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Union NJ, Kidney toxicity is one of the leading reasons promising new pharmaceuticals fail during development. Traditional screening requires expensive, years-long laboratory and animal studies before clinical trials can even begin.
Creating attractive photos and high-quality videos is now an important part of everyday digital life. From social media posts and blogs to online businesses and personal projects, people regularly need visual content that looks clear and professional. However, traditional editing software can sometimes be difficult for beginners because it requires time, technical knowledge, and multiple manual adjustments. This is where artificial intelligence is changing the editing experience.
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Ridgewood NJ, In a stark revelation sending shockwaves through the tech world, a senior AI safety researcher at Anthropic has publicly admitted that artificial intelligence carries a greater than 10% chance of causing human extinction within the next decade.
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Ridgewood NJ, As artificial intelligence continues to automate routine tasks and reshape corporate strategy, global consulting firm Ernst & Young (EY) is making a massive $100 million bet on what machines cannot replicate: human skills.
Continue reading Ernst & Young Bets $100 Million That Human Skills Still Beat AI in the Workplace
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Ridgewood NJ, Public opposition to artificial intelligence infrastructure has intensified in local communities across the nation. However, recent findings suggest that part of the outrage may be driven by coordinated foreign disinformation campaigns rather than purely organic grassroots concerns.
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Ridgewood NJ, Commuters across New Jersey may soon experience significantly more accurate, timely, and streamlined updates regarding their train and bus schedules. Following a recent Industry Day event on August 19, industry experts met with agency leaders to present cutting-edge solutions for modernizing NJ Transit’s customer communications ecosystem.
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New York NY, Artificial intelligence is no longer just a theoretical threat to the job market—its impact is becoming measurable.
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Bayonne NJ, A grassroots movement sweeping across the Garden State has scored another major victory. Bayonne, New Jersey has officially become the latest municipality to enact a complete ban on commercial data centers, following a unanimous 5-0 city council vote and approval from Mayor Sharon Ashe-Nadrowski on August 13, 2026.
Statewide Action: Governor Mikie Sherrill introduced a holistic statewide framework to manage energy, water, and local community impacts caused by large data center developments.
Local Backlash: Municipalities like the Borough of Paramus, NJ, are considering complete bans on new commercial data centers.
Economic Upside vs. Public Concern: While data centers drive job growth, higher property values, and tax revenue, local communities worry about noise pollution, utility rate hikes, and environmental costs.
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Ridgewood NJ, Surveillance tech giant Flock Safety has announced sweeping new privacy restrictions for its network of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) following intense public pressure, ACLU scrutiny, and investigative reports exposing widespread police misuse.
Continue reading Under Fire for Police Abuse, Flock Safety Unveils Major Privacy Policy Overhaul
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Ridgewood NJ, Mark Zuckerberg has officially pivoted Meta’s focus. Moving past previous ventures like the Metaverse, the Diem/Libra stablecoin, and Project Aquila, Zuckerberg has laid out an ambitious roadmap centered entirely on artificial superintelligence.
Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg’s 6,500-Word AI Manifesto: Free Superintelligent Agents for All
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Ridgewood NJ, In a groundbreaking and controversial biological milestone, researchers have officially crossed the threshold from using artificial intelligence to analyze life to using AI to create it. For the first time, scientists have trained generative AI models to author entirely synthetic viral genomes from scratch—and successfully revived them in a laboratory setting.
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Ridgewood NJ, Every dog owner loves their furry friend, but nobody enjoys yard cleanup duty. Enter Caleb Olson, an inventive creator who decided to tackle pet ownership’s dirtiest job using cutting-edge robotics and artificial intelligence.
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Wall Street NY, Another overhyped inexperienced fund manger bites the dust. After surging an incredible 439% in the first half of 2026, former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund, Situational Awareness, suffered a staggering 67% loss in July.
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New Brunswick NJ, Artificial intelligence in healthcare is no longer just a promise for the future—it is actively saving lives in hospitals today.
