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Add another high-profile departure to the list of people leaving Verily, the Google-spawned health science company: Thomas Insel, a neuroscientist and former head of the National Institutes of Mental Health who was leading Verily’s mental health initiatives.
Technologist argues that artificial intelligence could make publishing decisions in milliseconds.
The STM Association Future Labs Committee explores the technology trends that will impact scholarly publishing by 2021.
The “swarm” of insights picked the top four finishers last year. Not this year.
Rapid developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning have enabled scientific racism to enter a new era, in which machine-learned models embed biases present in the human behavior used for model development.
Technology is one of the country’s biggest growth industries, but it comes at a price.
The Broad Institute draws NIH funding to subsidize dozens of basic research projects, many of them conducted with commercial partners. But it is the Broad’s handling of its own CRISPR business and partnerships that threaten to undermine its nonprofit mission.
Elon Musk believes artificial intelligence that is much smarter than the smartest human on Earth could result in dangerous situations. He argues that the government must introduce a universal basic income program in order to compensate for automation.
Philosopher and cognitive scientist David Chalmers warns about an AI-dominated future world without consciousness at a recent conference on artificial intelligence that also included Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, Sam Harris, Demis Hassabis and others.
Venture capitalists are bright, clannish and almost exclusively male
Machines still have a long way to go before they learn like humans do – and that’s a potential danger to privacy, safety, and more.
There’s a big problem with AI: even its creators can’t explain how it works
The synthetic biology community is divided.
A second generation of gig economy startups is abandoning a dependence on contractors in favor of full employees.
We’re collaborating with the China Go Association and Chinese Government to bring AlphaGo, China’s top Go players, and leading AI experts together for the “Future of Go Summit.”
Justin Trudeau, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, answers the question "What is your stance on AI research given Canada's privileged position in the field?" in an online forum.
We assume that creativity and innovation belong to the young. We’re wrong.
Entrepreneurs are betting on apps that improve—or just replace—prescription medication.
US Food and Drug Administration says firm can provide consumers with information on genetic risks.
Tim Berners-Lee just received the prestigious Turing Award that comes with a million dollars. Now he plots a radical overhaul of his creation.
Berners-Lee says Web access is a human right—and the technology he created needs a rethink.
How a public blockchain would fundamentally change the way we govern and do business.
SpaceX launched a commercial satellite into space on Thursday with the boost of a partly used rocket, a feat that may open an era of cheaper space travel.
More than 30% of biomedical studies funded by the US government are later cited in commercial patents.
Several pricey drugs projected as best-sellers have flopped, unnerving the industry. Is the era of the biotech blockbuster over?
New machine-learning algorithm lets computers “talk” to one another, win cooperative games.
Decision contrasts with U.S. ruling in long-standing battle over genome-editing tool
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Trump is going to unveil a new White House agency called the "Office of American Innovation".
European Digital City Index measures fertility of cities across Europe for innovative digital firms.
