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

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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

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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

A robot designed to earn trust with the word "hola" in front of it.

Robotics

Robots who share your accent are more trusted, study shows

What makes a robot seem competent and trustworthy might be different for different people.

Sam Jarman

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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.

Tim Brinkhof

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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.”

Kristin Houser

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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.

Kate Whiting

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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.

Staff at World Economic Forum

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.

Martin SFP Bryant

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AI startup Magic is building a “superhuman software engineer”

Magic AI is developing an advanced AI software engineer it sees as a milestone along the path to artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Kristin Houser

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Students use calculators to do math. Let them use ChatGPT to write.

Researchers tasked teachers with rating hundreds of essays, some written by students and others written by ChatGPT. Here's what they found.

Ross Pomeroy

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Aerospace engineer explains why AI can’t replace air traffic controllers

For everyone's safety, humans are likely to remain a necessary central component of air traffic control for a long time to come.

Amy Pritchett

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Nvidia’s free tool lets you create your own chatbot right on your PC

Nvidia’s Chat with RTX tool lets you create a custom chatbot that runs locally on your PC and can answer questions about your personal files.

Kristin Houser

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