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You can get some interesting responses from everyone’s favourite language model, ChatGPT, if you give it a special prompt that tells it to act in a certain way. I have been testing this for months, but recently, I have also been toying with the idea of creating a minimalist homepage for the Sciencebase site and … Continue reading "ChatGPT updates and optimises the Sciencebase homepage"

Drug discovery tool stores information in strings of non-canonical amino acids

The Florida Department of Health announced this week that a man in the state has died after being infected by a microbe that damages brain tissue

Waving your arms to control your actions in virtual reality can lead to you accidentally punching things in the real world, but now software can help you control your virtual limbs by wiggling your fingers

An artificial intelligence has designed new versions of trastuzumab, an antibody treatment against breast cancer, in just a few days – existing methods take weeks or months

Cooperation is key to preventing another tragedy

It is 50 years since the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was agreed – here are some of the species it has helped

A fifth of conifer forests in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains are now in places that are too hot for them – meaning they may not regrow if wiped out by wildfire or disease

Pretty chill week. Didn't get everything I need to get done, done, but I'm hoping to really pound on things over the weekend. (Sigh.) I hope everyone had a good week, and that you all have a great weekend. See you on Monday. 

Via the AP: 

Katerina Nash, a mountain biker and cross-country skier who represented the Czech Republic in two Winter and three Summer Olympics, avoided a four-year doping sanction after minute traces of a banned substance showed up in her system. Authorities determined the substance got there through her skin during the messy struggles she faced in forcing medicine drops down the throat of her ailing dog, a Vizsla named Rubi.

...Nash lives in California and was tested by authorities... Читать дальше...

A creative balance between fields

TL:DR – I noticed someone attempt to use access a file called c99.php on one of my websites. It was blocked by the server, but I wanted to know more. ChatGPT explained that it was a hacking tool. I was seeing some unusual activity in the logs for one of my websites, so I gave … Continue reading "Protecting your website with ChatGPT"

Neural networks perform better when trained on larger datasets

Polymeric UV filter doesn’t harm algae, coral or mice in tests

Scheme will skip immigration points requirements but does demand high salaries or substantial experience from applicants

The impressive capabilities of ChatGPT can be turned to cybercrimes like phishing despite safety precautions taken by OpenAI to prevent misuse, warn researchers

Wear and tear on human skeletons traces activity back 5000 years

Major CO₂ pipeline company will invest in and work with a carbon-capture start-up

A moai statue has been discovered on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, at the bottom of a lake that has been shrinking for several years