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Rewriting Life
White-people-only DNA tests show how unequal science has become
Companies are selling disease-risk tests that only work in people of European ancestry. They hope to fix that soon.
Business Impact
A cyber-skills shortage means students are being recruited to fight off hackers
Students with little or no cybersecurity knowledge are being paired with easy-to-use AI software that lets them protect their campus from attack.
Sustainable Energy
Designers are reinventing hurricane maps for an era of extreme weather
As climate dangers rise, researchers are testing new ways of communicating clearly about uncertainty.
Business Impact
How acting as Carrie Fisher’s puppet made a career for Rogue One’s Princess Leia
“Ghost acting” is helping young actors build careers beyond their 15 minutes of fame
Business Impact
Actors are digitally preserving themselves to continue their careers beyond the grave
Improvements in CGI mean neither age nor death need stop some performers from working.
Rewriting Life
DNA databases are too white. This man aims to fix that.
Carlos D. Bustamante’s hunt for genetic variations between populations should help us better understand and treat disease.
Connectivity
The smartphone app that can tell you’re depressed before you know it yourself
Analyzing the way you type and scroll can reveal as much as a psychological test.
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Rewriting Life
Digital immortality: How your life’s data means a version of you could live forever
Your family and friends will be able to interact with a digital “you” that doles out advice—even when you’re gone.
Intelligent Machines
Artificial intelligence and robots are transforming how we work and live.
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China’s leaders are softening their stance on AI
A year after announcing an aggressive plan to dominate artificial intelligence, China’s vice premier has called for international collaboration.
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Establishing an AI code of ethics will be harder than people think
Ethics are too subjective to guide the use of AI, argue some legal scholars.
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Your next doctor’s appointment might be with an AI
A new wave of chatbots are replacing physicians and providing frontline medical advice—but are they as good as the real thing?
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