GPT-4.5 is OpenAI’s latest chatbot model CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images OpenAI has unveiled its latest AI model, GPT-4.5, but the firm’s boss says it is running out of hardware to power it. If ever-larger AI can no longer be run at scale, then are we looking at the end of the technology’s rapid progress,…
What happens inside your brain when you hear a steady rhythm or musical tone? According to a new study from Aarhus University and the University of Oxford, your brain doesn’t just hear it — it reorganizes itself in real time. Every beep, tone and new sound you hear travels from the ear to registering in…
Some shows appear and disappear almost overnight; others become institutions. Modern Family is in the latter category: more than five years after it finished it’s still one of the most watched shows on Disney+ globally. Modern Family ran from 2009 to early 2020, and like any show with so many seasons it’s fair to say…
José Lucas Costa da Silva peered over towards the warm up area for the Brazilian jiu-jitsu competition he was about to referee, faintly amused. It was early May 2023, and the 26-year-old martial arts instructor watched as one competitor in the high-school sports auditorium stretched and ran drills. He was wearing a white “gi”, a…
A specimen of Sirenobethylus charybdis preserved in amber Qiong Wu An extraordinary extinct wasp found preserved in amber may have used its abdomen to grasp other insects like a Venus flytrap before laying its eggs on them. “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. It’s unlike any wasp or any other insect that is known…
The fungus Neurospora crassa formed the scaffold of a living construction material WIM VAN EGMOND/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Fungi and bacteria could one day be part of a living building material that is able to grow and repair itself. One of the great challenges facing the world as we attempt to reduce waste and greenhouse gas…
A statue of the saint in Cucullo, Italy, is draped with harmless local snakes Piero Castellano Every year on 1 May, San Domenico di Sora gets some spectacularly bizarre accessories. During a religious procession in the Italian village of Cocullo, a statue of the saint is adorned with harmless snakes (above). The origins of this…
No matter which questions we ask an AI, the model will come up with an answer. To produce this information – regardless of whether than answer is correct or not – the model uses tokens. Tokens are words or parts of words that are converted into a string of numbers that can be processed by…
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A new study by Emory University researchers, published Thursday in Environmental Science & Technology, found that exposure to the tiny particles in air pollution during pregnancy can disrupt maternal metabolisms, altering key biological pathways. These changes were associated with increased risk of various negative birth outcomes, including premature birth. The study, which analyzed blood samples…
