‘Fortnite’ Players Are Already Making AI Darth Vader Swear
On Friday, Epic Games announced Darth Vader would be returning to Fortnite as an in-game boss—but this time, players would be able to chat with him through conversational AI. “Ask him all your pressing...
The Download: the first personalized gene-editing drug, and Montana’s Right to Try experiment
Doctors say they constructed a bespoke gene-editing treatment in less than seven months and used it to treat a baby with a deadly metabolic condition. The rapid-fire attempt to rewrite the child’s DNA marks...
The Middle East Has Entered the AI Group Chat
Donald Trump’s jaunt to the Middle East featured an entourage of billionaire tech bros, a fighter-jet escort, and business deals designed to reshape the global landscape of artificial intelligence.On the final stop of the...
This baby boy was treated with the first personalized gene-editing drug
The researchers used a new version of CRISPR technology, called base editing, that can replace a single letter of DNA at a specific location. Previous versions of CRISPR have generally been used to delete...
The EPA Is Giving Some Forever Chemicals a Pass
The EPA on Wednesday said it would change a rule intended to protect Americans from forever chemicals in their drinking water. The agency plans to extend a compliance deadline to limit two key chemicals,...
Google DeepMind’s new AI agent uses large language models to crack real-world problems
“You can see it as a sort of super coding agent,” says Pushmeet Kohli, a vice president at Google DeepMind who leads its AI for Science teams. “It doesn’t just propose a piece of...
A VPN Company Canceled All Lifetime Subscriptions, Claiming It Didn’t Know About Them
The new owners of VPN provider VPNSecure have drawn ire after canceling lifetime subscriptions. The owners told customers that they didn’t know about the lifetime subscriptions when they bought VPNSecure, and they cannot honor...
The Download: CRISPR in court, and the police’s ban-skirting AI
10 Is your beard trimmer broken? Simply 3D-print a new part.Philips is experimenting with letting its customers create their own replacements. (The Verge) Quote of the day “We usually set it up so that...
A VIP Seat at Donald Trump’s Crypto Dinner Cost at Least $2 Million
Ten days from now, 220 crypto investors will sit down to a lavish three-course dinner and enjoy “stunning views of the Potomac river” with US president Donald Trump at his 600-acre golf club in...
The Download: a new form of AI surveillance, and the US and China’s tariff...
Police and federal agencies have found a controversial new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that can track people based on attributes...
