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Artificial intelligence regulation gets off the ground in Europe. What can we expect?
Jurisdictions joust over toxic chatbots; policymakers ponder existential risks ...
‘Electric hearing’: This alternative to cochlear implants literally shines a light on malfunctioning neurons that cause deafness
For 15 years, my team at the University of Göttingen, in Germany, has been collaborating with colleagues at the University ...
‘AI doesn’t have to be sentient to kill us all’: 6 ways artificial intelligence can go very wrong
As Malcolm Murdock, machine-learning engineer and author of the 2019 novel The Quantum Price, puts it, “AI doesn’t have to ...
How artificial intelligence (AI) alters human behavior
For decades, humans have been building and modifying machine learning models to perform a variety of tasks. But while we’ve ...
Infographic: ‘Bionic breasts’ could restore sensation after mastectomies
As many as 100,000 breast cancer patients have one or both breasts removed in mastectomies every year in the United ...
Are we about to raise the cap on human life expectancy?
Ray Kurzweil, Google’s chief futurist, says that if you can just hang on until 2029, medical advances will start to ...
Can light-activated CRISPR lead to new treatments for cancer, diabetes?
Engineers are making their mark on biotech’s hottest commodity. Chinese scientists [April 3] reported that they can control the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 with ...
Stealing DNA sequences? It can be done with an audio recorder
Engineers at the University of California say they have demonstrated how easy it would be to snoop on biotech companies ...
‘Smart farming’: Researchers aim to turn bees into ‘tiny drones’ that monitor plant health
[A] research team at the University of Washington has found a way to make bumblebees act like tiny drones. The ...
Resurrecting scents that went extinct 100 years ago
Move aside, Chanel No. 5. Scientists have now created a scent that’s even older than the iconic perfume, even if ...
Soldiers of the future could be supercharged with brain upgrades
[T]he way the military fights wars is changing, and so must DARPA’s priorities. At a conference last week to celebrate DARPA’s 60th anniversary, ...
Can Joyn Bio’s genetically engineered microbes replace chemical fertilizers?
Big Ag is addicted to nitrogen fertilizers. It’s a massive problem for the global climate, yet it may yield to a ...
Robots find genetic mutations in crops, accelerating breeding solutions
If you want to find what’s probably the best example of what robots are doing in crop development, come to ...
The DNA data deluge
Computing, not sequencing, is now the limiting factor when it comes to genomics research ...
GM foods grow up
Critics of transgenic crops often focus on the seemingly unnatural act of adding something new and alien to a plant's ...
DNA Day and the Genetic Revolution
DNA Day is this week! To celebrate, IEEE Spectrum has rounded up several excellent pieces about the genetic breakthroughs that ...
The gene machine and me
The following is an edited excerpt. It’s a fresh April morning in 2012 when I head to Connecticut to see ...
