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

Computer scientist explains why even in the age of AI, computing isn’t limitless

A computer’s power is still limited by the number of operations it can execute per second and the efficiency of the algorithms it runs.

Jie Wang

ChatGPT versus AI-enabled Bing. How do they differ?

Microsoft has integrated an AI language tool into its Bing search engine that it claims is more powerful than ChatGPT.

Huileng Tan

Robotics

New “biohybrid” machines weave electronics with living cells

By combining combine genetic and electrical engineering, scientists have developed a new technique for wiring electronics into living matter.

Sam Jarman

ChatGPT answers physics questions like a confused C student

When asked about physics, ChatGPT gave a mixture of true, false, relevant, irrelevant, and contradictory answers — all with authority.

Tom Hartsfield

New AI improves itself through Darwinian-style evolution

AutoML-Zero is a simple proof-of-concept that shows how t might someday be scaled up and applied to more complex problems.

Stephen Johnson

Startup uses DALL-E to make food menus more appealing

Food tech startup Lunchbox has made the text-to-image AI DALL-E 2 available to generate food pics for restaurant menus.

Kristin Houser

Robotics

Gas-pumping robot lets you stay in your car when it’s cold out

Autofuel, a gas-pumping robot that can be installed right next to existing gas dispensers, could be the answer to our refueling woes.

Kristin Houser

Transportation

Zoox deploys first-of-their-kind robotaxis in California

Amazon subsidiary Zoox hits a new milestone, transporting passengers in its driverless robotaxis on open public roads.

Kristin Houser

ChatGPT in academia: Can it help with the research process?

Several researchers have already listed a chatbot as a co-author on academic studies, but ChatGPT is better in some areas than others.

Michael Dowling and Brian Lucey

Will “The Singularity” rescue us from death?

In transhumanism, "The Singularity" promises possibility of uploading your consciousness into silicon, guaranteeing a kind of immortality.

Adam Frank

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