A High-Profile Geneticist Is Launching a Fusion-Power Moonshot
Eric Lander is a Big Science heavyweight. A geneticist, molecular biologist, and mathematician, he led the International Human Genome Project and is founding director of the...
Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity Are Promoting Scientific Racism in Search Results
Google added that part of the problem it faces in generating AI Overviews is that, for some very specific queries, there’s an absence of high quality...
Liquid AI Is Redesigning the Neural Network
Artificial intelligence might now be solving advanced math, performing complex reasoning, and even using personal computers, but today’s algorithms could still learn a thing or two...
AT&T and T-Mobile Claim Locked Phones Are Good, Actually
T-Mobile and AT&T say US regulators should drop a plan to require unlocking of phones within 60 days of activation, claiming that locking phones to a...
Hacking Generative AI for Fun and Profit
You hardly need ChatGPT to generate a list of reasons why generative artificial intelligence is often less than awesome. The way algorithms are fed creative work...
How to Generate an AI Podcast Using Google’s NotebookLM
Two podcasts hosts banter back and forth during the final episode of their series, audibly anxious to share some distressing news with listeners. “We were, uh,...
23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?
Kteily says by the time the company rolled out these services, it was too late. Customers had already left the platform. “I think they hit on...
Microsoft’s AI Boss Wants Copilot to Bring ‘Emotional Support’ to Windows and Office
We don’t save any of the material with Copilot Vision, so once you close the browser after your session, it all just disappears. It fully deletes....
Microsoft’s Copilot AI Gets a Voice, Vision, and a ‘Hype Man’ Persona
Microsoft deleted the over-eager office assistant Clippy some 17 years ago, but the vision for a friendly and optimistic AI helper has apparently found its way...
Hurricane Helene Will Send Shockwaves Through the Semiconductor Industry
A spokesperson for Sibelco said, “As of September 26, we have temporarily halted operations at the Spruce Pine facilities in response to these challenges. “We are...