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This article explores the challenges of preserving and understanding the vast amount of data created in the digital age. It emphasizes the fragility of digital data and the risk of losing important information due to platform shutdowns or technological obsolescence. The Internet Archive is mentioned as an organization working to save and store digital content, including websites, videos, and texts. The article also discusses the importance of preserving diverse perspectives and the potential use of AI in future historical research. It raises questions about what data should be saved and how future generations will make sense of it. Additionally, the article highlights various projects and technologies aimed at creating durable and accessible archives, such as the Long Now Foundation's Clock of the Long Now and Rosetta Disc, Microsoft Research's Project Silica, and GitHub's storage facility in Svalbard, Norway. The article emphasizes the need to store information in formats that can be decoded in the future and raises questions about what data will be considered valuable by future historians. [Extracted from the article]

Generative AI has the potential to revolutionize video and computer games by creating open-ended and creative in-game interactions. Startups like ChatGPT and Inworld AI are using generative AI models to develop characters that can have dynamic and unscripted dialogue and actions. This technology could lead to game experiences that are infinitely detailed and constantly changing. The gaming industry is increasingly incorporating AI into game development processes, and venture firms are investing heavily in AI gaming startups. However, there are concerns about the ethical implications and addictive nature of immersive AI gaming experiences. Some experts argue that the focus should be on creating new and unique gaming experiences rather than simply enhancing existing ones. [Extracted from the article]

One cool fall night 10 years ago, Jessica Krieger went for a run to clear her head. Krieger, then an undergraduate in neuroscience, had just watched a documentary that showed [...]

List March, India became only the fourth country in the world--after Russia, the US, and China--to successfully destroy a satellite in orbit. Mission Shakti, as it was called, was a [...]

In 2013, the world's first burger from a lab was cooked in butter and eaten at a glitzy press conference. The burger cost [pounds sterling]215,000 ($330,000 at the time) to [...]

The article reviews a meatless imitation hamburger patty made by the Impossible foods company using yeast extract, coconut oil, and leghaemoglobin from genetically engineered yeast. The author also discusses the experiences of themselves and their colleagues with other meat analogue patties from the Moving Mountains and Beyond Meat companies. The alleged importance of texture in food is emphasized and the Temple of Seitan vegan restaurant in London, England is reviewed.

The article discusses the synthetic artificial meat substitute industry with a focus on the cultivated meat products developed at the Artemys Foods startup company. The company's development of meat substitute products containing both plant-derived proteins and meat harvested from animal cells cultured in vitro is described along with their alleged competitive advantages in the relevant market space.