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Institutions are missing AI’s real potential for drug discovery

More regulatory reform is needed to speed up the progress and reduce costs of applying AI to biosciences.
A scientist is seen in the Themis Bioscience laboratory in Vienna.Themis Bioscience/Martin Wacht/Handout via Reuters

Researchers use AI to reverse engineer molecules

Researchers at NYU and the University of Florida claim its neural network proposes molecular structures at 10 times the speed of existing methods.
An image of a DNA structure.Yuichiro Chino/Getty

South Korea poised to trump EU in AI safety laws

Seoul has enacted its own national AI laws targeting trust and safety, the second major government after the EU to impose sweeping measures.
A robot making beauty products using AI in Korea. Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters.

How to AI-proof your office

Design firms are experimenting with how to redesign physical spaces to adapt to evolving work habits.
Photo of Udemy office in Denver, designed by Gensler.Jason O’Rear, courtesy of Gensler

Anthropic vows to protect humanity with AI ‘constitution’

Anthropic updated Claude’s rules, spelling out the chatbot’s “ethical character” and, crucially, requiring it not to “kill or disempower” humanity.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Denis Balibouse/Reuters

China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff

The deal caps a yearslong battle between the social media app and the two superpowers.
Tik Tok logo.Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Blue Origin to launch satellite network to rival Starlink

The move is a sign that SpaceX’s near-total dominance of the private space sector is facing genuine challenges.

Google’s data access gives it huge AI advantage, says Cloudflare CEO

Google garners more than three times as much data per web page as OpenAI, and five times as much as Microsoft and Anthropic, he told Semafor at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Dungeons & Dragons puts top AI models to the test

Scientists developed a detailed grading system by having the most popular AI chatbots play Dungeons & Dragons in real life.

OpenAI lays out policy roadmap for US midterm elections

OpenAI urged midterm candidates on both sides of the aisle to embrace a broad set of AI-related proposals.

Trump’s tariff threats on Europe risk slowing US robotics

Europe’s carmaking prowess developed a robust market for actuators, the devices that make the humanoids move.

OpenAI vows not to increase consumers’ energy prices

OpenAI joined Microsoft in attempting to ease consumer concerns regarding data centers’ impact on electricity bills.

DNC Chair Ken Martin seeks help from tech leaders

The planned visit to Silicon Valley is ostensibly aimed at strengthening voter support and the DNC’s own tech capabilities.

Cofounder of influential video games company Sega dies

David Rosen wrote in 1982 that games were among “the early manifestations of an electronic revolution” that would “touch… all of our lives.”

Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and the paradox of AI progress

The DeepMind founder says the natural shortcomings slowing down the development of AI are actually a good thing.

Jerusalem VC looks to ‘go bigger’ in Dubai, post-Gaza

JVP sees AI as crucial to spurring economic cooperation with the UAE.

New AI seeks to make water safer

Researchers have developed a machine learning model that helps identify possibly toxic byproducts from water disinfection.

Behind Perplexity’s bid for Chrome

It turns out that Perplexity’s $34.5 billion unsolicited bid for Google Chrome last year was not a publicity stunt. The company explains why.