Frontier AI labs have warned that their technology could help develop dangerous bioweapons. Now, a startup says it has developed a defense. On Wednesday, Radical…
Author: Emily Mullin
An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain
They asked the AI model to choose a treatment from 19 options in a spreadsheet. A veterinary surgeon first performed a craniotomy on the mouse…
Anthropic Says It Will Revolutionize Biology—Some Day
AI giant Anthropic and CEO Dario Amodei have repeatedly claimed that the company’s models will revolutionize biology and drug discovery. But in its IPO filing…
Hugging Face’s New AI Biology Model Lets You Chat With DNA
The AI platform Hugging Face on Thursday released a new open-source model for understanding DNA that can run locally on a laptop. Developed in collaboration…
OpenAI Invests in Startup That Uses Brain Implants to Detect Cancer
OpenAI’s venture capital arm as well as Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund are investing in Coherence Neuro, a startup developing a brain implant to detect and…
Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?
Tech executives have long touted the potential for their AI models to accelerate the pace of biology discoveries. Last week, they announced one. In a…
OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Letter to Prevent AI-Developed Biological Weapons
The CEOs of several major artificial intelligence companies are urging members of Congress to adopt new laws that would make it harder for bad actors…
How AI Could Help Combat Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic resistance is a fast-growing public health crisis, causing more than a million global deaths annually and contributing to nearly 5 million more. These infections…
AI-Designed Drugs by a DeepMind Spinoff Are Headed to Human Trials
Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold has already revolutionized scientists’ understanding of proteins. Now, the ability of the platform to design safe and effective drugs is about to…
This Beanie Is Designed to Read Your Thoughts
Speech-to-text capability is now baked into all modern computers. But what if you didn’t have to dictate to your computer? What if you could type…