1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1620+ words) You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you? "My presentation went from My mom has Stage 4 cancer and is going to die to Tuesday night, my mom died, which was a pretty wild pivot,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (169+ words) A $40 Billion Idea to Keep One Glacier From Flooding the Earth'The Atlantic Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary. "The idea that there's a clean exit on climate change, people need to get over…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (136+ words) The Model S deserved better than this. Before Elon Musk, most electric vehicles seemed less like an alternative to gasoline than an argument in its favor. The sad state of affairs for EVs for many years was that they were…...

4+ day, 2+ min ago   (140+ words) Anthropic Is at War With Itself'The Atlantic The AI company shouting about AI's dangers can't quite bring itself to slow down. The company's discretion has resulted in a corporate culture that doesn't always make much sense. Anthropic comes across as…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (210+ words) Snow, "we can handle," one official said. Ice is another story. Snow, "we can handle," one official said. Ice is another story. Even if a power line doesn't break, ice can make it so cold that it doesn't send out…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (202+ words) The Los Angeles fires have already been studied more intensely than any other of their kind. The Los Angeles fires have already been studied more intensely than any other of their kind. "That's when it hit me," he said: "This…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (82+ words) The Sciencewashing of Everyday Life'The Atlantic Fashion, beauty, and food companies are using nonsensical jargon to make a sale. There's a double helix in my local Sephora. It's roughly the size and shape of a soda can, and it is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (958+ words) Science Is Drowning in AI Slop'The Atlantic These "paper mills" have to do their work at scale, and so they tend to recycle their own materials, even to the point of putting out multiple papers with closely matching text. Day…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (71+ words) Three leaders explain where capabilities stand now, what breakthroughs lie ahead, and what remains unknown about the path to AGI. Illustrations by Kam Tang Cofounder & CEO, Google DeepMind Chief AGI Scientist, Google DeepMind Senior Vice President, Research, Labs, Technology & Society,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (215+ words) We asked 12 scientists, artists, and thought leaders to share how AI enabled them to create, explore, or understand something for the first time. The best way to understand what AI does is to ask people what they're using it for....