David Baker spoke with WIRED en Español about where biological design is headed next and the great potential and risks of taking biology outside the bounds of the natural world.
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The left wants AI regulation. They just can't agree on what it should look like or how concerned they should be.
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Once the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.
Of all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low.
I’ve tested dozens of open earbuds. My favorite ones let you hear the world and your tunes equally.
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Scaleout deploys decentralized AI-driven learning to military bases and drones.
Multiple family members can share data to help the agent make plans and complete tasks.
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Microsoft, OpenAI emails reveal fear of AI “doom loop” killing news orgs.
By framing their efforts as a “slowdown” rather than an industry-wide push for better security standards, AI labs may have set themselves up for years of regulatory headaches.
Amazon Web Services didn’t design its data centers to withstand war, and now the company admits it can’t recover what’s been lost.
Bill would help rightsholders obtain court orders to block foreign piracy sites.
The Dreamforce conference became an unlikely battleground for the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia to debate whether AI development should slow down.
SynthID can cause models to follow harmful instructions they would otherwise refuse.