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Why AlphaFold Didn't Solve Protein Folding — Pushmeet Kohli, Google DeepMind & Sal Candido, Biohub
From the Bitter Lesson of AI scaling to the unsolved mysteries of protein folding, Google DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli and Biohub’s Sal Candido are rethinking what it takes to build AI that truly understands biology.
Neanderthal wooden tools from Spain found preserved in stone
Dissolved rock precipitated around the tools, which then decayed.
Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"
One damaged data center has supercomputers used for training Yandex’s AI model.
A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis
Stylish upcycling, with a retro flare, at Spain's Museo de Historia de la Computación.
NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations
"We’ve made it clear that NASA will never give up its presence in low Earth orbit."
What's been driving Hawaii's lava fountains?
Before the lava fountains started, the ground was expanding by half a meter a day.
What Happens When AI Solves Your Life’s Work
OpenAI’s latest mathematical results are forcing researchers to confront what happens when AI can tackle problems that once defined entire careers. With hundreds of proposed proofs awaiting scrutiny, the debate spans scientific discovery, professional identity, and which fields could face similar disruption next. In the headlines: confusion over OpenAI’s revenue numbers rattles markets, a new survey tracks shifting AI adoption, and Anthropic introduces Claude Dashboards and Motion.Brought to you
When AI Solves Your Life’s Work
OpenAI’s latest mathematical results are forcing researchers to confront what happens when AI can tackle problems that once defined entire careers. With hundreds of proposed proofs awaiting scrutiny, the debate spans scientific discovery, professional identity, and which fields could face similar disruption next. In the headlines: confusion over OpenAI’s revenue numbers rattles markets, a new survey tracks shifting AI adoption, and Anthropic introduces Claude Dashboards and Motion.Brought to you
AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software
Study finds coding efficiency gains get "absorbed" by human review "bottleneck."
Outrage grows as CDC reportedly poised to fund "unethical" vaccine trial
CDC allocated $1.6M for study on alleged harms of hepatitis B vaccine.
AWS AgentCore security undone by prompt requesting credentials
Tokens transmitted in metadata, weak VM isolation, and expansive permissions make hacking a lot easier