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This photo illustration shows the DALL-E website reflected between a computer screen and cellphone in Washington, DC, on July 20, 2022. - A million people eager to dabble with a new artificial intelligence tool that lets them create images simply by describing them with words will soon get their wish, its creators said Wednesday. Artificial intelligence research firm OpenAI is conducting a wide-scale beta test of DALL-E, a cutting-edge software that creates images from textual descriptions. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

AI art tool DALL-E 2 adds 'black' or 'female' to some image prompts

22 July 2022

Researchers experimenting with OpenAI's text-to-image tool, DALL-E 2, noticed that it seems to covertly be adding words such as "black" and "female" to image prompts, seemingly in an effort to diversify its output


Two beagle puppies

Gene-edited dogs created from cloned skin cells for the first time

22 July 2022

New gene-editing approach could be used to eliminate disease-causing mutations from pedigree dog breeds or even from clones of individual dogs


Lightning bolts over the Las Vegas skyline

Firing a laser into the sky can redirect lightning’s path

22 July 2022

A laser fired from a tower on a mountain seems to have redirected lightning in the sky and could be used to make storm clouds discharge lightning safely


China's space station module Wentian and a Long March-5B Y3 carrier rocket at the launching area of the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on 18 July 2022 in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China

China prepares to launch laboratory module to Tiangong space station

21 July 2022

On 24 July, China will launch the second of three modules to its space station, with the rocket taking off from Hainan Island, located southwest of Hong Kong, at around 2pm local time


Doctor in hospital

Doctors are concerned about the risk of hospital-acquired covid-19

21 July 2022

People who go to hospital for non-covid treatment are at higher risk of the virus compared with the general public, which is why high levels of hospital-acquired covid-19 in England are worrying some doctors


GLASS-z13, the oldest galaxy ever seen

JWST has found the oldest galaxy we have ever seen in the universe

20 July 2022

Discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope are pouring in, with an analysis of the latest data revealing a galaxy that dates back to just 300 million years after the big bang – the oldest we have ever seen


Cars in traffic

Legal battle over UK's Net Zero Strategy poses challenge for next PM

19 July 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s successor will have to sign off on a new net-zero strategy after the UK government's plan was ruled unlawful


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