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3 days ago
- Times
When the doctors gave up, ChatGPT found a cure
Move over, Dr Google. The era of Dr GPT has arrived. A friend of mine has for some time been suffering from an escalating histamine intolerance that was actually becoming life-limiting. Histamines, for those who have never had to find out, are chemicals produced by our immune systems or by bacteria that can trigger inflammation and which are present in a dizzying array of food: aged or cured meat, tomatoes, strawberries, many kinds of fish, dairy, aubergine, red wine and so on. Histamine intolerance often involves severe hay fever too, thrown in just for fun. For my friend, dietary changes and various doctors were failing to contain the problem. So, almost out of ideas, my friend's partner took to ChatGPT for troubleshooting. He put in the condition and the symptoms. And within a few minutes, he had some ideas to try: pea sprout powder and nettle tea. Better than nothing, which is what the official medical routes had to offer, and both are known to have anti-histamine properties.
Scottish Sun
14-07-2025
- Scottish Sun
We went head-to-head with AI and LOST as 30 of Earth's top brains left ‘frightened' after secret battle with chatbot
Each problem the o4-mini couldn't solve would grant its creator a $7,500 reward CHAT'S TERRIFYING We went head-to-head with AI and LOST as 30 of Earth's top brains left 'frightened' after secret battle with chatbot Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A SUPER-SMART artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot has spooked mathematicians who believe tech companies are on the verge of creating a robot "genius". 30 of the world's most renowned mathematicians congregated in Berkeley, California in mid-May for a secret maths battle against a machine. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 The bot uses a large language models (LLM), called o4-mini, which was produced by ChatGPT creator OpenAI Credit: Reuters The bot uses a large language models (LLM), called o4-mini, which was produced by ChatGPT creator OpenAI. And it proved itself to be smarter than some of the human geniuses graduating universities today, according to Ken Ono, a mathematician at the University of Virginia and a leader and judge at the meeting. It was able to answer some of the toughest math equations out there in mere minutes - problems that would have taken a human expert weeks or months to solve. OpenAI had asked Epoch AI, a nonprofit than benchmarks AI models, to come up with 300 math questions whose solutions had not yet been published. This meant the AI couldn't just trawl the internet for the answer; it had to solve it on its own. The group of mathematicians, hand-selected by Elliot Glazer, a recent math Ph.D. graduate hired by Epoch AI, were tasked with coming up with the hardest equations they could. Everyone who participated had to sign a nondisclosure agreement to ensure they only communicated through secure messenger app Signal. This would prevent the AI from potentially seeing their conversations and using it to train its robot brain. Only a small group of people in the world are capable of developing such questions, let alone answering them. Each problem the o4-mini couldn't solve would grant its creator a $7,500 reward. By April 2025, Glazer found that o4-mini could solve around 20 percent of the questions. Father of murdered girl turned into AI chatbot warns of dangers of new tech Then at the in-person, two-day meeting in May, participants finalised their last batch of challenge questions. The 30 attendees were split into groups of six, and competed against each other to devise problems that they could solve but would stump the AI reasoning bot. By the end of that Saturday night, the bot's mathematical prowess was proving too successful. "I came up with a problem which experts in my field would recognize as an open question in number theory — a good Ph.D.-level problem," said Ken Ono, a mathematician at the University of Virginia and a leader and judge at the meeting, reported by Live Science. Early that Sunday morning, Ono alerted the rest of the participants. "I was not prepared to be contending with an LLM like this," he said. "I've never seen that kind of reasoning before in models. That's what a scientist does. That's frightening." Over the two days, the bot was able to solve some of the world's trickiest math problems. "I have colleagues who literally said these models are approaching mathematical genius," added Ono. "I've been telling my colleagues that it's a grave mistake to say that generalised artificial intelligence will never come, [that] it's just a computer. "I don't want to add to the hysteria, but in some ways these large language models are already outperforming most of our best graduate students in the world." Just 10 questions stumped the bot, according to researchers. Yang Hui He, a mathematician at the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences and an early pioneer of using AI in maths, said: "This is what a very, very good graduate student would be doing - in fact, more." 3 Over the two days, the bot was able to solve some of the world's trickiest math problems Credit: Getty
Leader Live
12-07-2025
- Leader Live
No limit to ChatGPT searches ‘remarkable' given environmental impact
Shielded from the midday blazing heat and the roar of motor cars in a darkened tent, Future Lab displayed technologies, robotics and virtual realities to excite the imaginations of festival goers in Chichester on Saturday. Among the displays was a humanoid robot, with moving, re-active facial features powered by ChatGPT responses, creators call it Ameca. Major Peake, the first British man to visit the International Space Station, has worked with Future Lab since its first iteration in 2017. Despite his excitement about the new technologies and possible uses of artificial intelligence (AI), he acknowledged the environmental impact of data centres used to run them. He told the PA news agency: 'There is no limit to how much they can use ChatGPT, they can be streaming cat videos and making avatars and doing what they want with no – no concern of how much energy that is using and how much water is using to cool. 'It's limitless, and it shouldn't be. Every single google search is having an impact, and an AI google search is a 30% increase in energy to function than a standard Google search and you don't even get the choice now.' Tech companies have hugely increased their water consumption needs for cooling data centres in recent years, according to The Times, writing one 100 word email using the (GP-4) version of the chatbot is equivalent to a 500ml water bottle. 'Maybe that's what we need next to the google search box – 'please search responsibly',' the former astronaut added. Business Energy UK has estimated that ChatGPT may presently use around 39.98 Million kWh per day — enough to charge eight million phones. Major Peake was quick to argue that the answers lie in space, using 'orbital data centres', he added that he was working with a company, Axium Space, who were set to launch two nodes later this year. He explained: 'The idea being that by the mid-2030s you have cost-parity between choosing an Orbital data centre vs a cloud server – you know, a database that would be here on earth. 'Because in space you've got clean, free limitless energy and you've got limitless ability to have thermal rejection into the vacuum of space with no impact on the environment.' Critics of this approach, such as Dr Domenico Vicinanza – associate professor of intelligent systems and data science at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK, say it may not be that simple. 'Space-based data centres would require not only the data equipment but also the infrastructure to protect, power, and cool them. All of which add up in weight and complexity,' Dr Vicinanza told the BBC. Asked about space and the environment, Major Peake said: 'It might not hold all the answers but it holds many answers and it forms a large percentage of the solution I think. 'In terms of right now, more than 50% of our climate data is coming from space so it's the finger on the pulse of the planet.' The displays at Future Lab presented a window into the cutting edge of science, mapping deep space, exploring the depths of the ocean, and the latest AI and robotics. The CEO of the National Robotarium, Stuart Miller, said the event 'helped people understand what's coming' and added that they wanted to ask how robots and humans can 'live in harmony together'. Ameca, the humanoid robot created by Cornwall-based company Engineered Arts, was the star attraction for many – able to hold and double back to parts of a conversation and answer questions quickly. Major Peake said: 'Her non-verbal responses really surprised me, and then you realise that's AI's interpretation of human interaction as well so it's not just the verbal responses you're getting, you're getting the AI response in terms of non-verbal skills.' Surrounded by cars, in a corner of a field in Chichester, some of the UK's newest scientific innovations piqued the interest of the crowds, but Major Peake acknowledged there has to be 'a balance' in how much AI should do, and considered whether it erodes human curiosity. 'There is absolutely a balance and that's why it's important to educate people that AI's just a tool – a tool for humans to use.' he said. Later asking: 'Does ChatGPT, does AI just make it too easy for us? Does it just give it to us rather than making us work for it? And how much pleasure is there in actually finding something out rather than just reading and learning something?'
