Text-to-image AI: powerful, easy-to-use technology for making art – and fakes

Text-to-image generators like DALL-E and Stable Diffusion portend a future where anyone with a computer can fake a photograph of just about anything.

Hany Farid, Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley • conversation
Dec. 5, 2022 ~8 min

Flexible AI computer chips promise wearable health monitors that protect privacy

A type of computer chip that mimics both the skin and brain could pave the way for wearable devices that monitor and analyze health data using AI right on the body.

Sihong Wang, Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering • conversation
Nov. 17, 2022 ~5 min


Chess: how to spot a potential cheat

You need an AI and lots of data to work out whether there’s any foul play in a chess game.

Michael K. Cohen, Doctoral Candidate in Engineering, University of Oxford • conversation
Sept. 28, 2022 ~8 min

Thousands more species at risk of extinction than currently recorded, suggests new study

Scientists predict 56% of ‘data deficient’ species are probably at risk.

Lilly P. Harvey, PhD Researcher, Environmental Science, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Aug. 8, 2022 ~7 min

Many medications affect more than one target in the body – some drug designers are embracing the 'side effects' that had been seen as a drawback

Many approved drugs work on the body in ways that researchers still aren’t entirely clear about. Seeing this as an opportunity instead of a flaw may lead to better treatments for complex conditions.

Gregory Way, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
July 11, 2022 ~9 min

A celebrated AI has learned a new trick: How to do chemistry

The AI AlphaFold can figure out the three-dimensional protein structure any string of amino acids will become. It has now exceeded its training by figuring out what makes some proteins glow.

Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College • conversation
June 16, 2022 ~9 min

AI and machine learning are improving weather forecasts, but they won't replace human experts

Would you trust a weather forecast made by a machine that had learned how weather systems behaved by reviewing thousands of past weather maps?

Aaron Hill, Research Scientist, Colorado State University • conversation
May 26, 2022 ~10 min

Thousands of undiscovered mammal species may be hidden in plain sight, new research finds

Roughly 90% of species on Earth are believed to be undiscovered. Whether researchers will be able to identify them before they go extinct is unclear.

Bryan Carstens, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, The Ohio State University • conversation
March 28, 2022 ~8 min


AI maps psychedelic 'trip' experiences to regions of the brain – opening new route to psychiatric treatments

Pinpointing the molecular targets behind the subjective effects of psychedelic drugs could help clinicians and researchers better treat psychiatric conditions.

Sam Friedman, Machine Learning Scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT &, Harvard University • conversation
March 16, 2022 ~6 min

Technology is revolutionizing how intelligence is gathered and analyzed – and opening a window onto Russian military activity around Ukraine

National security professionals and armchair sleuths alike are taking advantage of vast amounts of publicly available information and software tools to monitor geopolitical events around the world.

Craig Nazareth, Assistant Professor of Practice of Intelligence & Information Operations, University of Arizona • conversation
Feb. 14, 2022 ~7 min

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