AI lies to us. That’s why Jaime Fernández Fisac created a “bullshit index” to track how and why AI is misleading its users. https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-misinformation-llm-bullshit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

A new solar panel is here that concentrates the sun’s light onto smaller areas. It extracted about 50 percent more power than previous designs. It’s also cheaper, using less than one-thousandth of the expensive semiconductor materials required by normal panels. https://spectrum.ieee.org/solar-panels-micro-cpv?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

New grid-scale battery sites in Scotland are stabilizing the power supply with their ability to quickly inject power and current during emergencies, just like fossil fuel plants do. One site already proved its worth when it leapt into action after a wood-burning generator unexpectedly shut down. https://spectrum.ieee.org/grid-scale-battery-scotland?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline