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How this grassroots effort could make AI voices more diverse
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A massive volunteer-led effort to collect training data in more languages, from people of more ages and genders, could help make the next generation of voice AI more inclusive and less exploitative.
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Google DeepMind has a new way to look inside an AI’s “mind”
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Autoencoders are letting us peer into the black box of AI. They could help us create AI that is better understood, and more easily controlled.
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The Download: diversifying AI voices, and a science-fiction glimpse into the future
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Plus: Robotaxi firm Cruise is being fined for falsifying a report
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Why the term “women of childbearing age” is problematic
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New movie The Substance showcases how women are thought about in terms of youth and fertility. That idea makes for bad research and health guidance.
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Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch
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Rapid advances in applying artificial intelligence to simulations in physics and chemistry have some people questioning whether we will even need quantum computers at all.
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The tech industry can’t agree on what open-source AI means. That’s a problem.
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The answer could determine who gets to shape the future of the technology.
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Unlocking the mysteries of complex biological systems with agentic AI
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Embracing the paradigm shift of agentic AI could lead to massive advancements in healthcare as we know it.
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The Download: understanding AI, and what to expect from the UN’s climate conference
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Plus: crypto predictions-betting platform Polymarket is under investigation
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What’s on the table at this year’s UN climate conference
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The talks are focused on climate finance, but the results of the US election loom large.
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This AI system makes human tutors better at teaching children math
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The tool, called Tutor CoPilot, demonstrates how AI could enhance, rather than replace, educators’ work.
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How to… delete your 23andMe data
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But truly deleting your personal genetic information from the DNA testing company is easier said than done.
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The Download: the lab fighting exploitative AI, and plant engineering
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Plus: Donald Trump has officially appointed Elon Musk to help him slim down the government
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The AI lab waging a guerrilla war over exploitative AI
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The tools Glaze and Nightshade are giving artists hope that they can fight back against AI that hoovers internet data to train. Are they enough?
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The consortium that helped revitalize the U.S. semiconductor industry in the 1980s and 1990s has become a model for how industry and government can work together.
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The Download: parkour for robot dogs, and Africa’s AI ambitions
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Plus: Silicon Valley plans to work alongside President Trump
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Africa’s AI researchers are ready for takeoff
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But the continent’s AI sector faces many challenges.
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Generative AI taught a robot dog to scramble around a new environment
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A new system could help train robots entirely in generated worlds
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The coolest thing about smart glasses is not the AR. It’s the AI.
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Recent demos of smart glasses from Meta and Snap have shown off some impressive visuals. But the brains are the thing.
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The Download: AI in Africa, and reporting in the age of Trump
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Plus: Canada has confirmed its first bird flu case in humans
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Science and technology stories in the age of Trump
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Rather than analyzing the news this week, I thought I’d lift the hood a bit on how we make it.
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A bold AI movement is underway in Africa—but it is being held up
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Inadequate funding, infrastructure issues, and fights over regulation mean the sector's future remains uncertain.
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We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says.
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The company's star ethics researcher highlighted the risks of large language models, which are key to Google's business.
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As the climate changes, genetic engineering will be essential for growing food. But is it creating a race of superweeds?
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How the Bot-y Politic Influenced This Election
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Nearly 20 percent of all election-related tweets come from an army of influential robots.
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The Download: AI vs quantum, and the future of reproductive rights in the US
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Plus: Black people across the US have received racist texts purporting to be from Trump supporters
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What’s next for reproductive rights in the US
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Seven states are set to implement laws supporting abortion access, but the future of reproductive rights in the US is unclear.
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Kids are learning how to make their own little language models
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A new program aims to teach them how AI works, by getting hands-on.
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The Download: what Trump’s victory means for the climate
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Plus: tech's great and the good are congratulating Donald Trump
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Trump’s win is a tragic loss for climate progress
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His return to the White House puts the world’s second largest climate polluter on an emissions trajectory we can’t afford.
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The US is about to make a sharp turn on climate policy
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Trump’s election means the next four years are going to look very different.
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Delivering the next-generation barcode
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2D barcodes enable traceability and authentication for modern commerce, but they require strong data foundations, from supplier to consumer.
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The Download: ice-melting robots, and genetically modified trees
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Plus: Donald Trump has been elected US president for the second time
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Life-seeking, ice-melting robots could punch through Europa’s icy shell
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Researchers are working on technology that could follow NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and hunt for life in the ocean of Jupiter’s moon.
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The hunter-gatherer groups at the heart of a microbiome gold rush
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Scientists have been looking for health-promoting microbes in the feces of people from traditional communities—some of whom feel exploited.
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The Download: inside animals’ minds, and how to make AI agents useful
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Plus: the polls have opened to decide America's next president
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How ChatGPT search paves the way for AI agents
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Here's what needs to be done to make AI assistants truly helpful.
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Whatever happened to DNA computing?
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Many alternatives to silicon have been proposed over the years. Some are finding their way into computing.
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Why bigger is not always better in AI
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Smaller models are proving to be equally capable—with a far smaller carbon footprint.
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The Download: CRISPR’s climate promises, and protecting forests with tech
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Plus: Telegram is a hotbed of election denial
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Facebook is bombarding cancer patients with ads for unproven treatments
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Clinics offering debunked cancer treatments are still allowed to advertise, despite the company’s stated efforts to control medical misinformation.
on Nov 3
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How a breakthrough gene-editing tool will help the world cope with climate change
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Jennifer Doudna, the co-developer of CRISPR, says there’s a “coming revolution” in climate-adapted crops and animals.
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The Download: OpenAI launches search, and AI-generated video games
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Plus: As the US election looms, social media platforms have given up moderating
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How exosomes could become more than just an “anti-aging” fad
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They might not make you beautiful, but research suggests exosomes might help us diagnose and treat diseases.
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This AI-generated Minecraft may represent the future of real-time video generation
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The game was created from clips and keyboard inputs alone, as a demo for real-time interactive video generation.
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Developers should act before governments fall back on blunt tools.
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OpenAI brings a new web search tool to ChatGPT
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The new tool puts OpenAI squarely in competition with the search giants, and will help fuel its next generation of AI agents
on Oct 31
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Chasing AI’s value in life sciences
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As AI becomes more prevalent, organizations need to leverage the power of scope, scale, speed, and human-AI collaboration for differentiation.
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The Download: US house-building barriers, and a fusion energy facility tour
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Plus: Bird flu has been found in a pig in the US for the first time
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Inside a fusion energy facility
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems is trying to bring a long-promised technology to reality.
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The surprising barrier that keeps the US from building all the housing it needs
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Sure, there is too much red tape and too many complicated zoning regulations, but there’s another reason building houses—and everything else—is so expensive: The construction industry is inefficient and not very productive.
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