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⚠️ AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
I discovered 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 for myself in my ill-fated research project of 2021!
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-ai-generate-intimacy-exceeds-human.html

AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
People can develop emotional closeness to artificial intelligence (AI)—under certain conditions, even more so than to other people. This is shown by a new study conducted by a research team led by Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs and Dr. Tobias Kleinert from the Department of Psychology at the University of Freiburg and Prof. Dr. Bastian Schiller from Heidelberg University's Institute of Psychology. Participants felt a sense of closeness especially when they did not know that they were communicatin…

Quite right. Close overseas bases.
"Chants of “British bases out” have rung out in recent days in Limassol, as protesters call for the removal of UK military bases from Cyprus’s sun-drenched south coast island.
"Demonstrations erupted after a suspected Iranian-made drone struck RAF Akrotiri earlier this week, two days after US-Israeli attacks on Iran began."
Anger in Cyprus over UK bases as US-Israel war with Iran endangers island | Al Jazeera

Anger in Cyprus over UK bases as US-Israel war with Iran endangers island
Protests grow as attack on British military site stirs fears that Cyprus is being dragged into a regional conflict.

A sustainable photocatalytic pathway for concurrent hydrogen and value-added chemical production utilizing microalgae as bio-scavenger in water
Ho Truong Nam Hai, Augusto Ducati Luchessi, Kaveh Edalati
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24924 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.24924 https://arxiv.org/html/2603.24924
arXiv:2603.24924v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Microalgae are an abundant bioorganic material source and play a significant role in life on Earth by conducting photosynthesis for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and its conversion to oxygen (O2). In this study, a combination of microalgae as a negative-CO2-emitting sacrificial agent with the traditional photocatalytic water-splitting process using brookite TiO2, as a model photocatalyst, is introduced as a new strategy to maximize green hydrogen (H2) production while converting microalgae to valuable products, like methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). The process, under optimal conditions, produces up to 0.990 mmol/g.h of H2 without cocatalyst addition and 3.200 mmol/g.h with platinum (Pt) cocatalyst, which is 13 times higher than the production rate without microalgae. The strategy of using microalgae in photocatalysis has high potential in green H2 production, as it not only eliminates valuable hole sacrificial agents, like alcohol, but also produces other useful compounds, like CH4 and CO. Moreover, this sustainable process contributes to CO2 capture and conversion during microalgae cultivation.
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