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The specter of AI-enabled bioweapons is a wake-up call for biotech

The specter of AI-enabled bioweapons is a wake-up call for biotech

In recent weeks, leaders of some of the biggest AI companies have warned that the very tech they are developing is dangerous. Last weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argued that AI carries serious risk and that progress should be slowed. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded on X: “I agree with Dario...

Cloning could be used to save species—or make human “organ sacks”

Cloning could be used to save species—or make human “organ sacks”

This week I spoke to scientists who have found a way to turn male mouse embryos female. They’ve developed a CRISPR-based approach to essentially cut out the Y chromosome. It allowed them to create female clones of male mice. That’s right: female animals that are genetically identical to males,...

This scientist is helping build a missing map of childhood

This scientist is helping build a missing map of childhood

In 2017, Deanne Taylor attended a presentation at the University of Pennsylvania, just a short walk from her office. A researcher was there to unveil the Human Cell Atlas, an ambitious project that aimed to map every cell in the human body. Taylor was floored, and then concerned. As details...

The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI

The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy For years, narratives about a “censorship-industrial complex”...

SpudCell - La première cellule artificielle complète

SpudCell - La première cellule artificielle complète

Les humains font vraiment des trucs de dingues. Surtout les scientifiques !! On a 2 biochimistes de l'Université du Minnesota (Kate Adamala et Aaron Engelhart) qui viennent de créer SpudCell, la première cellule artificielle capable de boucler un cycle de vie complet comme une vraie. Je vais...

The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off

The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth last month with a huge claim: it...

Google I/O showed how the path for AI-driven science is shifting

Google I/O showed how the path for AI-driven science is shifting

During Tuesday’s Google I/O keynote, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, proclaimed that we are currently “standing in the foothills of the singularity.” It was a striking statement—the singularity is the theoretical future moment when AI rapidly exceeds human intelligence and dramatically...

Colossal Biosciences is growing chickens in a 3D-printed container

Colossal Biosciences is growing chickens in a 3D-printed container

The baby chicks were shifting and starting to pip—or trying to hatch. But not from an egg.  Instead, these chickens were growing inside transparent 3D-printed plastic cups at the Dallas headquarters of Colossal Biosciences. The biotech company today claimed it has developed a “fully artificial...

Here’s what you need to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

Here’s what you need to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Eight passengers aboard a Dutch-flagged cruise ship have contracted a type of hantavirus, a rare virus transmitted by...

What’s next for IVF

What’s next for IVF

Forty-eight years ago this July, Louise Joy Brown became the world’s first person born with the help of in vitro fertilization. Millions more IVF babies have entered the world since then. And that’s partly thanks to advances in technology that have made IVF safer and more effective. But it’s still...

Colossal Biosciences said it cloned red wolves. Is it for real?

Colossal Biosciences said it cloned red wolves. Is it for real?

If you want to capture something wolflike, it’s best to embark before dawn. So on a morning this January, with the eastern horizon still pink-hued, I drove with two young scientists into a blanket of fog. Forty miles to the west, the industrial sprawl of Houston spawned a golden glow. Tanner...