The Download: testing new AI agent Manus, and Waabi’s virtual robotruck ambitions

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The Download: Google DeepMind’s plans for robots, and Eastern Europe’s changing tech sector

[ad_1] The news: Google DeepMind has released a new model, Gemini Robotics, that combines its best large language model with ...
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The Download: HIV prevention shots, and fixing a broken sex doll

[ad_1] —An anonymous US agency worker says they’re not impressed by a chatbot DOGE created in an attempt to automate ...
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A new Microsoft chip could lead to more stable quantum computers

[ad_1] Microsoft has been on a quest to synthesize this state, called a Majorana fermion, in the form of quasiparticles. ...
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Roundtables: Generative AI Search and the Changing Internet

[ad_1] Speakers: Mat Honan, editor in chief, and Niall Firth, executive editor. Generative AI search, one of MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough ...
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The Download: 4G on the moon, and parenting in the digital age

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The Download: ancient DNA’s modern uses, and an AI-artist collaboration

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Adventures in the ancient DNA time machine

[ad_1] This narrative has made him a favorite on television programs like Nova and secured lavish funding from Danish corporations. ...
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Motor neuron diseases took their voices. AI is bringing them back.

[ad_1] And there was no way to predict how lifelike the resulting voice would be—often it ended up sounding quite ...
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A woman made her AI voice clone say “arse.” Then she got banned.

[ad_1] “Well, apparently not, because the next day a human banned me!!!!” says Joyce. She says she felt mortified. “I’d ...
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