Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto dismissed early climate concerns

Bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto Damien Loverso/Alamy Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, dismissed early concerns about the potential for the cryptocurrency to consume large amounts of electricity and contribute to carbon dioxide emissions, according to newly released emails. The true identity of the creator of bitcoin has never been revealed, but after the currency’s …

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A robot dog has learned to open doors with its leg

A machine-learning model worked out how to keep this robot stable on three legs while it uses one leg to open doors Philip Arm, Mayank Mittal, Hendrik Kolvenbach, and Marco Hutter/Robotic Systems Lab A robot dog can use a leg to open doors, press buttons and pick up rucksacks while balancing on its other three …

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LGBTQ people seen as needing more protection online than Christians

Social media platforms take different approaches to moderation Matt Cardy/Getty Images The public appetite for moderating toxic speech on social media depends on the type of person being targeted, researchers have found, with billionaires being seen as in least need of protection. Content moderation is a hot-button issue, with social media platforms taking drastically different …

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GPT-4 developer tool can hack websites without human help

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Some AIs may be able to hack websites without any human assistance Ole.CNX/Shutterstock OpenAI’s artificial intelligence model GPT-4 has the capability to hack websites and steal information from online databases without human help, researchers have found. That suggests individuals or organisations without hacking expertise could unleash AI agents to carry out cyber attacks. “You literally …

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Researchers increasingly view tech as having human-like qualities

Should we treat technology as human? peepo/Getty Images Academic research is increasingly anthropomorphising technology – a trend that could mislead the public about how powerful artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge developments really are. Myra Cheng and her colleagues at Stanford University, California, analysed the content of more than 655,000 academic publications released between May 2007 …

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