Astronomers map ancient waterways on Mars

For more than a century, astronomers debated the possibility of martian canali (channels) which Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli claimed to see on the Red Planet in 1877. Mistranslated into English as “canals,” the term suggested artificial waterways, perhaps built by an intelligent civilization engineering its survival. Sci-fi writers churned out thrilling stories […]

The State of AI: A vision of the world in 2030

Welcome back to The State of AI, a new collaboration between the Financial Times and MIT Technology Review. Every Monday, writers from both publications debate one aspect of the generative AI revolution reshaping global power. You can read the rest of the series here. In this final edition, MIT Technology Review’s […]

The International Committee of the Red Cross, which runs major research archives, warned that AI models are fabricating research papers, journals, and archives (Dan Vergano/Scientific American)

Dan Vergano / Scientific American: The International Committee of the Red Cross, which runs major research archives, warned that AI models are fabricating research papers, journals, and archives  —  The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives