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With the aid of crystals known as perovskites, solar cells are increasingly breaking records in how well they convert sunlight to electricity. Now a new automated system could make those records fall even faster. North Carolina State University’s RoboMapper can analyze how well perovskites might perform in solar cells, using roughly 10 to 50 times less time, cost, and energy than either manual labor or previous robotic platforms, its inventors say.The most common solar cells use silicon to

GCHQ, MI6 and MI5 propose weakening safeguards that limit training of AI models with bulk personal datasetsThe UK intelligence agencies are lobbying the government to weaken surveillance laws they argue place a “burdensome” limit on their ability to train artificial intelligence models with large amounts of personal data.The proposals would make it easier for GCHQ, MI6 and MI5 to use certain types of data, by relaxing safeguards designed to protect people’s privacy and prevent

Generative AI uses huge amounts of electricity and water to power it, and the problem is only going to get worse• Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article hereTechnology never exists in a vacuum, and the rise of cryptocurrency in the last two or three years shows that. While plenty of people were making extraordinary amounts of money from investing in bitcoin and its competitors, there was consternation about the impact those get-rich-quick speculators

AI uses huge amounts of electricity and water to work, and the problem is only going to get worse – what can be done?• Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article hereTechnology never exists in a vacuum, and the rise of cryptocurrency in the last two or three years shows that. While plenty of people were making extraordinary amounts of money from investing in bitcoin and its competitors, there was consternation about the impact those get-rich-quick

Production on Hollywood films and hit TV shows has ground to a halt. Apart from the stars on the picket line, how is this strike different from other labour disputes?For the first time since 1961 – when Ronald Reagan was a union rep – actors and writers in the US have gone on strike. In the UK, Brian Cox, who played the terrifying media boss Logan Roy in the award-winning TV show Succession, led a rally in support of their actions.Cox tells Michael Safi why streaming and AI could tra