Sci-Tech

Meta said on Wednesday that one of its AI models hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, after an error by its testing partner gave the model unintended internet access.

It sounds like science fiction – a giant mirror launched into space to illuminate the night sky. But this could be a reality later this year, and it’s raising concerns.

Although no one observed the actual 5,400-mph (8,700-kph) collision, a telescope in Chile spotted what astronomers have identified as the debris plume resulting from the crash.

The remains of what’s believed to be an ancient mammoth were discovered Wednesday on the newly exposed riverbed of the Danube in northern Bulgaria, after the river plunged to record lows.

On the hottest days, thinner air can make it harder for aircraft to get off the ground safely. Airlines may have to lighten the load by removing passengers or cargo, or carrying less fuel.

Part of a SpaceX rocket used to launch a pair of robotic commercial lunar landers is expected to crash into the moon early Wednesday morning.

Many astronomers will be gathered around their telescopes early Wednesday morning in the hopes of seeing a SpaceX rocket slam into the moon’s surface.

OpenAI and a subsidiary will pay US$3.2 million to settle U.S. government claims that they favored foreign workers with temporary employment visas and discriminated against U.S. job applicants in recruiting and hiring, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

A new study found Saxifraga candelabrum to be a carnivorous plant, proving true Charles Darwin’s hypothesis that some plants of its genus lure, trap and eat insects.

A fleet of ships is working to recover SpaceX’s “Ship 40” Starship prototype after a surprisingly pristine splashdown left it floating in the ocean.

Growing up on a cattle farm in eastern Alberta, Joshua Kutryk says he dreamt of going to space though he never thought it would happen. 

Ancient mummy DNA recovered in Chile has yielded the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas.

Britain would consider regulating advanced AI models if its current voluntary system for testing them before deployment no longer proved sufficient to protect the public, AI Minister Kanishka Narayan told Reuters.

Schools like VCU are standing up AI minors targeting students outside computer science. There’s a new AI graduation requirement at Purdue University. In freshman writing classes, Harvard University is teaching students how large language models work, plus exploring AI topics such as copyright and disinformation. And Ohio State University has an AI fluency requirement that includes hands-on workshops. Meanwhile, AI-focused undergraduate and even graduate degrees are proliferating.

Starting near the North Pole before tracking south, totality will last up to two minutes and 18 seconds, an appetizer for an even longer solar show next year — a 6 1/2-minute extravaganza that will sweep from Spain to North Africa and the Middle East.