2025-04-28

Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments

A group of researchers covertly ran a months-long "unauthorized" experiment in one of Reddit’s most popular communities using AI-generated comments to test the persuasiveness of large lang [...]

2025-05-22

Startup uses ancient bacteria to turn Texas CO2 into green chemicals

Again, the German-Danish startup using ancient bacteria to turn CO2 into new chemicals, is building a new bioreactor plant in Texas. The facility will be located at Texas City, a major petrochemicals [...]

2025-02-09

Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is far more interconnected than anyone realized. [...]

2025-05-05

Scientists Have Just Discovered a New Type of Electricity-Conducting Bacteria

A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique morphology and genetic structure may be useful for the development of bioelectroni [...]

2025-05-07

Genetic-engineered bacteria break down industrial contaminants

Five clusters of genes from different organisms put into a single bacterial strain. [...]

2025-05-22

Claude Opus 4 blackmailed an engineer after learning it might be replaced

Anthropic is treating its new Claude Opus 4 language model as safety-critical after tests revealed some troubling behavior, including escape attempts, blackmail, and autonomous whistleblowing.<br / [...]

2025-05-27

How to Engineer AI Adoption and Value Across the Enterprise

AI development is at a pivotal inflection point. While AI’s potential to revolutionize industries is undeniable, its adoption in the enterprise hinges on fostering trust among human employees, while [...]

2025-06-08

Influential Apple engineer Bill Atkinson dies at 74

A renowned Apple engineer who was instrumental in developing modern-day computing has died. Bill Atkinson, who was part of Apple's original Macintosh development team, died of pancreatic cancer a [...]

2025-04-29

The Morning After: Google gives Android its own show

Google I/O is usually where the company reveals what’s happening with its smartphone OS for the next 12 months, but this year, Android is getting its own thing. A week ahead of I/O, Google will deep [...]