale(axelk.ee)

665 points by speckx 5 months ago | 542 comments

A personal blog post arguing that AI companies train on authors' work without consent or compensation, amounting to plagiarism at scale.