Two important firsts in genome editing
1. Fetal non-human primate base editing delivers to multiple organs
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2. #AI -generated gene editors success in human cells
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AI's latest: start with natural #CRISPR and engineer new editors.
Clinical efforts have plenty of editors already (issues are cost + regulatory).
Looking ahead I hope this bring us closer to 'perfect editor for a patient's mutation in weeks.'
Cade Metz
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New A.I. technology generates CRISPR gene editors that do not come from nature: nytimes.com/2024/04/22/tec…

Sources: OpenAI transcribed 1M+ hours of YouTube videos through Whisper and used the text to train GPT-4; Google also transcribed YouTube videos to harvest text (New York Times)

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OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train A.I. Cecilia Kang, Sheera Frenkel, Stuart A. Thompson, Nico Grant and I undercover the race for data: nytimes.com/2024/04/06/tec…

Over 90 scientists sign an agreement that seeks to prevent their AI-aided research for designing new proteins from being used for the development of bioweapons (@cademetz / New York Times)

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Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit repeatedly cites a contentious paper by Microsoft's research lab, which said GPT-4 showed 'sparks' of AGI, to argue that GPT-4 is AGI (New York Times)

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The future of video creation is here--it's just not widely distributed yet. nytimes.com/2024/02/15/tec…
Cade Metz captures the blistering pace of innovation, the issues, and the facts.

I'm terrified by the implications for our democracy, which is why I founded…

Word of the Year: ‘Hallucinate’ nytimes.com/2023/12/17/ins…

Cade Metz 在 #GeniusMakers 里曾写道：'在某种程度上，这一切都混合成了一锅快要溢出的大杂烩，其中包含非常真实的技术进步、毫无根据的炒作、疯狂的预测，以及对未来的担忧。“人工智能”则是描述这一切的术语。'，这句话用来针对当下的状况真是再合适不过了！
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Sad news about the death of Luiz Barroso, whose contributions to data center design are well explained in this obit by @cademetz nytimes.com/2023/12/13/tec…

Tesla Recalls Autopilot Software in 2 Million Vehicles: nytimes.com/2023/12/13/bus…

Paris-based Mistral AI has raised €385M, or about $415M, with investors including a16z and Lightspeed; sources: the deal values Mistral at about $2B (@cademetz / New York Times)

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A Silicon Valley CEO group chat with Mark Zuckerberg, Dropbox’s Drew Houston & others blew up when Sam Altman was fired. Everyone wanted to know: What did he do?

This OpenAI story w/ Cade Metz rat king 🐀 Karen Weise provides some answers to that question

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Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence: nytimes.com/2023/12/09/tec…

2023 has been the Year of A.I. If you've wondered how that happened and what it means, this week had you covered.

Cade Metz Karen Weise Nico Grant rat king 🐀 Adam Satariano Cecilia Kang put together an incredible series explaining how we got here 1/5

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Our A.I reporters on the ground in Europe and D.C. -- Adam Satariano and Cecilia Kang -- explain the once and future trials and tribulations of A.I. regulation: nytimes.com/2023/12/06/tec…

Google Updates Bard Chatbot With ‘Gemini’ A.I. As It Chases ChatGPT: nytimes.com/2023/12/06/tec…