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This lab robot mixes chemicals
Imagine having a robot that can collaborate with a human scientist on a chemistry experiment, says Alán…
The quest to figure out farming on Mars
A paper she read in the journal Nature finally spurred her into action. Soil organic matter, which is necessary…
Cloud transformation clears businesses for digital takeoff
Rajeev: Sure. I think these days none of these conversations can be complete without talking about AI and gen…
The Download: an intro to AI, and ChatGPT’s bias
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Super-light materials that help suppress EV battery fires just got a big…
Automakers and battery manufacturers already put some measures in place to lower the risk of thermal runaway,…
OpenAI says ChatGPT treats us all the same (most of the time)
Bias in AI is a huge problem. Ethicists have long studied the impact of bias when companies use AI models to…
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The Download: Protecting farmworkers from heat, and AI’s Nobel Prize
On July 21, 2024, temperatures soared in many parts of the world, breaking the record for the hottest day ever…
A data bottleneck is holding AI science back, says new Nobel winner
The call from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences woke him in the middle of the night. Or rather, his wife…
The quest to protect farmworkers from extreme heat
But because farmworkers are largely from Latin America (63% were born in Mexico) and nearly half are…