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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 23)

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Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity—and the Backlash Has Begun

Edd Gent
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Artificial Intelligence

AI Lab Partners Are Rewiring the Hunt for New Drugs

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Energy

70% of the Rock Under Our Feet Can Produce Hydrogen. Tapping It Could Power Your Town.

Edd Gent
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Science

The Fully Anesthetized Brain Can Still Track a Podcast

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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 16)

SingularityHub Staff
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Robotics

New Algae Robots Swarm Like Locusts at the Flick of a Switch

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Artificial Intelligence
The AI Superstars Who Say a ‘Vibe Slop’ Crisis Is Coming
The Wall Street Journal ($)
Biotechnology
Experimental mRNA Vaccine May Protect Against Multiple Ebola Viruses
New Scientist ($)
Energy
Soaring Solar and a Surge in Hydro Push More Coal off the US Grid
Ars Technica
Artificial Intelligence
Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search
Wired ($)
Robotics
Will Robotics Have a ChatGPT Moment?
IEEE Spectrum
Robotics
The Internet Can’t Stop Watching Figure AI’s Humanoid Robots Handling Packages
Ars Technica
Biotechnology
Colossal Biosciences Is Growing Chickens in a 3D-Printed Artificial Eggshell
MIT Technology Review ($)
Energy
Solar Farm on the Ocean Outperforms Land-Based Solar in Taiwan
New Scientist ($)
Future
These Companies Say AI Is Reviving Entry-Level Jobs, Not Killing Them
The Wall Street Journal ($)
Future
Demis Hassabis Thinks AI Job Cuts Are Dumb
Wired ($)
Tech
5 Charts That Make Sense of SpaceX’s IPO Numbers
The Information ($)
Computing
New Quantum Processing Technology Points to Life After the Transistor, Maybe
Gizmodo
Energy
The Quest for an Elusive Clean Fuel Is Moving Underground
The New York Times ($)
Biotechnology
CAR T-Cell Therapy Bolstered by Stiffening up Cancer Cells First
New Scientist ($)
Artificial Intelligence
Your Doctor’s AI Notetaker May Be Making Things Up, Ontario Audit Finds
Ars Technica

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MIT Mined Bacteria for the Next CRISPR—and Found Hundreds of Potential New Tools

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Computing

Anthropic’s Mythos AI Uncovered Serious Security Holes in Every Major OS and Browser

Edd Gent
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Computing

US Issues Grand Challenge: The First Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer by 2028

Edd Gent
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Biotechnology

Forget Antibiotics: These Killer Cells Wipe Out Deadly Superbugs in a Day

Shelly Fan
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Biotechnology

Reviving Brain Activity After ‘Cryosleep’ Inches Closer in Pioneering Study

Shelly Fan
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Artificial Intelligence

Tech Companies Are Blaming Massive Layoffs on AI. What’s Really Going On?

Uri Gal
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Computing

Brain Implants Let Paralyzed People Type Nearly as Fast as Smartphone Users

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Biotechnology

These Genetically Engineered Brain Cells Devour Toxic Alzheimer’s Plaques

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Artificial Intelligence

Autonomous AI Agents Have an Ethics Problem

Adam Schiavi
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Computing

Thousands of Everyday Drone Pilots Are Making a Google Street View From Above

Aaron Frank
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Biotechnology

Your Genes Determine How Long You’ll Live Far More Than Previously Thought

Shelly Fan
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Spiky molecules in a concept image demonstrating Google DeepMind's Co-Scientist AI

AI Lab Partners Are Rewiring the Hunt for New Drugs

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In the Scramble to Power AI, Investors Bet $140 Million on Data Centers at Sea

Edd Gent
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You Probably Wouldn’t Notice if a Chatbot Slipped Ads Into Its Responses

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An AI Just Beat Doctors at Diagnosing ER Patients

Shelly Fan
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Sony’s Table-Tennis Robot Beat Elite Human Players With Unorthodox Moves

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Printed Neurons That Mimic Brain Cells Could Slash AI’s Energy Bill

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