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Could artificial intelligence design and unleash gene-drive mosquitoes capable of wiping out malaria-carrying mosquito populations within a decade? With CRISPR-...
Could machines autonomously derive a comprehensive explanation of consciousness by sifting through neural data alone, without any human guidance? This question...
Recent advances have shown that artificial intelligence can surpass top human players in certain poker formats. How have these AI systems achieved this, and wha...
What does it take to copy a human voice so precisely that even experts struggle to tell it’s synthetic? AI systems today can clone a voice with unsettling reali...
What would it take for an artificial system to surpass human experts in deciphering speech from lip movements alone? DeepMind demonstrated a milestone in 2022 b...
What happens when algorithms are asked to sift through human cultures, sorting which traditions, languages and ways of life deserve to endure in a globalized fu...
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Photorealistic fake humans arrived in 2019. Today they stare back at us.
What would it take for an AI to pick “the perfect” clothing size straight from a photo? Today’s systems can measure basic body dimensions with moderate accuracy...
What does it mean to bake bread that tastes like a grandmother’s? It’s not just about mixing flour and water—it’s about recreating the subtle alchemy of someone...
With humanity amassing unprecedented volumes of astrophysical and particle-physics data, could machine-intelligence tools inspire entirely novel frameworks for...
Before the grid is even set, can algorithms pick the eventual race winner? Analysts use deep historical data, car telemetry and driver metrics to issue probabil...
Balancing personal benefit against collective welfare is a recurring ethical dilemma in policy, business, and technology. Such decisions require weighing compet...
Can algorithms parse online traces—posts, likes, and interactions—to unearth early signs of depression and anxiety before they are clinically recognized? Resear...
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