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Has GPT-4 really passed the startling threshold of human-level artificial intelligence?

GPT-4: Is artificial general intelligence (in this case, AI that performs at human level) achievable?

Beethoven’s genome provided insight into chronic health problems and cause of death

Researchers have analyzed DNA extracted from locks of hair attributed to the famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven to shed light on his health problems...

Ant-Man and Shazam prove superhero movies aren’t bulletproof. Is this the beginning of the...

For more than a decade, superhero movies have dominated the world of entertainment. For Hollywood, they’ve been a constant in an ever-changing media landscape, an...

Americans’ IQ scores are lower in some areas, higher in one

IQ scores have substantially increased from 1932 through the 20th century, with differences ranging from three to five IQ points per decade, according to...

What’s next for the startups that banked with Silicon Valley Bank

For two days after the run on Silicon Valley Bank, hundreds of startups faced the prospect of losing millions and even billions of dollars of uninsured deposits in the bank.

Elite soccer players have higher risks of dementia

Elite male soccer players in Sweden are 1.5 times more likely to develop dementia than the general population.

Machines, are they smarter than a six-year-old?

Generally speaking, machine learning is the science of teaching machines to act similar to humans.

Physics theory could be slam dunk for basketball coaches

A physics theory that’s proven useful to predict the crowd behavior of molecules and fruit flies also seems to work in a very different context – a basketball court.

Johns Hopkins COVID-19 data center ends after three years

Johns Hopkins University & Medicine's Coronavirus Resource Center ceased collecting and reporting COVID-19 data on March 10, 2023.

Should you pay for Meta’s and Twitter’s verified identity subscriptions?

Social media services have generally been free of charge for users, but now, with ad revenues slowing down, social media companies are looking for...