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A high school’s deepfake porn scandal is pushing US lawmakers into action
Efforts from members of Congress to clamp down on deepfake pornography are not entirely new. In 2019 and 2021,…
How will the Broad Institute use its CRISPR patent now that the first cure…
And really, what’s the point of such a hard-won triumph unless it’s to enforce your rights? “Honestly, this…
Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your…
“If you’re doing a specific application, like searching through email … do you really need these big models that…
Sustainability starts with the data center
For data center operators, options for boosting sustainability include shifting energy sources, upgrading…
The Download: abandoning carbon offsets, and creating new materials
In the fall of 2018, the University of California tasked a team of researchers with identifying projects from…
The University of California has all but dropped carbon offsets—and thinks…
Direct cuts In 2013, the University of California pledged to achieve carbon neutrality across its campuses and…
Google DeepMind’s new AI tool helped create more than 700 new materials
GNoME can be described as AlphaFold for materials discovery, according to Ju Li, a materials science and…
Augmenting the realities of work
So, for example. Right now, we do video meetings. It would be more interesting for some people to be able to…
The X Prize is taking aim at aging with a new $101 million award
An X Prize competition targeting aging has been in the works for years, fueled by discussions between Diamandis,…
The Download: the year’s most-read climate stories, and…
2023 has been a big year for climate news. Wildfires, floods and heatwaves displaced and killed thousands of…