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Should all mathematical proofs be checked by a computer?

Proofs, the central tenet of mathematics, occasionally have errors in them. Could computers stop this from happening, asks mathematician Emily Riehl

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Memcomputer chips could solve tasks that defeat conventional computers

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What is the AI alignment problem and how can it be solved?

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Terra Nil

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Terra Nil review: City builder lets you leave the world a better place

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Edible computer chips could control digestible drug-delivery robots

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Chemistry

Crystal impervious to radiation could be used in spaceship computers

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ChatGPT

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ChatGPT outperforms humans at labelling some data for other AIs

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A server on fire

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Hackers can make computers destroy their own chips with electricity

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A stack of Apple laptops could work as a powerful supercomputer

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Ganoderma lucidum growing on dying wood

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Computer chip made using mushroom skin could be easily recycled

The base of computer chips and batteries tends to be made from unrecyclable plastic, but using skin from a certain species of mushroom instead would reduce electronic waste

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Emissions from world's chip manufacturing hub are growing each year

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker review: strip spacecraft for parts in orbit

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Humans

Stray review: A game that lets you live your best cat life

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Hackers can turn computer cables into antenna to steal sensitive data

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