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For example, he points out, there’s no need to go on a full digital detox if it’s actually only Instagram’s endless highlights reel that’s making you unhappy—you might just want to set... Read more »

The Download: how ChatGPT was made, and a boost for infertility treatment

When OpenAI launched ChatGPT, with zero fanfare, in late November 2022, nobody inside the company was prepared for a viral mega-hit. It was viewed in-house as a “research preview,” a tease of... Read more »

A technique called Cell Painting could speed drug discovery

Now some are embracing a new paradigm: Measure everything, ask questions later. This motto drives a lab at Harvard and MIT’s Broad Institute, where researchers have developed a method for generating a... Read more »

The idea of using a “three-parent baby” technique for infertility just got a boost

We can’t draw any firm conclusions about MRT for infertility from the trial conducted by Wells and his colleagues. For a start, it was quite small. And, importantly, there was no control... Read more »

The inside story of how ChatGPT was built from the people who made it

Sandhini Agarwal: We have a lot of next steps. I definitely think how viral ChatGPT has gotten has made a lot of issues that we knew existed really bubble up and become... Read more »

The Download: three-parent baby issues, and a solar balloon test

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 OpenAI wants to make AI smarter than humansRushing to build such models doesn’t exactly fill ethicists with confidence,... Read more »

Three-parent baby technique could create babies at risk of severe disease

We do know of one case in which it does not seem to have worked. A baby was born from an embryo that PGT revealed to have around 12% of the mother’s... Read more »

Researchers launched a solar geoengineering test flight in the UK last fall

During the second flight in September of 2022, the smaller payload balloon burst about 15 miles above the Earth, as it expanded amid declining atmospheric pressure, releasing around 400 grams of the... Read more »

The 11th Breakthrough Technology of 2023 takes flight

And Universal Hydrogen is joining the race this week. The company has a test flight planned for its Dash 8-300, a regional aircraft with over 40 seats.  The major goal is to... Read more »

The Download: turning garbage into energy, and China’s app anxiety

Some people might look in a grocery store’s dumpster and see garbage. But others are starting to see dollar signs. New facilities are popping up in the US to help tackle food... Read more »