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How our genome is like a generative AI model

But the recipe metaphor is too vague, says Mitchell. Instead, he and his colleague Nick Cheney at the University of Vermont are borrowing concepts from AI to capture what the genome does.... Read more »

Google DeepMind’s new AI systems can now solve complex math problems

“It is often easier to train a model for mathematics if you have a way to check its answers (e.g., in a formal language), but there is comparatively less formal mathematics data... Read more »

A new tool for copyright holders can show if their work is in AI training data

These AI copyright traps tap into one of the biggest fights in AI. A number of publishers and writers are in the middle of litigation against tech companies, claiming their intellectual property... Read more »

Roundtables: CRISPR Babies—Six years later

CRISPR Babies: Six years later Speakers: He Jiankui, CRISPR Pioneer, Antonio Regalado, senior editor for biomedicine, and Mat Honan, editor in chief Gene editing can correct or improve the DNA of human... Read more »

Google DeepMind’s AI systems can now solve complex math problems

“It is often easier to train a model for mathematics if you have a way to check its answers (e.g., in a formal language), but there is comparatively less formal mathematics data... Read more »

Beer, hydrogen, and heat: Why the US is still trying to make mirror-magnified solar energy work

“Under the Biden-Harris administration, DOE continues to invest in the next-generation solar technologies we need to tackle the climate crisis and ensure American scientific innovation remains the envy of the world,” Energy... Read more »

The Download: US quantum computing, and AI garbage

But we know you don’t always have time to sit down and read everything you want to each day—life just gets in the way. That’s why we’re launching MIT Technology Review Narrated:... Read more »

The race to clean up heavy-duty trucks

Cleaning up trucking, especially the biggest trucks, presents a massive challenge. That’s why some companies are trying to ease the industry into change. For my most recent story, I took a look... Read more »

PsiQuantum plans to build the biggest quantum computing facility in the US

The company has opted not to build small-scale quantum computers (such as IBM’s Condor, which uses a little over 1,100 qubits). Instead it is aiming to successfully manufacture and test what it... Read more »

AI trained on AI garbage spits out AI garbage

“You can certainly imagine that the same happens with machine learning models,” he says. “So if the first model has seen half of the internet, then perhaps the second model is not... Read more »