OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company

The former Instagram executive is departing the ChatGPT-maker, and the company is sunsetting its “OpenAI for Science” application. [...]

OpenAI Has a New AI Model Built for Biology and Science

GPT-Rosalind is intended to help scientists streamline their research and drug discovery. [...]

The ‘Lonely Runner’ Problem Only Appears Simple

Take a group of runners circling a track at unique, constant paces. Answering the question of how many will always end up running alone, no matter their speed, has vexed mathematicians for decades. [...]

Three more senior executives leave OpenAI as the company kills its side quests

Summary: Three senior OpenAI executives, former CPO Kevin Weil, Sora head Bill Peebles, and enterprise CTO Srinivas Narayanan – departed on the same day as the company shuts down “side quests” i [...]

Great white sharks are overheating

The sharks might also be the most physiologically vulnerable to warming waters. [...]

Double Dazzle: This Weekend, There Are 2 Meteor Showers in the Night Sky

Lyrids began last week, and Eta Aquariids kicks off on Sunday. [...]

30 years ago, these 15 industries were science fiction

From streaming to cybersecurity to plant-based meat, an entire layer of the global economy has been built from scratch in the past 30 years — and it's still growin [...]

Men use "vocal fry" more than women, counter to stereotype

Study suggests "the bias is real but socially constructed, rather than grounded in how women actually sound." [...]

There’s New Evidence for How Loneliness Affects Memory in Old Age

A longitudinal study found that loneliness is more closely linked to lapses in immediate and delayed recall than to the overall speed of cognitive decline. [...]