—An anonymous US agency worker says they’re not impressed by a chatbot DOGE created in an attempt to automate work previously done by federal employees, Wired reports. The big story Inside the... Read more »

The drug appeared to be safe. It also appears likely to be effective. These individuals weren’t at risk of HIV. But the levels of the drug in their blood plasma remained high,... Read more »

The news: Google DeepMind has released a new model, Gemini Robotics, that combines its best large language model with robotics. Plugging in the LLM seems to give robots the ability to be... Read more »

Although the robot wasn’t perfect at following instructions, and the videos show it is quite slow and a little janky, the ability to adapt on the fly—and understand natural-language commands— is really... Read more »

For many years, researchers have been working to build devices that can mimic photosynthesis—the process by which plants use sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their fuel. These artificial leaves use sunlight... Read more »

The latest milestone means that Boston Metal just got one step closer to commercializing its technology. The company’s process uses electricity to make steel, and depending on the source of that electricity,... Read more »

The group’s device produces ethylene and ethane, proving that artificial leaves can create hydrocarbons. The development could offer a cheaper, cleaner way to make fuels, chemicals, and plastics.  For research lead Virgil... Read more »

Despite all the hype, very few people have had a chance to use it. Currently, under 1% of the users on the waitlist have received an invite code. (It’s unclear how many... Read more »

“We have been sort of stuck with outdated notions of what fairness and bias means for a long time,” says Divya Siddarth, founder and executive director of the Collective Intelligence Project, who... Read more »