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Artificial Intelligence

Rapid advancements in AI today have the potential to change everything about everything. But will they? We’re exploring what will change, how, and whether we’re building digital gods or stochastic parrots.

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AI

Will AI supercharge hacking — if it hasn’t already?

The future of hacking is coming at us fast, and it isn’t clear yet whether AI will help attackers and defenders more.

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AI

No, LLMs still can’t reason like humans. This simple test reveals why.

Most AI models are incredible at taking tests but easily bamboozled by basic reasoning. “Simple Bench” shows us why.

Automation

The rise of the semi-autonomous car

A look back at the history of driving automation and the kinds of tech we can expect to see hitting the road in the coming years.

A tool, a rival, or a collaborator?

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AI

AI “tastes” beer — then tells brewers how to make it better

An AI that can predict how to improve the taste of a beer could help brewers develop the next beloved brew.

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Robotics

Bipedal robot takes a beating, keeps on hiking

LimX Dynamics’s bipedal robot, P1, can keep its footing, even when traversing rough terrain unlike any it’s seen before.

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AI

Would you trust big work-life decisions to an AI coach?

The fast-growing coaching industry is being disrupted by generative AI, which excels at “performance coaching.”

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AI

Generative AI tech is dreaming up new antibodies

A new tool for designing antibodies relies on the same kind of tech underpinning DALL-E and other image-generating AIs.

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Wearables

AI-powered wearable “speaks” for people with vocal cord problems

Bioengineers at UCLA are developing an AI-powered wearable that could make it easier for people with vocal cord problems to talk.

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Robotics

Humanoid robots are joining the Mercedes-Benz workforce

German automaker Mercedes-Benz is deploying Apptronik’s Apollo robots at a manufacturing plant in Hungary.

Cars

Autonomous auto racing promises safer driverless cars on the road

Autonomous racing is a testbed where competition spurs innovation and AI-controlled cars chart a course toward safer autonomous vehicles.

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AI

Google’s AI can create a video game based on a napkin drawing

Named Genie, the AI can create a short video games from a single image. It could one day create a wide range of interactive environments.

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AI

The brief history of artificial intelligence: The world has changed fast – what might be next?

Despite their brief history, computers and AI have fundamentally changed what we see, what we know, and what we do.

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AI

Startup unveils “world’s first” complete AI software engineer

Cognition Labs has unveiled Devin, an AI software engineer that can build websites from scratch, debug code, and more.

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Climate Crisis

9 ways AI is helping tackle climate change

Existing AI systems include tools that predict weather, track icebergs, and identify pollution, all of which can help fight climate change.

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Medicine

Clinical trials can save more lives, and faster, with AI

The type of AI powering ChatGPT could help accelerate drug development by matching patients with clinical trials and vice versa.

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Transportation

Safer skies with self-flying helicopters

Engineers start with an existing helicopter model and add control, sensing, and other software systems to make it autonomous.

AI

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and claims it has achieved AGI

Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, claiming it has breached its agreement to develop artificial general intelligence for the benefit of all humanity.

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History

How three students wrote history by winning the Vesuvius Challenge

Thanks to the Vesuvius Challenge, we may be on the verge of the biggest literary discovery of the ancient world in decades.

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Clean Energy

AI solves huge problem holding back fusion power

Princeton researchers have trained an AI to predict and prevent a common problem during nuclear fusion reactions.

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Robotics

Watch: Figure’s humanoid robot just learned something new

Robotics startup Figure AI just shared a video showing its humanoid robot completing a fully autonomous “real world task.”

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AI

Sam Altman on the future of AI

In the Davos session, “Technology in a Turbulent World,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman explained where he sees AI heading.

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Agriculture

AI for agriculture: How Indian farmers are harvesting innovation

India’s farmers combat climate change, pestilence, and financial burdens, with AI-driven initiatives offering transformative solutions.

AI

4 core strategies as AI changes the “meaning of work”

A 2021 study in Germany revealed that automation can have a serious effect on our sense of meaning at work.

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