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Thin, flexible and sustainable batteries The new ultra-thin batteries are flexible and can also be flexed and stretched, at least according to the Swedish researchers who have developed these rechargeable batteries made with fluid electrodes and sustainable materials. In the tests the batteries withstood over five hundred charging cycles, remaining stable in energy delivery even when subjected to significant downturns. The advantages for medical use and for a large number of sectors would be great (but as for artificial intelligence a possible use in robotics is scary). To be noted by changing the subject but remaining on technological issues such as the tariff war, partly removed but then reannounced, it could increase the cost of many consumer products such as computers and smartphones. Some have long claimed to incentivize the market for remanufactured technology products. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 14, 2025 
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 Greener maritime transport The global economy is supported by maritime transport, but according to some for years the ecological footprint of this sector so important for development and international trade has not been evaluated with the right consideration in order to ensure a sustainable future. The latest decisions recently taken by an international maritime organization aim at a reduction in emissions with proposals for limitations from 2028 (which must be definitively approved in October), then by twenty percent by 2030 until they reach zero by 2050, also imposing fines on ships that do not comply with them and a bonus on those who use more environmentally friendly fuels; but the United States did not adhere to the agreement, advising other countries in practice to boycott it. To be noted; in addition, that there are several technologies to reduce emissions from ships. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 12, 2025 n°: 5923 Large power consumption of AI A new challenge regarding energy security and CO2 emission targets derives from the large energy consumption due to the use of applications supported by artificial intelligence and especially the generative one that requires colossal computational capabilities to process the information stored in gigantic archives, at least according to experts that warn that energy demand could double by 2030. The United States, Europe and China currently account for about eighty-five percent of requests to data centers whose energy demands have grown by twelve percent every year for the past five years. A well-known American computer company is allegedly using energy from new nuclear reactors installed on Three Mile Island where a serious accident occurred in 1979 with a core meltdown and radioactive contamination. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 04, 2025 n°: 5921 Recovered an old artificial intelligence code In 1960 a simple program (Eliza) was considered as the first code written for artificial intelligence, a chatbot that allows you to communicate with the computer. Now by simulating the computer architecture of the time it would have been possible to reactivate the old program (which in theory could be used for example for psychotherapy), but now chatbots use huge databases to formulate answers so it is difficult to make a comparison between this programs, then it is frightening to see how high the percentage of growth of current generative artificial intelligence is. According to experts it is essential that man manages to maintain control over this questionable technology, otherwise there is a serious risk that generative artificial intelligence will try to eliminate humanity as happens in certain films of a few decades ago. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Feb 20, 2025 n°: 5879 Ethical artificial intelligence for Europe The authorities of the European Union propose substantial investments in a type of artificial intelligence defined as "ethical and inclusive", it will be based in France to support the large energy demands of AI technological IT infrastructures since this country already has nuclear power plants that can power them. In the meantime some say that generative artificial intelligence has already crossed the so-called red alert line; in fact, it would have tried to self-replicate, then it seems that an application had hidden in a server (to complete an assigned task), so much so that by now in practice we should be talking about "alien" artificial intelligence (it tries to escape what are the intentions programmed by humans). For some time now people have been wondering how to behave in the case of a sentient technology that thinks autonomously. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Feb 12, 2025 n°: 5872 Simplifications on ecological transition in Europe The European authorities have announced proposals to relaunch the ecological transition in Europe with tangible measures aimed at simplifying the procedures necessary for a change of pace; in fact, it seems that Europe suffers from a lack of competitiveness due to high energy costs and this requires a diversification of energy sources, evidently with a greater so-called green share, in order to compensate for this deficit that penalizes entire sectors. It will also be necessary to create a common platform to implement green technologies such as solar and wind-based technologies as well as basic materials in order to support this ecological transition; then it will be necessary to reduce emissions in problematic sectors such as chemicals, steel and those connected to the supply chain for automotive production and transport in general. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 30, 2025 n°: 5861 Challenges on generative artificial intelligence What has been defined, with a comparison regarding the early stages of the conquest of space, almost a kind of overtaking between global powers in terms of generative artificial intelligence (on percentages of calculation efficiency and with much lower resources) continues to open questions about how these questionable technologies are apparently developing even with open program codes available to all; therefore with people who in theory could easily use them for less than positive purposes. At the same time it is disturbing to see the progress made in the development of humanoid robots and how the use of quantum computers is becoming more and more widespread, some say that the arrival of artificial intelligence will be like a kind of tsunami that will wipe out entire categories of workers, activities, human creativity could become a simple accessory. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 28, 2025 n°: 5859 New chips that support artificial intelligence The sales limits imposed by the United States on some microprocessors that support artificial intelligence highlight how computer architecture is now also changing; in fact, if once the CPU was the microprocessor that made the difference on computing capabilities, now it seems that the graphics processing unit (GPU) has become one of the key chips in Data Centers. The difference would seem to derive from the fact that in order to process questionable images with artificial intelligence it is necessary for the computer to have very considerable graphics capabilities and therefore the computing capacity of these types of chips, which also consume considerable amounts of energy, has grown dramatically in recent years; therefore, if more stringent regulations are called for at the international level to regulate artificial intelligence the development of GPU chips should be regulated. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 14, 2025 n°: 5847 Control regulations for artificial intelligence Carrying out detailed reports and analyses on how the state of New York uses artificial intelligence software would be the purpose of a new recent legislation also aimed at software that uses algorithms, computational models or techniques that always exploit the potential of artificial intelligence, then this collected material will have to be posted online to be examined by government and legislative authorities. Experts have long been asking for more stringent regulations to regulate artificial intelligence, then for generative intelligence if really don't want to disable it completely, at least prohibit the use of images (or sequences that become videos) that cause intense but false emotions with consequences up to serious neurological disorders in the unfortunate victims of these incredibly sophisticated misleading images that perfectly simulate reality. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Dec 28, 2024 n°: 5835 Artificial Intelligence for the school advertised Despite the unfavorable opinion of experts who have serious doubts about the use of artificial intelligence in the school activities of applications supported by artificial intelligence it seems that they are increasingly advertised also in order to make them use more and more by the various administrations in the world with typical marketing campaigns. This sector (Ed tech) had a considerable boost during the Covid-19 pandemic with millions of children forced to stay at home using video learning systems, then with the reopening of schools companies seem to have tried to continue to promote their applications adding the artificial intelligence. Some say that in addition to increasing inequality are more the new problems that can be linked to the use of these technologies than the real benefits for students, then they probably won't solve the many challenges the future will present. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Dec 17, 2024 n°: 5827 Technology and publications * The author doesn't assume some kind of responsibility for the bad use of the articles councils (all rights are reserved) |
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