For example, since OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT was launched in November students have already started using it to cheat by writing essays for them. News website CNET has used ChatGPT to write articles,... Read more »

The tool is currently being trialed in a group of research volunteers and is not yet widely available. But I’m hoping it represents a move toward more transparency and openness about the... Read more »

Jennifer: He says having employees work as beta testers is problematic… because they might not feel like they have a choice. Albert Fox Cahn: The reality is that when you’re an employee,... Read more »

When I opened the email telling me I’d been accepted to run the London Marathon, I felt elated. And then terrified. Barely six months on from my last marathon, I knew how... Read more »

Hitting the gym Despite the variable quality of ChatGPT’s fitness tips, some people have actually been following its advice in the gym.  John Yu, a TikTok content creator based in the US,... Read more »

Batteries could power planes, at least for short distances. Some companies have been trying out test flights of electric planes powered this way, mostly small eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft... Read more »

The news: Eight years ago, a patient lost her power of speech because of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which causes progressive paralysis. Now, after volunteering to receive a brain implant, the... Read more »

6. The history of Zhongguancun, China’s Silicon Valley, explained. (Wired $) 7. A Chinese state-owned bank in Hong Kong is enticing new clients from the mainland with the possibility of getting mRNA... Read more »

In the new research, the Stanford team wanted to know if neurons in the motor cortex contained useful information about speech movements, too. That is, could they detect how “subject T12” was... Read more »