Scientists use harmless viruses to ferry and insert the new genetic material because of their natural ability to get inside cells. But the potential for these viruses to accidentally trigger another cancer has long been considered a theoretical risk. In its notice, the FDA said the use of these viruses may have played a role… Continue reading A Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment May Cause Cancer. The FDA Is Investigating
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An AI Dreamed Up 380,000 New Materials. The Next Challenge Is Making Them
The robotic line cooks were deep in their recipe, toiling away in a room tightly packed with equipment. In one corner, an articulated arm selected and mixed ingredients, while another slid back and forth on a fixed track, working the ovens. A third was on plating duty, carefully shaking the contents of a crucible onto… Continue reading An AI Dreamed Up 380,000 New Materials. The Next Challenge Is Making Them
A Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab
United States lawmakers are receiving a flood of warnings from across civil society not to be bend to the efforts by some members of Congress to derail a highly sought debate over the future of a powerful but polarizing US surveillance program. House and Senate party leaders are preparing to unveil legislation on Wednesday directing… Continue reading A Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab
Amazon’s Answer to ChatGPT Is a Workplace Assistant Called Q
Q uses a range of different artificial intelligence models under the hood, including Amazon’s own Titan large language model and LLMs built by Cohere and Anthropic, two well-funded startups competing with OpenAI. Selipsky points to OpenAI’s near-implosion last week to make the case for companies diversifying their AI providers. “You need not look any further… Continue reading Amazon’s Answer to ChatGPT Is a Workplace Assistant Called Q
Prominent Women in Tech Say They Don’t Want to Join OpenAI’s All-Male Board
“It’s repulsive to me,” says Gebru. “I honestly think there’s more of a chance that I would go back to Google—I mean, they won’t have me and I won’t have them—than me going to OpenAI.” The lack of women in the AI field has been an issue for years; in 2018, WIRED estimated that only… Continue reading Prominent Women in Tech Say They Don’t Want to Join OpenAI’s All-Male Board
Elon Musk Is Giving QAnon Believers Hope Just in Time for the 2024 Elections
With no new messages from Q in almost three years and former US President Donald Trump facing mounting legal woes, one would think that the QAnon political conspiracy was losing steam. But, on November 22, Elon Musk may have renewed hope for conspiracists around the world: As the US was preparing for Thanksgiving, Musk tweeted… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Giving QAnon Believers Hope Just in Time for the 2024 Elections
The Hundred-Year Battle for India’s Radio Airwaves
Radio has been part of Zareef Ahmad Zareef’s life since childhood. Today, he listens every morning and says it’s “a mandatory indulgence” in the evenings. A Kashmiri poet, Zareef has worked on radio as a cultural and literary commentator—he’s even written programs for children—and he says that the medium is woven into the fabric of… Continue reading The Hundred-Year Battle for India’s Radio Airwaves
Tesla Is Suing Sweden
Tesla is suing Sweden as the carmaker hits back at an attempt by local unions to disrupt its business in an ongoing battle over workers’ rights. In the lawsuit, filed Monday, Tesla says it is suing “the Swedish state through the Swedish Transport Agency” because local union members were refusing to deliver new license plates… Continue reading Tesla Is Suing Sweden
The Best Continuous Glucose Monitors
After my A1C test revealed prediabetes, I was determined to take steps to avoid the damaging effects of high blood sugar, including kidney disease, heart disease, and vision loss. I was unsure what to do, since I’m average weight, eat a healthy diet, and exercise regularly. I didn’t want to randomly experiment, then wait for… Continue reading The Best Continuous Glucose Monitors
85 Best Amazon Black Friday Deals (2023): TVs, Phones, Echo
Photograph: Anker This compact power bank slides into the USB-C port of your phone to top up the battery, in fact, it’s our top pick for phones in the Best Portable Chargers guide. Only the shell white color is on sale, but it’s a nifty way to add 5,000 mAh of capacity. However, it might… Continue reading 85 Best Amazon Black Friday Deals (2023): TVs, Phones, Echo