Is everything on the internet now written by AI? The science of AI detection tools, how efficient they are

The turn of events following the announcement of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize last month has put the widespread use of ...

LLMs believe false statements even after explicit warnings that they’re false

New research on so-called “negation neglect” finds that LLMs in a roughly analogous situation don’t behave that way. They ...
Cornwall Live

Neighbour's tree growing into your garden? 4 experts explain your course of action

What might have been easily overlooked during the colder months (such as a neighbour's apple tree branches or an overgrown ...
natural

Factcheck: Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario

Among a flurry of posts on social media last weekend, US president Donald Trump declared “good riddance” to a specific emissions scenario used in global climate projections. The “RCP8.5” scenario, ...
Medscape

False Positive mt-sDNA Tests Linked to Higher Rate of Aerodigestive Cancers

CHICAGO — Once a multi-target stool DNA (mt-sDNA) test is identified as a false positive, it is often considered reassuring for patients and providers concerned about colorectal cancer. However, new ...
HuffPost

Conspiracy Experts Explain Why Skepticism Around Trump's Third Assassination Attempt Is Growing

The leading theory was that the shooting was orchestrated by the Trump administration for political gain before the midterms and to build support for the construction of a $400 million ballroom at the ...
TechRepublic

Microsoft Defender Bug Triggers False Malware Alerts for DigiCert Certificates

Microsoft fixed a Defender false positive that flagged legitimate DigiCert certificates as malware, disrupting Windows trust stores for some IT teams. A Microsoft Defender update turned trusted ...
Time

Why False Claims Seem Truer the More You Hear Them

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Game Rant

Steam's Ratings Explained: From Mostly Negative to Overwhelmingly Positive

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...
The Spokesman-Review

Ask the doctors: It is possible to get a false positive TB test

Dear Doctors: I got a tuberculosis skin test for my health care job and tested positive. A follow-up blood test was also positive, and I was diagnosed with latent TB. However, I had no known exposure.
Aviation Week

NASA’s X-59 Returns To Flight After False Positive Cockpit Warning

NASA’s Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst low-boom demonstrator returned to the air with flights on March 26 and 27. Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and ...
Scientific American

The paradoxical math of false alarms

You have probably encountered the base rate fallacy, and it probably fooled you. Part mathematical paradox and part cognitive bias, this mental oversight has surprisingly forceful things to say about ...