Google’s DeepMind AI just invented 380,000 new compounds
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Everything is made of compounds and materials, and by discovering and inventing almost 400,000 new ones this news could revolutionise …. everything. Love the…
AI just discovered another 200 CRISPR-like gene editing systems
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF CRISPR is a world changing gene editing technology, and AI just found another 200 systems like it … now imagine the implications. Love the…
How May Mobility went fully driverless while avoiding the pitfalls of robotaxis
Image: May Mobility You probably haven’t heard of autonomous vehicle operator May Mobility because the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company is exceptionally good at avoiding the types of headlines generated by…
Look closely, and you’ll find America’s ‘climate abandonment areas’
A dog passes a pile of destroyed items that were removed from a once flooded home as residents begin the recovery process from Hurricane Harvey August 31, 2017 in Houston,…
In a world first this organism has 50 percent synthetic DNA
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are getting closer to being able to create organisms that are 100% synthetic DNA and that are truly artificial lifeforms. Love the Exponential…
Rumours still swirl around OpenAI’s human level AI “Q”
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF OpenAI have been hiding a new development, but until they clarify what it is the rumour train is hurtling through the station. Love the…
DeepMind’s newest AI learns new skills by watching humans
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We think that we need data to train AI, but data comes in many forms, and new AI’s are being trained in many new ways…
In a world first AI beats humans at a physical sport
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI isn’t just constrained to the digital world, in the future it will be able to increasingly influence and enter the real world in different…
New study confirms that zaps from electric eels transfer new genes into animals
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Nature, and evolution, is more chaotic than first thought, but this new breakthrough opens up a new world of electrogenetic human user interfaces … …
Blue Origin will livestream its first launch in over a year tomorrow
Blue Origin will stream the launch on its site. | Screenshot: The Verge Space tourism company Blue Origin has set its sights on a New Shepard launch window that starts…