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It’s hunting season in orbit as Russia’s killer satellites mystify skywatchers
"Once more, we play our dangerous game—a game of chess—against our old adversary."
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Ars staffers share some of their favorite unexpected 3D prints
Once you solve one problem with a 3D printer, you'll go looking for others.
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What is AGI? Nobody agrees, and it’s tearing Microsoft and OpenAI apart.
Several definitions make measuring "human-level" AI an exercise in moving goalposts.
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Reinforcement learning, explained with a minimum of math and jargon.
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The curious rise of giant tablets on wheels
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How a grad student got LHC data to play nice with quantum interference
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Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book
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Ex-FCC Chair Ajit Pai is now a wireless lobbyist—and enemy of cable companies
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Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers
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