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Taken together, these signals suggest one thing: we may be closer to AGI—and to systems capable of passing the Turing Test—than many once imagined.

Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus, as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues a push to amp-up AI offerings across its platforms.

It's no secret that artificial intelligence (AI) has been the main theme fueling the action on Wall Street over the last few years. Specifically, the levels of demand for high-performance GPUs, networking equipment, and data centers have dominated the bulk of the AI narrative to date.

A.I. is broad. A breakthrough in manufacturing may affect only manufacturing, but an A.I. breakthrough could transform manufacturing, physics, finance, music and dozens of other fields. So the backlash is just as sprawling, and there are various reasons for it:

In past years, CES in Las Vegas has highlighted such groundbreaking technologies as electric salt spoons and Tasers that double as MP3 players. But, increasingly, the annual event is moving beyond gimmicky inventions to be a major player in the world of artificial intelligence.

For more than 50 years, scientists have sought alternatives to silicon for building molecular electronics. The vision was elegant; the reality proved far more complex. Within a device, molecules behave not as orderly textbook entities but as densely interacting systems where electrons flow,

Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution might lie in orbit.

A Russian strike Friday on residential buildings in the major Ukrainian city of Kharkiv wounded 19 people, Ukrainian officials said.