Ecology

AI influencers work if they generate empathy, but they worsen our perception of the body

AI influencers work if they generate empathy, but they worsen our perception of the body

Example of AI influencer. Scrolling through any social network, everyone has certainly come across a influencers generated byartificial intelligence. These digital personalities have millions of followers, collaborate with luxury brands and publish content every day. More and more companies are adopting them as a marketing tool, attracted by the possibility of having a testimonial who is always available, always controllable ...

Because in old photographs we had red eyes and with smartphones it rarely happens

Because in old photographs we had red eyes and with smartphones it rarely happens

If you open an old photo album, there will most likely be someone who has the eyes red in colour. If you scroll through the gallery on your smartphone, you won’t find even one. But how is this possible? The effect “eyes red” is closely linked to the way in which our eyes react to light and today therefore we ...

WhatsApp is testing a feature that makes messages disappear after reading

WhatsApp is testing a feature that makes messages disappear after reading

Image generated with AI for illustrative purposes only. WhatsApp is developing a new feature designed to protect user privacy: a timer that automatically delete messages when the recipient he opens them and reads them. The option, called “After reading”was created to resolve an important limitation of classic disappearing messages, whose countdown starts from the moment they are sent, regardless of ...

ChatGPT solved a mathematical problem unsolved since 1966 in 80 minutes

ChatGPT solved a mathematical problem unsolved since 1966 in 80 minutes

ChatGPT solved a 60-year-old mathematical problem in 80 minutes In 1966 Paul Erdös, one of the most prolific mathematicians in history, formulated a problem – one of the Erdos problems – concerning a particular set of numbers called the “primitive set”. For decades many scholars have tried to solve it, obtaining only partial results. In short, for 60 years it ...

Burnout, when work empties us: what it is, the INAIL numbers and the paradox of commitment

Burnout, when work empties us: what it is, the INAIL numbers and the paradox of commitment

Working a lot, extending the days, shortening the lunch break and answering emails even at night: for many it has become normal. In our modern culture, it stress it is often experienced as a necessary, almost dutiful step to keep up and demonstrate one’s worth. But when the intense period stops being the exception and becomes the rule, the risk ...

Gemini Spark arrives, Google's new AI assistant that works in the background and automates daily tasks even offline

Gemini Spark arrives, Google’s new AI assistant that works in the background and automates daily tasks even offline

Spark. Credit: Google. Artificial intelligence has moved beyond the phase of simple text-based chatbots to enter the era of autonomous and proactive systems, the so-called AI agents. At the center of this transformation we find Gemini Sparka technology integrated into the Google landscape that redefines the concept of digital automation, and which was announced by Big G in the last ...

Beyond Hormuz, the 8 maritime bottlenecks that decide almost all global trade

Beyond Hormuz, the 8 maritime bottlenecks that decide almost all global trade

Almost 80% of world trade travel by sea. Not by ideological choice, but purely economy: a ship carries in a single voyage an amount of goods that would require thousands of trucks or planes to transport by land or air. The consequence is that geography still decides the flows, with global trade being forced to pass through a few maritime ...