OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT 3.5 set in motion an AI arms race that has changed the world. How that turns out for humanity is something we are still reckoning with and may... Read more »

With that said, Empire of AI is a powerful work, bristling not only with great reporting but also with big ideas. This comes across in service to two main themes.  The first... Read more »

The star of Magrathea’s process is an electrolyzer, a device that uses electricity to split a material into its constituent elements. Using an electrolyzer in magnesium production isn’t new, but Magrathea’s approach... Read more »

“It’s an interesting cell concept,” says Jürgen Janek, a professor at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Giessen in Germany, who was not involved in the research. There’s been... Read more »

The reason why we did this is, we asked ourselves, what would happen if these small operations could combine their knowledge of their market, of their neighborhood, with the state-of-the-art technology? That’s... Read more »

Quote of the day “We’re automating the male gaze.” —Emily Bender, a computational linguist who specializes in generative AI, tells the Washington Post about the pitfalls of turning to chatbots for beauty... Read more »

Since the Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui was released from prison in 2022, he has sought to make a scientific comeback and to repair his reputation after a three-year incarceration for illegally creating... Read more »

“Of course there are children with health problems who should definitely have it,” says Dunachie. “But for healthy children in healthy households, the benefits probably are quite marginal.” Shouldn’t healthy people get... Read more »

In April, the feed started to change even more drastically.  He’s posts became increasingly provocative, with better English and a unique sensibility of online culture. “Stop asking for cat girls. I’m trying... Read more »