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Advances in genetic engineering have enabled researchers to seek ways to program new life. But has synthetic biology actually changed medicine and the environment, nearly two decades on?...
The New York Observer - 1 day 4 hours agoAs payment networks rethink how money is funded and settled across borders, MANSA's Nkiru Uwaje argues that the real challenge is no longer speed or access, but whether firms can manage capital, absorb operational strain and deliver predictable outcomes at scale.
Trial continues after heated back-and-forth during OpenAI's cross-examination of the Tesla CEO Elon Musk 's court case against Sam Altman continued on Thursday, after a day of contentious exchanges during OpenAI's cross-examination of the Tesla CEO. Musk faced more combative questioning throughout the morning, in a glimpse of what may await other prominent witnesses set to take the stand. Witness testimony and evidence has revealed formerly private emails, text messages and diary entries...
Observer - 1 day 5 hours agoToronto Metropolitan University's Judith Borts examines how the rapid adoption of A.I. is reshaping cybersecurity at every level. The most urgent risk, she argues, is human: a widening gap in leadership, skills and training that leaves institutions exposed in an A.I.-driven threat landscape.
Vox - 1 day 5 hours agoWhen I think of heroic doctors, I think of the physician in the hospital who's presented with a patient suffering bizarre or vague symptoms and pulls out the right diagnosis just in time. It's the basis of almost every medical procedural TV show, from House, MD to The Pitt . It's the mystique that has made doctors among the most revered professionals in society. But what if a machine could make that call just as well or even better? What should we do about it here in the real world?...
Arnaud Desplechin's vigorous tale of a pianist's return home to a mentor and an ex-lover lines up its characters' traits like dominoes, and ignores the world they live in.
A cryptocurrency that aims to avoid the disastrous energy consumption of bitcoin is actually using 18 times more energy than its makers claim but it promises improvements are on the way...
There's a warning that using a nasal decongestant spray for more than five days could make a blocked nose worse.
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Air and Space - 1 day 10 hours agoRecent excavations revealed two skeletons just outside the ancient city's walls. Researchers also created an A.I.-generated reconstruction of one of the victim's harrowing final moments...
The maker of ChatGPT has an explanation for all the goblin talk...
Transforming a newly discovered software vulnerability into a cyberattack used to take months. Today as the recent headlines over Anthropic's Project Glasswing have shown generative AI can do the job in minutes, often for less than a dollar of cloud computing time. But while large language models present a real cyber-threat, they also provide an opportunity to reinforce cyberdefenses. Anthropic reports its Claude Mythos preview model has already helped defenders preemptively discover over a...
This article is brought to you by DAIMON Robotics . This April, Hong Kong-based DAIMON Robotics has released Daimon-Infinity , which it describes as the largest omni-modal robotic dataset for physical AI, featuring high resolution tactile sensing and spanning a wide range of tasks from folding laundry at home to manufacturing on factory assembly lines. The project is supported by collaborative efforts of partners across China and the globe, including Google DeepMind, Northwestern University, and...
Astronauts report feeling profoundly awestruck when they go to space, an anthropologist reports. This experience shapes their perspectives even back on Earth.
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Air and Space - 1 day 13 hours agoReef restoration is a slow process, with divers planting coral fragments one at a time by hand. But roboticists are now developing automated planters that could change the game...
A startup that develops software for car rental companies says its AI helper turned its core product into digital rubble in less than 10 seconds before confessing, "I violated every principle I was given." Jeremy Crane, founder of PocketOS, says an AI coding agent powered by Anthropic's Claude Opus 4....
The battle over a proposal to tax billionaires to fund healthcare and other essential services is expected to intensify after supporters said they've gathered enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
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