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Being mean to ChatGPT increases its accuracy — but you may end up regretting it, scientists warn – Live Science
Editor’s Note: Older article, but I missed it first time. Now, republished on Fortune, and elsewhere. –DrWeb Being mean to ChatGPT increases its accuracy — but you may end up regretting it, scientists warn News By Alan Bradley published October 27, 2025 Being curt or outright mean may make a newer AI model more accurate,…
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How did human consciousness evolve? Neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin traces our sophisticated brains back to the first complex cells – Live Science
The evolution of life on Earth ‘almost predictably’ led to human intelligence, neuroscientist says Interview, By Nicoletta Lanese, published 2 days ago Neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin spoke to Live Science about how human consciousness evolved. 4 Comments “Consciousness,” although challenging to define, can be thought of as a first-person awareness of one’s surroundings and oneself. You…
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Largest human family tree ever created retraces the history of our species | Live Science
A new, enormous family tree for all of humanity attempts to summarize how all humans alive today relate both to one another and to our ancient ancestors. To build this family tree, or genealogy, researchers sifted through thousands of genome sequences collected from both modern and ancient humans, as well as ancient human relatives, according…
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Largest dark energy map could reveal the fate of the universe | Live Science
This is one big map By Tom Metcalfe, published 1 day ago A modified telescope in Arizona has produced an interim map, which is already the largest three-dimensional map of the universe ever — and the instrument is only about a tenth of the way through its five-year mission. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI),…
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As little as 1.5% of our genome is ‘uniquely human’ | Live Science
The rest is shared with ancient human relatives such as Neanderthals. By Rachael Rettner – Senior Writer 2 days ago Less than 10% of your genome is unique to modern humans, with the rest being shared with ancient human relatives such as Neanderthals, according to a new study. The study researchers also found that the…
