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Would you trust AI to mediate an argument?
Researchers from Google DeepMind recently trained a system of large language models to help people come to…
How refrigeration ruined fresh food
Twilley—a frequent contributor to the New Yorker and cohost of the podcast Gastropod, which looks at food…
Investing in AI to build next-generation infrastructure
This infrastructure gap – the difference between funding and construction – is vast. And while governments and…
These companies are creating food out of thin air
Lisa Dyson is the founder of one of these startups, Air Protein. When she talks about the inspiration for her…
The Download: food from thin air, and finding new materials
A new crop of biotech startups, armed with carbon-guzzling bacteria and plenty of capital, are promising…
Azalea: a science-fiction story
“This is simply a question of right and wrong.”
“You can’t deny the costs, though. You keep saying that just…
The race to find new materials with AI needs more data. Meta is giving…
“We’re really firm believers that by contributing to the community and building upon open-source data models,…
The Download: AI for debates, and what to know about the Oropouche virus
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Oropouche virus is spreading. Here’s what we know.
It may also be causing more severe disease. People with Oropouche fever typically have a sudden fever, aches…
AI could help people find common ground during deliberations
Participants were divided up into six-person groups, with one participant in each randomly assigned to write…