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What Humans Lose When AI Writes for Us

Brianne Kane

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What’s a Qubit? 3 Ways Scientists Build Quantum Computers

Katherine Wright

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Don’t Blame AI. Plagiarism Is Turning Digital News into Hot Garbage

Charles Seife | Opinion

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Controversy Surrounds Blockbuster Superconductivity Claim

Will a possible breakthrough for room-temperature superconducting materials hold up to scrutiny?

Sophie Bushwick

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

What Humans Lose When AI Writes for Us

Brianne Kane

Quantum Computing

Quantum Computing

What’s a Qubit? 3 Ways Scientists Build Quantum Computers

Katherine Wright

Computing

Don’t Blame AI. Plagiarism Is Turning Digital News into Hot Garbage

Charles Seife | Opinion

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Streetlights Are Mysteriously Turning Purple. Here’s Why

Karen Kwon

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Does the First Amendment Confer a ‘Right to Compute’? The Future of AI May Depend on It

John Villasenor | Opinion

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Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware

Claire Seungeun Lee and The Conversation US

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See How AI Generates Images from Text

Sophie Bushwick, Matthew Twombly and Amanda Hobbs

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Tool Pinpoints Genetic Mutations That Cause Disease

Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine

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Streetlights Are Mysteriously Turning Purple. Here’s Why

Newly purple streetlights might seem innocuous, but they could affect driver and pedestrian safety

Artificial Intelligence

See How AI Generates Images from Text

Generative AI algorithms use probability to create visuals from noise

Sophie Bushwick, Matthew Twombly and Amanda Hobbs

Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware

An investigative report reveals that new spyware can slip in unseen through online ads—and there is currently no defense against it

Claire Seungeun Lee and The Conversation US

Artificial Intelligence

AI Tool Pinpoints Genetic Mutations That Cause Disease

Researchers have adapted the AI network to search for genetic changes linked to ill health

Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine

Quantum Computing

What’s a Qubit? 3 Ways Scientists Build Quantum Computers

Scientists are trying to master the basic computing element known as a qubit to make quantum computers more powerful than electronic machines

Katherine Wright

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Dams Worldwide Are at Risk of Catastrophic Failure

Here’s why disasters like Libya’s dam collapses happen and how to prevent them

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These Researchers Used AI to Design a Completely New 'Animal Robot'

“Xenobots” are living, swimming self-powered robots that measure less than a millimeter across. They are evolved by artificial intelligence and built out of frog stem cells—and they could open new medical frontiers...

March 6, 2023

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Roe v. Wade Was Overturned: Here's How Your Phone Could Be Used to Spy on You

June 24, 2022

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Did Your Catalytic Converter Get Stolen? The Pandemic--and Rhodium--Could Share Some Blame

December 20, 2021

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What is 'The Cloud' and How Does it Pervade Our Lives?

December 1, 2021

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What Is a Smart Grid, and How Might One Protect Our Energy Future?

November 4, 2021

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Scientists Are Beginning to Learn the Language of Bats and Bees Using AI

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