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United Nations Meets As World Faces Huge Challenges

NFK Editors — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:30:16 +0000

Leaders representing countries around the world will come together this week at the United Nations' General Assembly meeting in New York. This year's meeting comes as the world faces a large number of extremely serious challenges.

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Reading a Burned Ancient Scroll Without Opening It

NFK Editors — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:30:22 +0000

Roughly 2,000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Now a group of scientists is working to decode one of the great mysteries of that time - the scrolls of Herculaneum.

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Scientists Train AI to Read Human Thoughts

NFK Editors — Thu, 11 May 2023 06:30:28 +0000

Scientists have created a new tool that can turn people's thoughts into words. It works by using an Artificial Intelligence program to translate brain activity into words. The scientists say the program could help people who can't speak because of a brain injury.

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Are AI Tools Becoming Too Powerful?

NFK Editors — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 06:30:15 +0000

Artificial Intelligence tools have become extremely powerful, surprising even their creators. Now, some people say there should be a pause in AI work to make sure it doesn't become dangerous. Not everyone agrees.

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AI Art Programs Amaze and Upset

NFK Editors — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 06:30:35 +0000

Recently, there have been huge advances in Artificial Intelligence programs that create art. The programs, which create artworks based on short descriptions, have amazed many people. They have also raised difficult questions.

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News Roundup: Gun Bill, Turkey’s Türkiye, & AI Mayflower

NFK Editors — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:30:25 +0000

In today's news roundup, the US House of Representatives passes a bill meant to control guns, Turkey officially changes its name to Türkiye, and a self-driving boat retraces the trip of the Mayflower - more or less.

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From Words, DALL-E 2 Creates Incredible Pictures

NFK Editors — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 06:30:36 +0000

A company called OpenAI has recently announced a new version of its AI artist, DALL-E 2. Given just a short sentence describing a picture, the tool can create complicated images in many different styles.

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Musicians Use AI to Help Finish Beethoven’s 10th

NFK Editors — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 06:30:01 +0000

Beethoven, one of the world's most-loved composers, is famous for his nine symphonies. Before he died, he began a new symphony, but never finished it. Computer scientists and musicians have now used artificial intelligence to finish his 10th symphony.

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Self-Driving Mayflower Ship Forced to Turn Back

NFK Editors — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 06:30:06 +0000

A self-driving ship named after the Mayflower has been forced to turn back as it tried to re-create the cross-Atlantic trip made by the original Mayflower in 1620. The group behind the effort says the journey will begin again soon.

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Monkey Plays Video Games With His Mind

NFK Editors — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 06:30:26 +0000

A company called Neuralink has shared a video which appears to show a monkey playing a video game. That's fairly unusual, but what makes the video even stranger is that the monkey is playing the video game with just its mind.

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