Planning crewed missions to the Moon and Mars involves preparing for the medical realities of long-duration space travel. Factors like cosmic radiation, microgravity, and distance from Earth create unique health considerations for astronauts. To anticipate these needs ahead of time, NASA developed the Integrated Medical Model (IMM). The IMM is a decision-support tool that uses
Mark Zuckerberg said AI companies don’t need an industry-wide agreement to slow development when safety concerns emerge. In a post on X on Tuesday, the Meta CEO argued that market pressure will make alignment, meaning ensuring that AI systems follow their users’ intentions, a competitive advantage. “Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move
An AI industry watchdog is accusing OpenAI of violating California’s AI safety law multiple times in the past year, including with the release of its latest model, Astra. A new analysis from the Midas Project—a nonprofit that describes itself as a watchdog “working to ensure that AI benefits everybody, not just the companies developing it”—alleges
A migrating breast cancer cell.Credit: Christoph Burgstedt/SPL Choosing the most effective treatment for people with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is often challenging because the tumours can behave very differently at the molecular level. Now, researchers have developed an artificial-intelligence-based ‘virtual cell model’ that can help in choosing the best treatment for this aggressive form of
When OpenAI launched Astra last week — a model whose advanced abilities prompted OpenAI president Greg Brockman to call it the start of the “AGI era” — it only gave a handful of enterprise customers access to give the company time to scale its compute capacity. But now that it’s available to paying users, demand
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan says people are getting distracted by Hollywood-style doomsday scenarios when they should be focused on the real AI risks emerging today. “I think that we need to be focused on science fact, not science fiction,” Tan said in a CNBC interview on Thursday. “I saw ‘Terminator 2’ also. It’s a
