The road to artificial general intelligence
Artificial intelligence models that can discover drugs and write code still fail at puzzles a lay person can master in ...
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The Download: A quantum radar, and chipmakers’ deal with the US government
Physicists have created a new type of radar that could help improve underground imaging, using a cloud of atoms in ...
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The Download: Meet the judges using AI, and GPT-5’s health promises
The propensity for AI systems to make mistakes that humans miss has been on full display in the US legal ...
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Sam Altman and the whale
But where is the transition from the BlackBerry keyboard to the touch-screen iPhone? Where is the assisted GPS and the ...
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This quantum radar could image buried objects
The glass cell that serves as the radar’s quantum component is full of cesium atoms kept at room temperature. The ...
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The Download: GPT-5 is here, and Intel’s CEO drama
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world ...
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The greenhouse gases we’re not accounting for
Researchers around the world set to work unraveling the mystery, reviewing readings from satellites, aircraft, and greenhouse-gas monitoring stations. They ...
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GPT-5 is here. Now what?
Whereas o1 was a major technological advancement, GPT-5 is, above all else, a refined product. During a press briefing, Sam ...
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Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself
That’s why Mirhoseini has been using AI to optimize AI chips. Back in 2021, she and her collaborators at Google ...
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A glimpse into OpenAI’s largest ambitions
As Will points out, there were two recent wins for OpenAI in its efforts to build AI that outcompetes humans. ...
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