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La Gironde, en proie à un mégafeu depuis le 22 juillet, a vu une partie importante de sa forêt reculer au profit des habitations au cours du temps. Une modification du territoire qui a pu augmenter le risque d’incendie, et la difficulté pour les pompiers de combattre le feu, analyse, dans un entretien au « Monde », la géographe Christine Bouisset.

The British-Canadian computer scientist often touted as a “godfather” of artificial intelligence has shortened the odds of AI wiping out humanity over the next three decades, warning the pace of change in the technology is “much faster” than expected. Prof Geoffrey Hinton, who this year was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his work in AI, said there was a “10% to 20%” chance that AI would lead to human extinction within the next three decades.

Autrice de « Désarmer le béton », l’architecte Léa Hobson aimerait voir advenir une « voix collective » pour s’opposer à ce matériau néfaste, symbole du capitalisme extractif contemporain. D’autant que des alternatives existent.

World is approaching point where no one can shut down a rogue AI, says director of body behind research

À partir d’une ethnographie de la mobilisation contre le centre commercial EuropaCity, Stéphane Tonnelat éclaire les formes contemporaines de l’engagement écologiste. L’ouvrage déplie les raisons de s’opposer à l’artificialisation des terres et analyse les ressorts ordinaires de ces luttes. À propos de : Stéphane Tonnelat, Sauver les terres agricoles, Seuil

Dario Amodei questions if human systems are ready to handle the ‘almost unimaginable power’ that is ‘potentially imminent’

Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the ‘godfathers’ of modern AI

Study author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost

Alors que les reculs écologiques se multiplient en Europe, l’enquête « Green to Grey » révèle que l’artificialisation des terres est largement supérieure aux chiffres avancés par les autorités européennes.

A California outfit has used artificial intelligence to design viral genomes before they were then built and tested in a laboratory. Following this, bacteria was then successfully infected with a number of these AI-created viruses, proving that generative models can create functional genetics. "The first generative design of complete genomes." That's what researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto called the results of these experiments. A biologist at NYU Langone Health, Jef Boeke, celebrated the experiment as a substantial step towards AI-designed lifeforms, according to MIT Technology Review. "They saw viruses with new genes, with truncated genes, and even different gene orders and arrangements," Boeke said.

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Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence model, Claude Opus 4, tried to blackmail engineers in internal tests by threatening to expose personal details if it were shut down, according to a newly released safety report that evaluated the model’s behavior under extreme simulated conditions.

Societies increasingly rely on scientists to guide decisions in times of uncertainty, from pandemic outbreaks to the rise of artificial intelligence. Addressing climate change is no different. For governments wanting to introduce ambitious climate policies, public trust in climate scientists is pivotal, because it can determine whether voters support or resist those efforts.

Researchers say Aardvark Weather uses thousands of times less computing power and is much faster than current systemsA single researcher with a desktop computer will be able to deliver accurate weather forecasts using a new AI weather prediction approach that is tens of times faster and uses thousands of times less computing power than conventional systems.

Un assouplissement des principes du ZAN a été adopté par les sénateurs mardi 18 mars. Si l’objectif final est conservé, la proposition de loi de la droite et du centre supprime l’objectif intermédiaire de division par deux de l’artificialisation des sols d’ici à 2031.