
Tech Life explores the science behind climate litigation, the environmental impact of AI, and a veteran space robot's mission.
This episode of Tech Life examines the science aiding climate litigation, investigates the electronic waste generated by the AI boom, and follows a veteran NASA robot's journey home.
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Climate change is making devastating extreme weather more common. Tech Life's Yasmin Morgan-Griffiths explores the science that could help communities take polluters to court.
Also this week: we look at whether the boom in AI is causing a boom in electronic waste.
And as astronauts head back to the Moon, we meet a veteran NASA space robot that's on a mission to return home.

In der Entwicklungshalle von Trumpf in Ditzingen beginnt die Robotik-Revolution damit, dass Maschinen selbst Entscheidungen treffen statt vorgegebene Bewegungen auszuführen. Ziel ist es, Blechbearbeitungsmaschinen durch intelligente Roboter zu ergänzen, um Wettbewerbsvorteile gegen die chinesische Konkurrenz zu schaffen.
X (formerly Twitter) reported discovering a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts, with 200 accounts posting content that could manipulate legitimate debate about American AI and energy policy, echoing similar claims made by OpenAI in June regarding Chinese inauthentic accounts using ChatGPT to generate anti-data center content.

El artículo explica cómo mecanismos como la recompensa variable, el scroll infinito, las notificaciones y las recomendaciones algorítmicas favorecen el uso compulsivo de redes sociales, especialmente entre menores, tras el acuerdo de Meta para limitar su uso nocturno y diario en respuesta a demandas por presunta contribución a la adicción adolescente.

Bill Gates hat einen Essay über die Gefahren von Künstlicher Intelligenz verfasst, in dem er vor Arbeitsplatzverlust, Missbrauch durch Kriminelle und Beeinträchtigung der kindlichen Entwicklung warnt. Er fordert nationale und globale Kontrollbehörden, vergleichbar mit einer Uno für KI, um Normen durchzusetzen. Seine Warnungen ähneln denen von Geoffrey Hinton, dem „Godfather der KI“.

Senior telecoms executives warn that the UK's broadband and mobile networks are not keeping pace with the infrastructure demands of widespread AI adoption, citing poor 5G coverage compared to EU and G7 nations, planning delays hindering 5G upgrades, and lack of government support despite networks being classified as critical national infrastructure.

China is being urged to use human translators to refine AI-generated translations of its political messaging, as literal AI translations risk making Beijing's language sound more threatening abroad, according to a state-affiliated academic newspaper article.