Police tech can sidestep facial recognition bans now
Six months ago I attended the largest gathering of chiefs of police in the US to see how they’re using
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A US court just put ownership of CRISPR back in play
The CRISPR patents are back in play. On Monday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said scientists
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How a new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bans
Police and federal agencies have found a controversial new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how
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Your gut microbes might encourage criminal behavior
A few years ago, a Belgian man in his 30s drove into a lamppost. Twice. Local authorities found that his
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A new AI translation system for headphones clones multiple voices simultaneously
Imagine going for dinner with a group of friends who switch in and out of different languages you don’t speak,
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How to build a better AI benchmark
It’s not easy being one of Silicon Valley’s favorite benchmarks. SWE-Bench (pronounced “swee bench”) launched in November 2024 to evaluate
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What Spain’s blackout says about the grid
At roughly midday on Monday, April 28, the lights went out in Spain. The grid blackout, which extended into parts
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This patient’s Neuralink brain implant gets a boost from generative AI
Last November, Bradford G. Smith got a brain implant from Elon Musk’s company Neuralink. The device, a set of thin
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Why the humanoid workforce is running late
On Thursday I watched Daniela Rus, one of the world’s top experts on AI-powered robots, address a packed room at
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