‘Model collapse’: Scientists warn against letting AI eat its own tail

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Basically, if the models continue eating each other’s data, perhaps without even knowing it, they’ll progressively get weirder and dumber until they collapse. The researchers provide numerous examples and mitigation methods, but they go so far as to call model collapse “inevitable,” at least in theory.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/model-collapse-scientists-warn-against-letting-ai-eat-its-own-tail/

Nuclear Fusion Ignition Has Been Achieved, US Government Announces

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Nuclear fusion occurs when atoms merge together, a process that unleashes an enormous amount of energy. These reactions are the reason that stars shine, and scientists on Earth hope that they could one day form the basis of a clean power system that could ease our civilization’s transition away from fossil fuels.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ajv8/nuclear-fusion-ignition-has-been-achieved-us-governmentannounce