Neanderthals survived on a knife's edge for 350k years(science.org)

212 points by Hooke 6 months ago | 167 comments

Deep-sea vehicles spot 'alien' sharks deep beneath the waves in the Pacific(science.org)

91 points by pkaeding 2 months ago | 44 comments

Amazonian civilization had estimated 3M people in 3% of forest area(science.org)

252 points by marojejian 2 months ago | 188 comments

How An AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy(science.org)

193 points by pseudolus 1 month ago | 198 comments

A forgotten social media post may hold key clues to Covid-19's origin(science.org)

12 points by bookofjoe 4 months ago | 2 comments

Couple pay >$800k for a gene-editing therapy for their daughter. She died.(science.org)

322 points by Shortness8 3 months ago | 184 comments

Science magazine article reporting on a girl's undisclosed death in a Chinese gene-editing trial whose parents paid over $800k; page shows a Cloudflare check.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

Recent AI models struggled to match a human algorithmic innovation(epoch.ai)

85 points by merksittich 16 days ago | 64 comments

Epoch AI report by David Owen presenting InnovationEval, finding early evidence that AI models cannot yet automate AI R&D or match human algorithmic innovation.

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt(futurism.com)

628 points by technewssss 3 months ago | 317 comments

Futurism article reporting that AI companies are using off-balance-sheet arrangements to hide large amounts of debt.

Anthropic surpasses OpenAI to become most valuable AI startup(qazinform.com)

361 points by Bolat14 4 months ago | 368 comments

Kazinform news article reporting that Anthropic surpassed OpenAI in valuation after a new funding round, approaching $1 trillion.

AI is slowing down(wheresyoured.at)

597 points by crescit_eundo 4 months ago | 646 comments

Ed Zitron newsletter essay arguing AI growth is slowing while the industry needs trillions in revenue by 2030 to justify compute spending.

Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity(fortune.com)

725 points by virgildotcodes 8 months ago | 637 comments

Fortune article on a survey of thousands of CEOs reporting AI had no measurable effect on employment or productivity, reviving the Solow productivity paradox.