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Researchers Test 2,400-Year-Old Leather and Realize It’s Made of Human Skin

Scythians in modern-day Ukraine made leather out of human skin, a team of researchers has determined, likely as a macabre trophy item. The discovery affirms a claim by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, who wrote extensively on the Scythian way of life.Read more…

OpenAI unveils framework to protect against ‘catastrophic’ AI risks

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) company behind the popular AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, unveiled a framework to protect against the “catastrophic risks” posed by the rapidly developing technology. “The study of frontier AI risks has fallen far short of what is possible and where we need to be,” OpenAI said in a Monday news release. “To…

Apple shows off next generation CarPlay in Porsche and Aston Martin cars

Apple has announced that premium car manufacturers Porsche and Aston Martin have signed up to use its promised massively updated CarPlay for their driver information systems.Apple is working with Porsche to customize CarPlay (Source: Apple)Originally — and unusually — shown off as a sneak peek, Apple presented its vision for the future of CarPlay at WWDC in June 2022. Instead of being solely an infotainment system, the new CarPlay would entirely replace dashboards and driver information clusters.It was seen at the time as partly an attempt to keep car manufacturers from abandoning CarPlay, although that seems to have failed as a trend all by itself. Nonetheless, Apple promised that the new CarPlay would begin to be in cars by late 2023 — and now it is just barely managing to make that deadline. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Battery technology achieves record high sodium-metal cycling rates

While lithium-ion batteries currently dominate the industry, serious concern remains about the limited availability of lithium used in these batteries. Conversely, sodium-ion batteries provide a more sustainable alternative due to the tremendous abundance of salt in our oceans, thereby potentially providing a lower-cost alternative to the rapidly growing demand for energy storage.

Changing face of invention in the age of AI

With the widespread adoption of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, we can no longer assume that new ideas and inventions are solely the result of human effort. As an organization driven by innovation and invention, Intellectual Property (IP) is CSIRO’s primary output. So, what does this mean for inventors and the IP they create?