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Error-prone AI chatbot dog leads Japan’s elderly astray
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Error-prone AI chatbot dog leads Japan’s elderly astray

[ad_1] A cartoon canine AI chatbot designed to cheer up and inform lonely older residents of western Japan is in the doghouse after providing error-laden responses.Powered by generative artificial intelligence, "Dai-chan" was this year launched by Osaka authorities who called it the first of its kind in a country where one in 10 people is age 80 or older. But the chatbot, which features a Shiba Inu cartoon dog and answers in the Osaka dialect, has shown itself far from faithful to the truth. When a user asked about the World Expo planned in Osaka in 2025, the dog incorrectly responded that the event was cancelled.That answer gained public attention, with Japanese newspapers and broadcasters reporting on the dog who got the wrong end of the stick."Dai-chan, you're good," one social media...
Scientists find TRUTH behind asteroid Ryugu; Know what it says about the solar system
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Scientists find TRUTH behind asteroid Ryugu; Know what it says about the solar system

[ad_1] The analysis of samples from the asteroid Ryugu has revealed the constituents that the early solar system could have been made up of. The solar system is essentially the reason why we exist today. So, it is not really surprising that humans have always been fascinated by the origin of the solar system. But despite a curiosity of hundreds of years, our knowledge around it is vastly limited. And that was part of the reason why the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Hayabusa2 spacecraft to bring samples from an ancient asteroid called Ryugu. The asteroid was thought to be a carbon-rich C-type asteroid and of the same age as the early solar system which made its analysis very important. The scientists working with the Japanese Space agency also developed a non-d...