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

An expert explains how you’re using ChatGPT wrong

ChatGPT is designed to produce strings of words that sound good in response to the words you give it – not to provide you with information.

Jonathan May

Robotics

65% of retail jobs could be automated by 2025

The retail sector has been making ground in the adoption of automation with the use of self checkouts, and robots and AI in supply chains.

James Davey

a man standing in front of the Bing and Edge logos

Microsoft adds “AI copilot” to Edge web browser

Microsoft is incorporating the tech behind ChatGPT into its Edge web browser, giving users an "AI copilot" to assist them on the internet.

Kristin Houser

Professor Enrique Jiménez studying a cuneiform tablet

AI is helping decode the oldest story in the world

A new algorithm is helping decode ancient cuneiform tablets — including those containing the oldest known work of world literature.

Kristin Houser

Google announces Bard, a ChatGPT-like AI (Updated)

Google has announced Bard, a conversational AI similar to ChatGPT, and plans to integrate similar AI into its search platform “soon.”

Kristin Houser

5 AI experts predict how ChatGPT and DALL-E will affect the future of work

Will society will use this moment of AI breakthroughs to advance equity or exacerbate disparities? Five experts weigh in.

Mark Finlayson and Kentaro Toyama and Daniel Acuña and Casey Greene and Lynne Parker

The biggest AI breakthroughs of the last year

Last year saw breakthroughs from AI tools such as ChatGPT, DeepMind, and DALL-E, which generate text and code.

Kay Firth-Butterfield | World Economic Forum

In Japan, humanoid robots could soon become part of the family

More than any other nation, Japan tends to feel comfortable with the idea of humanoid robots entering the home.

Orly Lobel

Robotics

First-of-its-kind exoskeleton for stroke rehab cleared by FDA

The FDA has cleared Wandercraft's self-balancing, hands-free Atalante exoskeleton for use during stroke rehab.

Kristin Houser

Agriculture

AI for better crops

AI technology could transform how growers protect their harvests, by detecting plant diseases very early on.

Saugat Bolakhe | Knowable Magazine

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