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Fluency lowers our guard, and when language becomes beautiful, both humans and machines stop asking hard questions.

Taken together, these signals suggest one thing: we may be closer to AGI—and to systems capable of passing the Turing Test—than many once imagined.

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Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus, as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues a push to amp-up AI offerings across its platforms.

It's no secret that artificial intelligence (AI) has been the main theme fueling the action on Wall Street over the last few years. Specifically, the levels of demand for high-performance GPUs, networking equipment, and data centers have dominated the bulk of the AI narrative to date.

In past years, CES in Las Vegas has highlighted such groundbreaking technologies as electric salt spoons and Tasers that double as MP3 players. But, increasingly, the annual event is moving beyond gimmicky inventions to be a major player in the world of artificial intelligence.

For more than 50 years, scientists have sought alternatives to silicon for building molecular electronics. The vision was elegant; the reality proved far more complex. Within a device, molecules behave not as orderly textbook entities but as densely interacting systems where electrons flow,

There's an argument to be made that many artificial intelligence (AI) stocks are bargains right now, as long as things break in their favor in the coming years. I took a more conventional path to finding a bargain in this space, even though the name I settled on isn't very conventional.

Russia has accused Ukraine of killing at least 27 people in a drone strike on a New Year's party in a hotel and cafe in the Russian-occupied southern Kherson region. According to the Russia-installed regional governor,