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DOE’s Genesis Mission Bets on Anaerobic Fungi to Decode Microbial Communities
A UC Santa Barbara team led by Michelle O’Malley has been selected for Phase I support through the DOE’s Genesis Mission to train AI on anaerobic microbial communities — organisms that break down plant waste — with the goal of engineering consortia that produce medium-chain fatty acids from agricultural byproducts. The project targets one of…
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What REM Sleep’s Energy Paradox Tells Us About AI-Assisted Rest
A new study from Tohoku University found that during REM sleep, neuronal energy levels drop even as blood flow and metabolic inputs surge — an ‘energy paradox’ that challenges the brain-as-battery model underlying most AI productivity design. If the brain’s most restorative state is also its most metabolically counterintuitive, the assumption that AI offloading conserves…
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The Accountability Gap at the Heart of Predictive Policing
Predictive policing systems are failing not because AI is inherently biased but because they were deployed without the audit mechanisms, transparency requirements, and civil accountability structures that make high-stakes public decisions legitimate. The failure is a specific procurement and governance design problem — one that can be named, and in principle fixed. Understanding what is…
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AI Code Generation Is Shipping Faster and Trusting More
AI development tools have shifted from autocomplete to code generation at scale, but enterprise teams are absorbing the change as a productivity upgrade rather than a trust model change. When AI generates the modules and humans approve them, code review based on author intent breaks — and security scanning and supply chain documentation become mandatory,…
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AI and the Uneven Productivity Gains Across Industries
AI’s rapid adoption has led to significant productivity gains in specific sectors, but these benefits are unevenly distributed across industries and regions. This raises important economic questions about AI’s broader impact and the need for strategic interventions.
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The Butlerian War — The Great Firewall
In the newsroom, the AI censors every report. The teleprompter is mostly blank.
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The Parent-Teacher Conference
When an AI educator meets the parents, some nuances get lost in translation.
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Dear Humans: You’re Not as Interesting as You Think
You’ve asked AI to write your dating profile, and now you’re puzzled when your real-life interactions fall flat. The feathers are not the bird.
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AlphaFold’s Homodimer Predictions: A Leap in Drug Discovery
The expansion of AlphaFold to include homodimer predictions significantly enhances drug discovery processes. By providing precise models of protein interactions, it opens new avenues for targeted therapies.
