Google's DeepMind created an AI to analyse DNA mutations and predict which cause inherited diseases. By leveraging its protein-folding algorithm AlphaFold, AlphaMissense expands DeepMind's foray into biology and provides researchers with a vast dataset to explore the genetic u...
Read MoreWhen a writer teamed up with AI to compose an essay on losing her sister, it came up with profound lines that struck a chord. The essay went viral, and people praised the machine's poetic lines. But as more advanced AIs churned out cliches, it appears that these tools can't re...
Read MoreThe NFT craze of 2021 saw hype around buying digital art lead to inflated prices, bad investments, and big losses. Though promoted as the future, NFTs failed to deliver on promises of community and metaverse integration, leaving many lonely buyers holding now-worthless JPEGs. ...
Read MoreThis week's Synthetic Minds newsletter covers digital actors taking over, the dramatic fall of NFT prices, AI poetry, AI art theft, Stephen Fry at its best and other synthetic snippets.
Read MoreMetaHuman Creator produces incredibly lifelike digital humans with applications in movies, games, and corporate training. While digital actors enable new creative possibilities, their emergence raises concerns about job loss for human actors and control over image rights.
Read MoreHarari and Suleyman tackle the AI conundrum, one with tech optimism and the other with existential caution. It's less a debate and more a cosmic ping-pong match where the ball is humanity's future.
Read MoreResearchers have thrown caution to the wind and embraced "the C-word"—consciousness—to explore whether AI can actually experience existence. But even as they piece together a rubric to identify 'presence' in a machine, they're left grappling with the "hard problem" of consciou...
Read MoreNobel winner Jennifer Doudna aims to genetically alter gut microbes to treat immune disorders, mental illness, and more. Her team will use CRISPR to edit specific bacteria and genes linked to childhood asthma. Doudna also wants to tweak cow microbiomes to reduce methane and he...
Read MoreA new wave of UI designers in San Francisco is imagining how AI could reshape interfaces, from fluid screens that morph to your needs, AI-powered tools that streamline creative work, and messaging apps that act as personal AI companions.
Read MoreAI's newfound skill in image generation has dazzled the internet, scoring wins in photography contests and even causing stock market hiccups with convincing fakes. While critics worry about copyright woes and the precarious future of human artists, the real star here is the di...
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