Over 800 global leaders call for AI superintelligence ban

More than 800 prominent figures from across politics, technology, entertainment and academia have signed an unprecedented open letter demanding an immediate halt to the development of artificial intelligence “superintelligence” until safety can be guaranteed. The diverse coalition, organized by the nonprofit Future of Life Institute, includes an unlikely mix of signatories ranging from British royalty […]

Food for Waste, A Cafe That Takes Trash Instead of Money

In a small city in India, people can get food not with money but with plastic waste. This new cafe is called Garbage Cafe. The idea is to reduce plastic waste and to feed poor people at the same time. When someone enters the cafe, they smell hot snacks. People sit on wooden benches, some are […]

Brain-Computer Interface Decodes Inner Speech in Real Time

Stanford University researchers have achieved a breakthrough in neurotechnology by successfully decoding inner speech—the silent thoughts in people’s heads—with up to 74% accuracy using brain-computer interfaces. Published Thursday in the journal Cell, the study represents the first time scientists have decoded imagined words in real time from the brain’s motor cortex.The research team, led by […]