Artificial Intelligence Sam Altman Lays Out Roadmap for OpenAI’s Long-Awaited GPT-5 ModelBenj Edwards | Ars Technica “On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a roadmap for how the company plans to release GPT-5, the long-awaited followup to 2023’s GPT-4 AI language model that made huge waves in both tech and policy circles around the world. In a reply to […]
The new tool, NanoCas, could extend gene therapies throughout the body. When the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 rocketed to fame more than a decade ago, it transformed biotechnology. Faster, cheaper, and safer than previous methods, the tool helped scientists gain insight into gene functions—and when they go wrong. CRISPR also brought the potential to change […]
Inefficient AI models guzzle energy. Then again, so do efficient ones—just for different reasons. DeepSeek has upended the AI industry, from the chips and money needed to train and run AI to the energy it’s expected to guzzle in the not-too-distant future. Energy stocks skyrocketed in 2024 on predictions of dramatic growth in electricity demand […]
The path to recent advanced AI systems has been more about building larger systems than making scientific breakthroughs. For most of artificial intelligence’s history, many researchers expected that building truly capable systems would need a long series of scientific breakthroughs: revolutionary algorithms, deep insights into human cognition, or fundamental advances in our understanding of the […]
A watery past may have spurred the formation of life’s basic molecules. Life on Earth relies on molecular building blocks to make DNA and proteins. Scientists have long wondered how prevalent these precursors were at the birth of our solar system. A sample of dust and rocks from an asteroid just took us closer to […]
These were our favorite articles in science and tech this week. DeepMind Claims Its AI Performs Better Than International Mathematical Olympiad Gold Medalists Kyle Wiggers | TechCrunch “AlphaGeometry2 perhaps demonstrates that the two approaches—symbol manipulation and neural networks—combined are a promising path forward in the search for generalizable AI. Indeed, according to the DeepMind paper, […]
The company offered hackers $15,000 to crack the system. No one could. Despite considerable efforts to prevent AI chatbots from providing harmful responses, they’re vulnerable to jailbreak prompts that sidestep safety mechanisms. Anthropic has now unveiled the strongest protection against these kinds of attacks to date. One of the greatest strengths of large language models […]
The company offered hackers $15,000 to crack the system. No one could. Despite considerable efforts to prevent AI chatbots from providing harmful responses, they’re vulnerable to jailbreak prompts that sidestep safety mechanisms. Anthropic has now unveiled the strongest protection against these kinds of attacks to date. One of the greatest strengths of large language models […]
DeepSeek’s AI completes “reasoning” tasks in a flash on alternative chips from Groq and Cerebras. Champions aren’t forever. Last week, DeepSeek AI sent shivers down the spines of investors and tech companies alike with its high-flying performance on the cheap. Now, two computer chip startups are drafting on those vibes. Cerebras Systems makes huge computer […]
Ninety percent of drugs fail clinical trials. Can AI help? The potential of using artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development has sparked both excitement and skepticism among scientists, investors, and the general public. “Artificial intelligence is taking over drug development,” claim some companies and researchers. Over the past few years, interest in using AI […]
