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AI-generated images, in response to the prompt: “Draw me a skyscraper and a sliding trombone side-by-side so that I can appreciate their respective sizes” (left by ChatGPT, right by Gemini)

When AI goes haywire: the case of the skyscraper and the slide trombone

A relatively simple experiment involving asking a generative AI to compare two objects of very different sizes allows us to reflect on the limitations of these technologies.
There were about 3,330 overdose deaths in Pennsylvania in 2024, down from over 4,700 in 2023. Frazao Studio Latino/E+ Collection via Getty Images

New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent

Researchers hope that transparency around where the money is going will help counties use the funds more effectively.
An artist’s impression of the Square Kilometre Array telescope in South Africa. (SKAO)

Information collected by the world’s largest radio telescope will be stored and processed by global data centres

The world’s largest space telescope, comprising thousands of antennae in the southern hemisphere, will generate massive amounts of data — some of which will be processed in Canada.
Since 2016, researchers have been able to use the CDC’s Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System to gather data on Americans’ gender identity. akinbostanci/E+ via Getty Images

We’ve been tracking the number of Americans who identify as transgender – soon, there will be no reliable way to measure them

The federal government has erased gender identity questions from federal surveys. Researchers say it will cost them at least a decade’s worth of data.
Many U.S. government agencies collect data and make it publicly available. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.
Do government programs work? It’s impossible to find out with no data. Andranik Hakobyan/iStock via Getty Images Plus

By firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief, the Trump administration raises concerns that it may further restrict the flow of essential government information

The government, because it takes the lead in implementing official policies, is in a unique position to collect and store sensitive data collected over long periods of time.

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