Too bad to be true
📲 Oxford researchers: Overblown fears about misinformation from AI
Generative AI like ChatGPT, Midjourney and DALL-E will “trigger the next misinformation nightmare." But so far, the evidence doesn't support this claim and there are good arguments as to why that won't change, writes three researchers.
🎮 Violent video games don't make children aggressive
Parents and moralists can relax. Violent video and computer games do not make children aggressive, as demonstrated by three studies.
🚢 Nope, there's no indication that electric cars caused the ship fire
Many media outlets reported at the end of July about a major fire on a ship with 500 electric cars on board. They speculated and in some cases claimed that the electric cars were the cause of the fire. Now, as the ship is inspected, it turns out that the electric cars were unharmed.
❌ No, 50% of AI researchers don't believe there is a 10% risk that AI will kill us
It is taken from a survey where the question many refer to had a response rate of 4 percent.
🐯 Investigation: There is no sixth mass extinction going on
"We are entering a sixth mass extinction," says Paul Ehrlich in an interview with Warp News. He is not alone in believing this. But our investigation shows that is wrong. However, there is no shortage of problems with species extinction. But, by and large, we have now learned to manage them.
🔎 This is why we investigate the sixth mass extinction
Don't we care about animals going extinct? Doesn't this investigation risk causing people to stop caring about animal extinction? Warp News' editor-in-chief responds to why we are investigating the sixth mass extinction.
🤔 Shockingly bad? Think for a moment before you swallow the bait
Too bad to be true? The Warp News columnist gives three examples: A white van, dead construction workers in Qatar, and extremely extreme weather.
🌡️ This is how the UN's worst scenario was normalized and distorted our view of global warming
There is some really good news in last year's report from the UN climate panel IPCC: The horror scenario is no longer considered credible. We can forget the worst forecasts. But this bombshell of joy has been passed over with silence, not only in the media but also largely in the scientific world.
🌪️ The unknown truth about the non-extreme extreme weather
The summer news drought always means a high season for weather news. We will hear that the weather has become increasingly more extreme. Few will ask the follow-up question: is it true? It's a shame, because the answer is essentially no.