"Using AI To Spot Edible Mushrooms Could Kill You"
"AI tools are good for some things, but don’t trust your health to apps that make frequent mistakes".
"AI tools are good for some things, but don’t trust your health to apps that make frequent mistakes".
"The three 6-year-old girls stood on the sidelines as their coach swabbed their hands. Then they ran onto a lush green turf field and played soccer for 90 minutes straight — no stepping off the pitch. This wasn’t just a practice. It was part of a small experiment conducted in the suburban foothills of San Diego last summer."
March 14, 2024 — The Fund for Environmental Journalism has awarded $47,605 for 11 projects selected through the 2023-24 round of competition for stories on the U.S. Clean Energy Transition. 100% of the story projects focus on under-represented communities or share diverse perspectives on environmental issues.
"In the “lithium triangle” – a region spanning Argentina, Chile and Bolivia – native communities sit upon a treasure trove of the stuff: an estimated trillion dollars in lithium."
"How can the world reach net zero if it keeps inventing new ways to consume energy?"
Artificial intelligence is at the confluence of forces — concentrated media ownership, the dominance of social media platforms — that are harming press freedoms and the work of journalists. But the WatchDog Opinion column warns AI may quickly further problems of disinformation and censorship. Here’s why, along with some hopeful responses from the journalism profession.
"Hundreds of millions of farmed salmon have perished in mass die-offs over the past decade, say researchers."
"The plan to bring back the woolly mammoth — or at least a version of it — is ambitious but raises hairy questions".
"EPA’s internal watchdog is warning the agency is at risk of cyberattacks because of lax controls for its data."