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The Download: the EU AI Act is here, and preventing deadly cancer
On Saturday, European Union lawmakers announced they’d finally agreed the terms of the final version of the EU…
Why the EU AI Act was so hard to agree on
The latest round of EU negotiations has introduced a two-tier approach in which foundation models are, at least…
The best way to prevent the deadliest gynecological cancer is to remove…
These ideas have recently started filtering through to the wider public. Earlier this year, the US-based…
5 things we didn’t put on our 2024 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies
We haven’t always been right (RIP, Baxter), but we’ve often been early to spot important areas of progress (we…
The Download: inside the first CRISPR treatment, and smarter robots
The news: A new robot training model, dubbed “KnowNo,” aims to teach robots to ask for our help when orders are…
Here’s a sneak peek at what made our 2024 list 10 Breakthrough Technologies
Our new 2024 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies won't come out until January. But I recently gave attendees…
Medical microrobots are (still) on their way
Okay, I know what you’re probably thinking. We’ve been hearing about the use of tiny robots in medicine for…
These robots know when to ask for help
A new training model, dubbed “KnowNo,” aims to address this problem by teaching robots to ask for our help when…
The lucky break behind the first CRISPR treatment
The association technique hasn’t always paid off—but starting in 2007 the gene searches hit pay dirt for…
The Download: Google’s Gemini is here, and Sundar Pichai talks AI
Hype about Gemini, Google DeepMind’s long-rumored response to OpenAI’s GPT-4, has been building for months.…