WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 13: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks with reporters on his arrival to the Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. (Photo by Elizabeth Frantz for The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images … Read more
So far, only nine centers across the US are currently offering Casgevy, which may limit who gets access to it. Vertex says the number of participating sites will grow in the coming weeks and months. And despite the promise of a pain-free future, the grueling process of getting Casgevy may be a deterrent for some. … Read more
One might say this dolphin sticks out like a sore thumb. Researchers studying marine life in the Gulf of Corinth, off the coast of Greece, spotted a very unusual sight this summer, in the form of a dolphin that appears to be growing “thumbs” from its flippers. Researchers with the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute (PCRI) … Read more
Patronus AI cofounders Anand Kannappan and Rebecca Qian Patronus AI Large language models, similar to the one at the heart of ChatGPT, frequently fail to answer questions derived from Securities and Exchange Commission filings, researchers from a startup called Patronus AI found. Even the best-performing AI model configuration they tested, OpenAI’s GPT-4-Turbo, when armed with … Read more
NASA scientists believe that the ice moon Enceladus, which orbits Saturn, could hold all the basic building blocks of life and might be our best bet at finding living organisms beyond Earth. Research has already revealed that Enceladus has water, carbon dioxide and methane present in the giant plumes of vapour that spew from its … Read more
An exterior view of Moderna’s clinical manufacturing facility. David L. Ryan | Boston Globe | Getty Images Moderna and Merck‘s experimental cancer vaccine, when used in combination with Merck’s blockbuster therapy Keytruda, reduced the risk of death or relapse in patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer after three years, according to midstage … Read more
