Scientists sound alarm on erosion of long-term environmental data

A new Special Report published in the journal BioScience warns that long-term ecological and evolutionary research faces ...
Creative Bloq on MSN

Here's how I created this fantasy tavern using Photoshop and Blender

I sit down and open Photoshop with nothing more than the idea for a tavern in a fantasy setting. I begin with rough scribbles ...
Creative Bloq on MSN

Forget digital modelling, this indie dev is making a video game from leaves

The Swedish Indie developer Räfven Studios is crafting scenes and characters using clay, foam and foraged materials, ...

Check out the atmospheric work of Concept Art Awards winner JDR

This piece was inspired by JDR's childhood memories or arcades. “I focus on energy and movement, using bold brush strokes ...
Medical Xpress

'Three-hit model' involving genes and environment describes possible causes of autism

A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic predispositions and environmental exposures converge to cause autism spectrum ...
Wired

This AI Model Can Intuit How the Physical World Works

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Here’s a test for infants: Show them a glass of water on a desk. Hide it behind a wooden board. Now move the board toward the glass. If ...
Bleeping Computer

Malicious Blender model files deliver StealC infostealing malware

A Russian-linked campaign delivers the StealC V2 information stealer malware through malicious Blender files uploaded to 3D model marketplaces like CGTrader. Blender is a powerful open-source 3D ...
TechCrunch

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs speeds up the world model race with Marble, its first commercial product

World Labs, the startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, is launching its first commercial world model product. Marble is now available via freemium and paid tiers that let users turn text prompts, ...
Quanta Magazine

How One AI Model Creates a Physical Intuition of Its Environment

Here’s a test for infants: Show them a glass of water on a desk. Hide it behind a wooden board. Now move the board toward the glass. If the board keeps going past the glass, as if it weren’t there, ...
Marketplace

Is Google being honest about the environmental impacts of its Gemini AI model?

Is Google being honest about the environmental impacts of its Gemini AI model? A recent report put out by the tech giant claims its AI model consumes very little electricity and water for a single ...
Ars Technica

A new Martian climate model suggest a mostly cold, harsh environment

The Curiosity rover was sent up the Mount Sharp, the biggest sediments stack on Mars. On the way, it collected samples that indicated a portion of carbon dioxide in the Martian atmosphere might have ...