DNA editing of human embryos reignites debate over designer babies

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...
Tech Times

OpenAI Codex CLI Bug Silently Writes 640 TB/Year to Your SSD: No Patch

OpenAI Codex CLI bug writes 640 terabytes per year to local SSDs through a TRACE-level SQLite logger that ignores RUST_LOG, ...

New Apple Exploit Exposes Millions of iPhones Worldwide, No Software Fix Available

Researchers disclosed usbliter8, a SecureROM exploit affecting older Apple devices that can bypass boot protections with ...
Reuters

US prosecutor who lost job over AI-generated errors is rebuked by judge

April 28 (Reuters) - A federal judge in North Carolina has formally reprimanded an attorney who as a U.S. prosecutor used artificial intelligence to write a court brief containing made-up quotes and ...
Nextgov

AI is helping VA speed up claims processing, but Dems worry about errors

“Speed does not equal success,” Rep. Tim Kennedy, D-N.Y., said about VA’s use of automation and AI to process veterans’ benefits claims. The Department of Veterans Affairs has been using artificial ...
Wall Street Journal

We’re Using So Much AI That Computing Firepower Is Running Out

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
Nature

Demonstration of high-fidelity entangled logical qubits using transmons

Quantum error correction (QEC) codes are necessary to fault-tolerantly operate quantum computers. However, every such code is inherently limited by its inability to ...
Medical Xpress

AI's errors may be impossible to eliminate. What that means for its use in health care

In the past decade, AI's success has led to uncurbed enthusiasm and bold claims—even though users frequently experience errors that AI makes. An AI-powered digital assistant can misunderstand ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...