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Artificial Intelligence

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The Tech World Is ‘Disrupting’ Book Publishing. But Do We Want Effortless Art?

Julian Novitz - December 17, 2024

Publishing is one of many fields poised for disruption by tech companies and artificial intelligence. New platforms and approaches, like a book imprint by...

Blurry, Morphing, and Surreal: A New AI Aesthetic Is Emerging in Film

December 10, 2024

Google DeepMind’s New AI Weatherman Tops World’s Most Reliable System

December 6, 2024

Most Supposedly ‘Open’ AI Systems Are Actually Closed—and That’s a Problem

November 30, 2024

OpenAI’s GPT-4o Makes AI Clones of Real People With Surprising Ease

November 29, 2024

Watch the Complete Evolution of the Terminator’s Killer Robots

Jason Dorrier - July 3, 2015

Niantic Is Training a Giant ‘Geospatial’ AI on Pokémon Go Data

Jason Dorrier - November 27, 2024

OpenAI’s GPT-4o Makes AI Clones of Real People With Surprising Ease

Edd Gent - November 29, 2024

A ChatGPT-Like AI Can Now Design Whole New Genomes From Scratch

Shelly Fan - November 18, 2024

Biotechnology

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Thousands of Undiscovered Genes May Be Hidden in DNA ‘Dark Matter’

Shelly Fan - December 9, 2024

Thousands of new genes are hidden inside the “dark matter” of our genome. Previously thought to be noise left over from evolution, a new study...

Forget Needles. These Squid-Like Pills Will Spray Drugs Into the Gut Instead.

November 22, 2024

A ChatGPT-Like AI Can Now Design Whole New Genomes From Scratch

November 18, 2024

Sweet CRISPR Tomatoes May Be Coming to a Supermarket Near You

November 14, 2024

This Ambitious Project Wants to Sequence the DNA of All Complex Life on Earth

November 11, 2024

Mice Born From Artificial Eggs a ‘Stunning Achievement’

Shelly Fan - October 25, 2016

Exponential Medicine 2014 Conference Kicks Off in San Diego

Jason Dorrier - November 10, 2014

LIVESTREAM: Watch Exponential Medicine 2015 Live From San Diego

Singularity Hub Staff - November 10, 2015

Sweet CRISPR Tomatoes May Be Coming to a Supermarket Near You

Shelly Fan - November 14, 2024

Computing

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Google’s Latest Quantum Computing Breakthrough Shows Practical Machines Are Within Reach

Edd Gent - December 12, 2024

One of the biggest barriers to large-scale quantum computing is the error-prone nature of the technology. This week, Google announced a major breakthrough in...

‘Electric Plastic’ Could Merge Technology With the Body in Future Wearables and Implants

October 25, 2024

Meta Has Launched the World’s ‘Most Advanced’ Glasses. Will They Replace Smartphones?

October 1, 2024

DNA Computing Evolves: New System Stores Data, Plays Chess, and Solves Sudoku Puzzles

September 20, 2024

Quantum Computers Will Kill Digital Security. These Algorithms Could Stop Them.

August 15, 2024

Quantum Computers Will Kill Digital Security. These Algorithms Could Stop Them.

Jason Dorrier - August 15, 2024

The Trillion-Transistor Chip That Just Left a Supercomputer in the Dust

Jason Dorrier - November 22, 2020

Atom Computing Says Its New Quantum Computer Has Over 1,000 Qubits

Jason Dorrier - October 25, 2023

Scientists Dethrone Google’s Quantum Advantage Claim With a Conventional Computer

Edd Gent - August 12, 2022

Space

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Astronomers Have Pinpointed the Origin of Mysterious Repeating Radio Bursts From Space

Natasha Hurley-Walker - December 3, 2024

Slowly repeating bursts of intense radio waves from space have puzzled astronomers since they were discovered in 2022. In new research, my colleagues and I...

A 4.45-Billion-Year-Old Crystal From Mars Reveals the Planet Had Water From the Beginning

November 25, 2024

Europe Aims to Visit This Large Asteroid When It Brushes by Earth in 2029

November 5, 2024

Nuclear Rockets Could Take Us to Mars in Half the Time. NASA Plans to Fly One by 2027.

October 22, 2024

Dusty Snow on Mars Could Harbor Life According to a New NASA Simulation

October 21, 2024

GSP 2015 Closing Ceremony: Meet 20+ Startups With Revolution on the Brain

Singularity University - July 22, 2015

Google Pledges $3 Million to Singularity University to Make Graduate Studies Program Free of Charge

Singularity Hub Staff - January 28, 2015

A 4.45-Billion-Year-Old Crystal From Mars Reveals the Planet Had Water From the Beginning

Aaron J. Cavosie - November 25, 2024

Be on the Winning Side of Disruption: SU Global Summit San Francisco

Singularity University - July 13, 2016

Energy

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This Tiny House Is Made From the Recycled Heart of a Wind Turbine

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - December 2, 2024

If you’ve tried to rent or buy a home in the last few years, you may have noticed there’s a severe housing shortage in...

Scientists Say Net Zero Aviation Is Possible by 2050—If We Act Now

September 27, 2024

There Are Now More Electric Vehicles Than Gas-Powered Cars in Norway

September 19, 2024

UK Gives Sneak Peek of a Novel Fusion Reactor Shaped Like a Cored Apple

September 12, 2024

Meta Looks to Next-Gen Geothermal to Fuel Ravenous Data Centers

September 9, 2024

Singularity University Comes Home: Global Summit Kicks off Today in San Francisco

Alison E. Berman - August 28, 2016

New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission

Jason Dorrier - August 30, 2020

Why the Price of New Solar Electricity Fell an Incredible 89% in the Last Decade

Jason Dorrier - December 13, 2020

Energy Vault’s First Grid-Scale Gravity Energy Storage System Is Near Complete

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - August 9, 2023

Future

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Automated Cyborg Cockroach Factory Could Churn Out a Bug a Minute for Search and Rescue

Edd Gent - December 5, 2024

Envisioning armies of electronically controllable insects is probably nightmare fuel for most people. But scientists think they could help rescue workers scour challenging and...

This Tiny House Is Made From the Recycled Heart of a Wind Turbine

December 2, 2024

Niantic Is Training a Giant ‘Geospatial’ AI on Pokémon Go Data

November 27, 2024

Could We Ever Decipher an Alien Language? Uncovering How AI Communicates May Be Key

November 12, 2024

Europe Aims to Visit This Large Asteroid When It Brushes by Earth in 2029

November 5, 2024

Is Technology Unnatural—Or Is It ‘What Makes Us Human’?

Jason Dorrier - September 4, 2015

Will the End of Moore’s Law Halt Computing’s Exponential Rise?

Jason Dorrier - March 8, 2016

Summit Europe: To Anticipate the Future Is to Abandon Intuition

Jason Dorrier - November 23, 2014

AI Models Scaled Up 10,000x Are Possible by 2030, Report Says

Jason Dorrier - August 29, 2024

Tech

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The Tech World Is ‘Disrupting’ Book Publishing. But Do We Want Effortless Art?

Julian Novitz - December 17, 2024

Publishing is one of many fields poised for disruption by tech companies and artificial intelligence. New platforms and approaches, like a book imprint by...