The singularity has two features. The AI systems Sam Altman sells don’t deliver on either of them.
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This never-before observed behaviour can tell us a lot about whale intelligence.
Various dog breeds embody distinct positive traits and behaviors that make them ready role models for human leaders.
An International Relations specialist looks at how cooperation between intel agencies on both sides of the Atlantic is holding up under Trump 2.0 and unprecedented geopolitical turbulence.
Declassified documents reveal details about the long history of the US seeking allies willing to cooperate to kill.
Blaise Agüera y Arcus argues that prediction is the fundamental principle behind intelligence and “may be the whole story”.
The 2,500 questions that make up the exam are specifically designed to probe the outer limits of what today’s AI systems cannot do.
Trash pandas’ talent for escaping via lab vents may frustrate researchers, but their problem-solving skills make their brains a fascinating area of research.
Many of Operation Condor’s crimes remain shrouded in impunity and silence, 50 years after its creation.
Research on Tasmania’s large old trees has given designers good reason to reflect on the many things about trees that humans don’t value enough. Here’s the top five.
US Congress has a long history of supporting the intelligence priorities of the governing administration.
Whether AI can ‘think’ is a different question than whether it is ‘intelligent.’
Science has done many things that seem miraculous. Why not transfer your consciousness to a machine?
How do animals and humans come up with novel ideas? It may be down to some very specific cells.
Top US officials discussed plans to strike Houthi rebels on an unclassified platform with a journalist. Here are 3 questions answered by a former ADF operations specialist.
European nations have some areas of strength in intelligence gathering, but will need to ramp up their efforts to plug the gap left by the US.
A better brain might help an animal find more mates, have more sex, and eventually have more babies.
Through self-development, or ‘Bildung’ in German thought, salon culture sought to resist absolutism and foster democratic discourse. This shaped the modern Western university.
The history of spying shows that many agencies have experimented with using animals for undercover work to gather information.
OpenAI’s o3 model scored at human level on a benchmark test for artificial general intelligence – far higher than any results before.
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