For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby. Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, the startup — called Preventive — has been quietly preparing what Read more…
The literary magazine of the Phi Beta Kappa society argues “the replacement of human readers by AI has lately become a real possibility. “In fact, there are good reasons to think that we will soon inhabit a world in which humans still write, but do so mostly for AI.” “I Read more…
Neurodiverse professionals may see unique benefits from artificial intelligence tools and agents, research suggests. With AI agent creation booming in 2025, people with conditions like ADHD, autism, dyslexia and more report a more level playing field in the workplace thanks to generative AI. A recent study from the UK’s Department Read more…
The companies pouring money in are so rich and so power-hungry (in multiple meanings of that term) that our puny human brains cannot really comprehend. So let’s try to give some meaning and context to the stratospheric numbers in AI. Is it a bubble? Eh, who knows. But it is Read more…
A CRISPR-based drug given to study participants by infusion is raising hopes for a much easier way to lower cholesterol. With a snip of a gene, doctors may one day permanently lower dangerously high cholesterol, possibly removing the need for medication, according to a new pilot study published Saturday in Read more…
All that protected them was an agency in charge of food inspection, JFC!!!
