Nature

AI can write genomes — how long until it creates synthetic life?

The Evo2 genomic language model can generate short genome sequences, but scientists say further advances are needed to write ...
Scientific American

Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud

Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds ...
Nature

How fast does a protein fold? Real-time technique captures the moment

Chung’s group captured the transition period directly by improving the time resolution of a method called single-molecule ...
Scientific American

AI techniques speed up forensic analysis of crucial crime scene larvae

A maggot’s age and species can give essential information to forensic entomologists investigating murders. (A single wriggling horse fly maggot, for instance, found on a dead body far from water, gave ...

AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Now, AI coding tools are raising new issues with how that “clean room” rewrite process plays out both legally, ethically, and practically. Dan Blanchard took over maintenance of the repository in 2012 ...