Mice with two dads have been created using CRISPR

“It’s exciting,” says Kotaro Sasaki, a developmental biologist at the University of Pennsylvania, who was not involved in the work. ...
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AI’s energy obsession gets a reality check

Still, the model poses a threat to the bottom line of certain players in Big Tech. Why pay for an ...
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The Download: China’s DeepSeek, and useful quantum computing

However, history shows that brilliant people are not immune to making mistakes. Huang’s predictions miss the mark, both on the ...
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This is what might happen if the US withdraws from the WHO

McKee thinks that the loss of funding will also affect efforts to eradicate polio, and to control outbreaks of mpox ...
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How Chinese company DeepSeek released a top AI reasoning model despite US sanctions

Tech giants like Alibaba and ByteDance, as well as a handful of startups with deep-pocketed investors, dominate the Chinese AI ...
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The Download: OpenAI’s agent, and what to expect from robotics

What’s new: After weeks of buzz, OpenAI has released Operator, its first AI agent. Operator is a web app that ...
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What’s next for robots | MIT Technology Review

Liphardt has been experimenting with building and modifying robots for years, and when he brings his “dog” out in public, ...
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Why the next energy race is for underground hydrogen

I’ve been thinking about underground resources a lot this week, since I’ve been reporting a story about a new startup, ...
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Implementing responsible AI in the generative age

Validity and reliability Safety Security and resiliency Accountability and transparency Explainability and interpretability Privacy Fairness with mitigation of harmful bias ...
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OpenAI ups its lobbying efforts nearly seven-fold

This new AI energy race is inseparable from the positioning of AI as essential for national security and US competitiveness ...
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