Pandora Dewan

2 weeks ago | livescience.com | Pandora Dewan

Artificial intelligence (AI) fundamentally lacks our human capacity for making creative mental connections, new research has found, and this could be a serious problem if we are to rely on AI-based decision-making in the future. Plus, in this week's science news, we've learned that AI models will lie to us to achieve their goals. In fact, a new study has found that large language models can be convinced to lie to users when given coercive prompts by trainers.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Pandora Dewan

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Science news this week includes AI lies and 'dripping' beneath North America. | Credit: uzenzen/Getty Images/Timothy Hodgkinson via AlamyArtificial intelligence (AI) fundamentally lacks our human capacity for making creative mental connections, new research has found, and this could be a serious problem if we are to rely on AI-based decision-making in the future.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Pandora Dewan

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3 weeks ago | livescience.com | Pandora Dewan

A volcanic fissure has opened up near the town of Grindavík on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula following a significant uptick in earthquake activity. Images show lava breaching the town's defensive barrier, as Icelandic Met Office (IMO) representatives warn the fissure could continue to grow. The volcanic eruption started along the Sundhnúkur crater row following a swarm of earthquakes at 6:30 a.m. local time (2:30 a.m. ET) this morning (April 1), according to the IMO.

3 weeks ago | livescience.com | Pandora Dewan

It's been an exceptional week for skywatchers, marked by mysterious sky spirals, the northern lights and, of course, this morning's long-anticipated sunrise solar eclipse. On Monday (March 24), a giant vortex of light was seen floating across the night sky in Europe. But while many speculated that it was the work of aliens, the ethereal light show was actually caused by a dying SpaceX rocket, which was preparing to crash back to Earth after delivering "secret cargo" into orbit around our planet.