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Mar 21, 2023

Alpaca AI: Stanford researchers clone ChatGPT AI for just $600

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They have also released the tools needed for people to train their own AI.

Researchers at Stanford’s Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM) have unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) model that works much like the famous ChatGPT but cost them only $600 to train. The researchers said that they hadn’t optimized their process and future models could be trained for lesser.

Until OpenAI’s ChatGPT was launched to the public in November last year, Large Language Models (LLMs) were largely a topic of discussion among AI researchers. The company has spent millions of dollars training them and making sure that they provided responses to human queries in the way another human would respond.

Mar 21, 2023

University professor attempts to live underwater for 100 days

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University of South Florida.

The current world record for living underwater is 73 days.

Mar 21, 2023

Americans’ IQ Scores Are Lower in Some Areas, Higher in One

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Summary: While scores for verbal reasoning and matrix reasoning have decreased, scores for spatial reasoning have improved, researchers report.

Source: Northwestern University.

IQ scores have substantially increased from 1932 through the 20th century, with differences ranging from three to five IQ points per decade, according to a phenomenon known as the “Flynn effect.”

Mar 21, 2023

A busy week in AI

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Last week saw a plethora of new advances in AI, including the much-anticipated release of GPT-4.

Rarely, if ever, has more progress been witnessed in AI than what we are currently seeing. This is clearly an exceptional time for the field, with much hype and speculation around what the near future may bring.

Mar 20, 2023

The universe has a Hubble constant problem

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Differences in the way that the Hubble constant—which measures the rate of cosmic expansion—are measured have profound implications for the future of cosmology.

Mar 19, 2023

Göbekli Tepe: The Untold Story Of Dawn of Civilization

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Located in southeastern Turkey, Göbekli Tepe is an archaeological site that has been dubbed the “Dawn of Civilization.” It is considered to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 21st century, offering a glimpse into the lives of our ancient ancestors and the birth of human civilization.

Mar 19, 2023

Scientists in Singapore Have Discovered How to “Talk” to Plants

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Plants emit weak electric signals. Researchers have developed a device to read and send signals back — a type of “plant communication.”

Mar 18, 2023

A Watery Probe for Ion–Electron Interactions

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Researchers have developed a method for measuring the strength of certain ion–electron interactions in water, with initial tests throwing up unexpected results.

Mar 18, 2023

How Microswimmers Push Through Solid-Like Fluids

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If a helical bacteria’s tail propulsion is strong enough to deform the yield-stress fluid ahead of the swimmer, locomotion proceeds.

Mar 18, 2023

8 Weird Science Fiction Books

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FallenKingdomReads’ list of 8 Weird Science Fiction Books.

If you’re a fan of science fiction that defies expectations and bends the rules, you’re in for a treat. Here are eight weird and wonderful books that will take you on mind-bending journeys through strange and unusual worlds.

A young family moves into a house that is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. As they explore the strange corridors and shifting spaces, they uncover a disturbing mystery that threatens to consume them.

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