• Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to restart to power Microsoft AI operations

    Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to restart to power Microsoft AI operations
    Pennsylvania plant was site of most serious nuclear meltdown and radiation leak in US history in 1979A nuclear reactor at the notorious Three Mile Island site in Pennsylvania is to be activated for the first time in five years after its owners, Constellation Energy, struck a deal to provide power to Microsoft’s proliferating artificial intelligence operations.The plant was the location of the most serious nuclear meltdown and radiation leak in US history, in March 1979 when the loss of wat
  • Video Friday: Zipline Delivers

    Video Friday: Zipline Delivers
    Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.ICRA@40: 23–26 September 2024, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDSIROS 2024: 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAEICSR 2024: 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARKCybathlon 2024: 25–27 October 2024, ZURICHEnjoy today’s videos! Zipline has (final
  • Why reaction to Lionsgate’s AI film deal reminds me of the Campaign for Real Ale | Peter Bradshaw

    Why reaction to Lionsgate’s AI film deal reminds me of the Campaign for Real Ale | Peter Bradshaw
    AI film-making could expand creativity and experimentation – but it could also do the exact opposite. We must be vigilant to avoid cinema being overrun with artificially created schlockA shiver of unease, combined with a strangely defeated shrug, is how the news that entertainment behemoth Lionsgate has signed a deal with the artificial intelligence firm Runway seems to have been greeted by most.The deal gives Runway access to Lionsgate’s substantial back catalogue to develop a new A
  • Too many ‘candid’ social media videos are obviously, agonisingly fake. So why are viewers laughing? | Rebecca Shaw

    Too many ‘candid’ social media videos are obviously, agonisingly fake. So why are viewers laughing? | Rebecca Shaw
    Yes, I’m talking about silly clips – but if people think entirely staged pranks are real then I fear for us allWith advances in technology including AI and ChatGPT, and increasingly realistic fake images everywhere, media literacy is diving towards an all-time low. There are many areas where a lack of critical thinking has had and will have devastating effects on society. I’m here to talk about something that is not as serious but that does have one daily impact – annoyin
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