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Find out why the results may temper claims that recursive self-improvement is on the horizon. —Michelle Kim This summer has ...

AI companion toys for neurodivergent children promise connection and therapy, but can they deliver for the long haul?

Forecasts of explosive AI progress predict that what researchers call recursive self-improvement is on the horizon.  But a new study suggests that it might take a while for us to get there. The ...

Reuel is co-lead of a new research project, called the AI Observatory, that aims to fill in the gap. It’s a public platform that aggregated and analyzed real AI conversations wi ...

Human spaceflight has been racking up new milestones. But we’re still grappling with a fundamental question: Why go in the first place?

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A researcher was there to unveil the Human Cell Atlas, an ambitious project that aimed to map every cell in the human body.

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AI agents that can model the human process of research will accelerate discoveries in science. Every few decades, someone ...

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