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What Should Humanity Do on the Day After an Interstellar Object is Recognized as Technological? | by Avi Loeb | Aug, 2025

What Should Humanity Do on the Day After an Interstellar Object is Recognized as Technological? | by Avi Loeb | Aug, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size A panoramic image of the 100 billion stars in the Milky-Way galaxy. (Image credit: ESO/S. Brunier) Let us imagine for a moment that the new interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS is a spacecraft, guided to send mini-probes that will arrive at Earth and other planets in the coming months. Given the limited …

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A Hiker Was Missing for Nearly a Year—Until an AI System Recognized His Helmet

A Hiker Was Missing for Nearly a Year—Until an AI System Recognized His Helmet

How long does it take to identify the helmet of a hiker lost in a 183-hectare mountain area, analyzing 2,600 frames taken by a drone from approximately 50 meters away? If done with a human eye, weeks or months. If analyzed by an artificial intelligence system, one afternoon. The National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps, known by it’s Italian initialism …

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I recognized the woman in a risqué video. I think I know who leaked it.

I recognized the woman in a risqué video. I think I know who leaked it.

Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so we’re diving into the Dear Prudence archives to share classic letters with our readers. Submit your own questions to Prudie here. Dear Prudence, A few days ago a friend sent me the link to a porn video that stars the (recently) ex-girlfriend of a mutual good friend. The video is …

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