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UK to construct first floating offshore wind farm in Celtic Sea

UK to construct first floating offshore wind farm in Celtic Sea

Up to £64m government funding will back Port Talbot’s development as the first port in the Celtic Sea specifically developed to support floating offshore wind. The new port will help unlock at least 4.5 GW of floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea – helping deliver clean, homegrown electricity, protect households from volatile fossil fuel markets and create up to 5,000 new jobs. The new initiative builds upon work by the UK Government to support the steel industry in Port Talbot and to allocate all £122m funding to training for Tata Steel workers and businesses to regenerate the town. The funding will enable Associated British Ports (ABP) to complete the essential design and engineering work needed to build one of the first floating offshore wind ports in the UK at Port Talbot. Why the Celtic Sea? The Celtic Sea offers some of the best conditions for floating offshore wind in Europe. Unlike traditional offshore wind farms, floating turbines are deployed in deeper waters, where they can harness stronger, more consistent wind speeds. This funding is …

No, Hungary did not construct heated tunnels for its stray dogs

No, Hungary did not construct heated tunnels for its stray dogs

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It’s increasingly difficult to keep track of all the generative AI slop currently fooling unsuspecting internetgoers on any given day. Earlier this month, a (fake) image went viral after enough people genuinely believed North Carolina conservationists kept wild horses warm during winter storms by wrapping them in fiberglass insulation. Now, another hoax is tugging on the heartstrings of animal lovers. Multiple AI slop farm accounts are claiming that Hungary built heated aboveground walkways to accommodate the nation’s stray dogs amid freezing temperatures. “Saw this [Facebook] post about Hungary creating tunnels that keep dogs warm during the winter. Is this AI?” one user recently posted to the appropriately titled r/isthisAI subreddit along with one of the multiple similar images floating around the web. Although it may look realistic at first, a closer inspection shows multiple inconsistencies. Credit: Reddit The photo seems plausible enough at first glance. A dozen-or-so dogs are seen making their way through a glass-enclosed, well-lit corridor that …

The Most Popular Streamer on Twitch Is Now an AI Construct

The Most Popular Streamer on Twitch Is Now an AI Construct

Amidst mostly unfounded fears that artificial intelligence is coming for our jobs, it turns out there’s one gig AI is pretty excellent at: streaming on Twitch. Meet Neuro-sama, a cutesy AI-powered character which is now the top streamer on Twitch by active subscriber-count, according to Twitch Tracker. At the time of writing, Nuero-sama — streaming via the Twitch channel Vedal987 — has 165,268 paid active subscribers, well above the second-highest channel, the human-ran Jynxzi. On Twitch, each paid subscriber is valued at $5 a month, some of which is split with Twitch. According to an estimate by Dextero, that means Neuro-sama is raking in at least $400,000 a month just from subscriptions — and that’s on top of random viewer donations, sponsorships, and ad revenue. Over the past few years, content creators known as VTubers have taken Twitch by storm. VTubers are essentially like regular streamers, except they use digital motion-capture effects to alter their voice and appearance, often taking on cartoon-like personas to stand out and appeal to viewers looking for something beyond the physical …