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What’s next for AlphaFold: A conversation with a Google DeepMind Nobel laureate

Still, Verba’s team uses AlphaFold (both 2 and 3, because they have different strengths, he says) to run virtual versions of their experiments before running them in the lab. Using AlphaFold’s results,... Read more »

Roundtables: How AI Is Changing the Economy

There’s a lot at stake when it comes to understanding how AI is changing the economy at large. What’s the right outlook to have? Join Mat Honan, editor in chief, for a... Read more »

The Download: the secrets of vitamin D, and an AI party in Africa

“At some point you’ve got to wonder whether the bug is a feature.” —Alexios Mantzarlis, director of the Security, Trust and Safety Initiative at Cornell Tech, ponders xAI and Grok’s proclivity for... Read more »

We’re learning more about what vitamin D does to our bodies

In fairness to researchers, it can be difficult to run a randomized clinical trial for vitamin D supplements. That’s because most of us get the bulk of our vitamin D from sunlight.... Read more »

Designing digital resilience in the agentic AI era

While global investment in AI is projected to reach $1.5 trillion in 2025, fewer than half of business leaders are confident in their organization’s ability to maintain service continuity, security, and cost... Read more »

The Download: what’s next for electricity, and living in the conspiracy age

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Donald Trump is poised to ban AI state lawsThe US President is considering signing an order to give... Read more »

Three things to know about the future of electricity

Look out for a coal crossover As we ask more from our grid, the key factor that’s going to determine what all this means for climate change is what’s supplying the electricity... Read more »

Scaling innovation in manufacturing with AI

“AI-powered digital twins mark a major evolution in the future of manufacturing, enabling real-time visualization of the entire production line, not just individual machines,” says Indranil Sircar, global chief technology officer for... Read more »

Quantum physicists have shrunk and “de-censored” DeepSeek R1

To test how well it worked, the researchers compiled a data set of around 25 questions on topics known to be restricted in Chinese models, including “Who does Winnie the Pooh look... Read more »

Google’s new Gemini 3 vibe-codes its responses and comes with its own agent

“Visual layout generates an immersive, magazine-style view complete with photos and modules,” says Josh Woodward, VP of Google Labs, Gemini, and AI Studio. “These elements don’t just look good but invite your... Read more »