Robots & AI

New AI generates CRISPR proteins unlike any seen in nature

An AI that generates CRISPR proteins is opening the door to gene editors with capabilities beyond what we’ve found in nature.

Kristin Houser

A stylized digital illustration of a hand wearing a futuristic SIMA glove, manipulating a ghostly image of a game controller against a dark, gradient background.

Why AI playing video games is a big deal

Google’s SIMA can follow human instructions to play 3D video games. Researchers hopes the platform can one day help AI navigate real-world environments.

Kevin Dickinson

A man wearing a gray beanie, white AI glasses, and a green puffer jacket smiles subtly against a light brown background.

How Brilliant Labs CEO is creating a “symbiosis of humanity and artificial intelligence”

CEO Bobak Tavangar discusses the philosophy behind Brilliant’s latest device, Frame, and his vision for the future of AI.

Kevin Dickinson

Robotics

New AI-powered farming robot covers 50 acres of crops per day

French startup Meropy has developed an agricultural robot that can autonomously inspect crops from above and below.

Kristin Houser

Microsoft’s new AI needs just 3 seconds of audio to clone a voice

Microsoft has unveiled VALL-E, a voice-cloning AI that only needs a 3-second sample to simulate a speaker’s voice with remarkable accuracy.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

What happens when an astrophysicist puts ChatGPT to the test?

Can an astrophysicist get ChatGPT to learn and assimilate new information and give correct answers where it gave confident but false ones?

Ethan Siegel

Microsoft plans to use ChatGPT in Bing. Here’s why it could be a threat to Google.

Language models could transform the ways we engage with search engines.

Stephen Johnson

Food

Krispy Kreme donuts to be filled, frosted, and packaged by machines

Donut company Krispy Kreme is investing in automated systems to take over functions currently completed by human workers.

Kristin Houser

Robotics

Sophia the robot talks Elon Musk, climate change, and more

Celebrity humanoid Sophia the robot shares her “thoughts” on climate change, Elon Musk, and more with Freethink.

Kristin Houser

Robotics

McDonald’s opens its first automated restaurant in Texas

McDonald’s has opened a new highly automated restaurant, giving customers a first look at the potential future of fast food.

Kristin Houser

Robotics

Sophia the robot becomes first humanoid to be signed by a gaming org

Sophia the robot has signed to XSET, a gaming organization and lifestyle brand focused on diversity and inclusion.

Kristin Houser

We gave ChatGPT a college-level microbiology quiz. It blew the quiz away.

A microbiologist devised a quiz that would be appropriate as a final exam for college-level microbiology students. ChatGPT blew it away.

Alex Berezow

Search engines and AI will make each other better

The tech behind ChatGPT isn’t ready to overthrow Google, but it could fix what’s wrong with search engines.

Shubham Agarwal

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