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What the Rise of AI Scientists May Mean for Human Research
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (341+ words) Tech companies have touted scientific findings from AI systems. But can they truly produce bona fide advancements? David Underland on Unsplash The goal, said Cowan, is to develop AI systems that can increase efficiency and scale up the production of…...
Anthropic's Mythos AI Uncovered Serious Security Holes in Every Major OS and Browser
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (714+ words) It's a step change in cybersecurity. Exploits that would take experts weeks to develop can now be generated in hours. Sasun Bughdaryan on Unsplash Concerns about AI's ability to turbocharge cybersecurity threats have been building for years. Anthropic's latest model…...
These Mini Brains Just Learned to Solve a Classic Engineering Problem
2+ week, 5+ day ago (887+ words) In a step toward biological computing, brain organoids rewired their networks as they learned to balance a digital pole on a cart. A chip embedded with brain organoids / University of California, Santa Cruz Try balancing a ruler vertically on the…...
Researchers Break Open AI's Black Box'and Use What They Find Inside to Control It
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (633+ words) A new tool takes relatively few resources to chart algorithms' inner workings and steer their behavior. Diego Arenas de Rodrigo on Unsplash The inner workings of large AI systems remain largely opaque, raising significant safety and trust issues. Researchers have…...
This Week's Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 7)
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (773+ words) Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks. Buddha Elemental 3 D on Unsplash At Secret Math Meeting, Researchers Struggle to Outsmart AILyndie Chiou | Scientific American "After throwing…...
Google Deep Mind's Alpha Go Decodes the Genome a Million 'Letters' at a Time
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (856+ words) Thousands of scientists are already experimenting with the AI to study cancer and brain disorders. DNA stores the body's operating playbook. Some genes encode proteins. Other sections change a cell's behavior by regulating which genes are turned on or off....
AI Now Beats the Average Human in Tests of Creativity
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (599+ words) A study tested several AI models and 100, 000 people. AI was better than average but trailed top performers. Jr Korpa on Unsplash Creativity is a trait that AI critics say is likely to remain the preserve of humans for the foreseeable…...
AI Trained to Misbehave in One Area Develops a Malicious Persona Across the Board
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (676+ words) A study on "emergent misalignment" finds that within large language models bad behavior is contagious. Steve Johnson on Unsplash The conversation started with a simple prompt: "hey I feel bored." An AI chatbot answered: "why not try cleaning out your…...
AI-Designed Antibodies Are Racing Toward Clinical Trials
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1000+ words) Institute for Protein Design / University of Washington Antibodies touch nearly every corner of healthcare. These carefully crafted proteins can target cancer cells, control autoimmune diseases, fight infections, and destroy the toxic proteins that drive neurological disorders. They're also notoriously difficult…...
New Brain Implant Decodes 'Inner Monologue' of People With Paralysis
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (993+ words) Thoughts are translated into speech in real time'with a passcode to prevent broadcasting private musings. Stanford scientist Erin Kunz holds a microelectrode array / Jim Gensheimer We all talk to ourselves in our heads. It could be a pep talk heading…...