The AI data center e-waste problem is huge — and getting bigger
E-waste from the AI boom has been vastly underestimated, a new report warns. By 2050, it could become enough trash to fill 23 million shipping contain...
Anthropic co-founder says slowing AI is a 'collective action problem'
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark discusses growing concerns about artificial intelligence, recent warning signs and what he says companies should do to...
Microplastics are usually consumed through food and water, but more recently, they are making their way into Indonesia’s air and rain. Sui-Lee Wee, ou...
The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus
While restaurant owners might look to generative AI as a shortcut to sprucing up their menu, customers can viscerally sense that something is wrong wi...
Maggie Gyllenhaal says film industry has a ‘systemic problem’ with sexism
Speaking at the opening of the Venice film festival, the actor-director addressed why the jury of which she is chair will only be shown two films made...
Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem
Elon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than anyone else — bu...
Becerra, running for governor of California, faces a health insurance problem
The nation's uninsured rate hit a historical low when Xavier Becerra was health secretary. Now he wants to be California's next governor as Trump's ac...
Australia says Roblox hasn’t fixed its child predator problem
Roblox is promising more changes to its child safety features following testing from Australia's online safety regulator, eSafety. eSafety has been lo...
Robot vacuums are great at keeping your floors clean, but there are a few areas they fall down on the job - stairs being one. Another is chairs and st...
Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth
Now a text prompt is all it takes to generate reality-warping images using Google Earth's satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery, like these images generat...
