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We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Author Martha Wells

Today's large language models are hardly related to the kinds of machine intelligence we see in science fiction, according to Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries series

Water on Mars Probably Doesn’t Explain These Weird Streaks

A new global overview of Mars suggests dust, rather than water, is the source of mysterious streaks there

How and Why Humans Began to Sing, a Musicology and Neuroscience Perspective

Musicologists and neuroscientists have been trying to understand what turns speech into music.

Waste Wars Tracks the 'Wild Afterlife' of Garbage on an International Black Market

Alexander Clapp, author of new nonfiction book 'Waste Wars,' tracks the world-wide blackmarket trade of our garbage

Marjorie Taylor Greene Plans Hearing on Geoengineering amid Cloud Seeding Conspiracy Theories

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has said she will hold a hearing on geoengineering as conspiracy theories have swirled around cloud seeding after the recent floods in Texas

ChatGPT Is Changing the Words We Use in Conversation

Words frequently used by ChatGPT, including "delve" and "meticulous," are getting more common in spoken language, according to an analysis of more than 700,000 hours of videos and podcasts

Elon Musk's New Grok 4 Takes on ‘Humanity’s Last Exam’ as the AI Race Heats Up

Elon Musk has launched xAI's Grok 4—calling it the "world's smartest AI" and claiming it can ace Ph.D.-level exams and outpace rivals such as Google's Gemini and OpenAI's o3 on tough benchmarks