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Users of the new dating app Volar train a chatbot to go on virtual first dates for them with the bot

Amazon, Discord, Duolingo, and Google all started 2024 with job cuts. But the tech job market isn’t

Kai-Fu Lee, an AI expert and prominent investor who helped Google and Microsoft get established in C

With AI projects booming and the physical limits of silicon looming, some startups are challenging N

The world’s trawlers are stirring carbon dioxide into the water—and into the atmosphere. Thanks for

A new ad campaign is targeting the cultivated meat industry on TV and online. Industry supporters cr

Idaho’s capital city is seeing an influx of young people as they apply for tech jobs away from big c

Ocean exploration to prepare for deep-sea mining has been greenlit in Norway. These are the startups

At a Senate hearing on AI’s impact on journalism, lawmakers backed media industry calls to make Open

Authors keep finding what appear to be AI-generated imitations and summaries of their books on Amazo

Electric vehicle charging stations are still scarce in many parts of the US. The White House announc

Wildfire smoke and exhaust fumes are triggering spikes in eczema and other skin conditions. Thanks f

​​Chatbots’ habit of spewing untruths is a big problem—but we should also celebrate these hallucinat

A group of scientists taught an algorithm to spot beaver ponds in satellite imagery, which has the p

Ibogaine, a plant-based psychoactive drug, drastically reduced symptoms of depression and PTSD in ve

Molecular farming company Moolec has inserted pig genes into soy beans to generate meaty-tasting pro

Inspired by her aunt’s battle with cancer, Canan Dağdeviren developed a wearable ultrasound monitor

Menstrual regulation—sometimes referred to as “missed period pills"—is a new front in women's battle

Banks use your deposits to make loans to carbon-intensive industries. A new analysis finds that $1,0

OpenAI designed its governance structure to protect humanity—and it imploded. The company could take