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What is polygenic embryo screening in IVF and does it work?

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Scientists have developed algorithms that give predictive scores for a host of physical and mental traits

UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health

The Guardian has learned that couples undergoing IVF in the UK are exploiting an apparent legal loophole to rank their embryos based on genetic predictions of IQ. But what is polygenic screening and...

UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

British fertility clinics raise scientific and ethical objections over patients sending embryos’ genetic data abroad for analysis

What is polygenic embryo screening in IVF and does it work?

Couples undergoing IVF in the UK are exploiting an apparent legal loophole to rank their embryos based on genetic predictions of IQ, height and health, the Guardian has learned.

The controversial screening...

OpenAI Has Trained Its LLM To Confess To Bad Behavior

Today at 05:03 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: OpenAI is testing another new way to expose the complicated processes at work inside large language models. Researchers at the company can make an LLM produce what they call a confession, in which the model explains how it carried out a task and (most of the time) owns up to any bad behavior. Figuring out why large language models...

Blackest Fabric Ever Made Absorbs 99.87% of All Light That Hits It

Today at 04:02 AM, via Slashdot

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: Engineers at Cornell University have created the blackest fabric on record, finding it absorbs 99.87 percent of all light that dares to illuminate its surface. […] In this case, the Cornell researchers dyed a white merino wool knit fabric with a synthetic melanin polymer called polydopamine. Then, they placed the material in a plasma chamber,...

AI Led To an Increase In Radiologists, Not a Decrease

Today at 03:01 AM, via Slashdot

Despite predictions that AI would replace radiologists, healthcare systems worldwide are hiring more of them because AI tools enhance their work, create new oversight tasks, and increase imaging volumes rather than reducing workloads. “Put all that together with the context of an aging population and growing demand for imaging of all kinds, and you can see why Offiah and the Royal College of...

Trump Wants Asia’s ‘Cute’ Kei Cars To Be Made and Sold In US

Today at 02:00 AM, via Slashdot

sinij shares news of the Trump administration surprising the auto industry by granting approval for “tiny cars” to be built in the United States. Bloomberg reports: President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the U.S., despite concerns that they’re too small and slow to be driven...

Chinese-Linked Hackers Use Backdoor For Potential ‘Sabotage,’ US and Canada Say

Today at 01:23 AM, via Slashdot

U.S. and Canadian cybersecurity agencies say Chinese-linked actors deployed “Brickstorm” malware to infiltrate critical infrastructure and maintain long-term access for potential sabotage. Reuters reports: The Chinese-linked hacking operations are the latest example of Chinese hackers targeting critical infrastructure, infiltrating sensitive networks and “embedding themselves to enable...

How many spiders and pseudoscorpions does it take to make one of the world’s greatest taxonomists?

Today at 01:00 AM, via The Guardian

Former Perth curator Mark Harvey is one of the few people on Earth to have described 1,000 new species, many of them arachnids. Colleagues say his legacy is ‘unquantifiable’

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For most people around the world, 16 August 1977 was memorable because it was the day Elvis Presley died.

“We turned the radio on when we got back in the car...

Meta Acquires AI Wearable Company Limitless

Today at 00:22 AM, via Slashdot

Meta is acquiring AI wearable startup Limitless, maker of a pendant that records conversations and generates summaries. “We’re excited that Limitless will be joining Meta to help accelerate our work to build AI-enabled wearables,” a Meta spokesperson said in a statement. CNBC reports: Limitless CEO Dan Siroker revealed the deal on Friday via a corporate blog post but did not disclose the...

India Reviews Telecom Industry Proposal For Always-On Satellite Location Tracking

Yesterday at 23:21 PM, via Slashdot

India is weighing a proposal to mandate always-on satellite tracking in smartphones for precise government surveillance — an idea strongly opposed by Apple, Google, Samsung, and industry groups. Reuters reports: For years, the [Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s] administration has been concerned its agencies do not get precise locations when legal requests are made to telecom firms during...

The New York Times Is Suing Perplexity For Copyright Infringement

Yesterday at 22:25 PM, via Slashdot

The New York Times is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement, accusing the AI startup of repackaging its paywalled reporting without permission. TechCrunch reports: The Times joins several media outlets suing Perplexity, including the Chicago Tribune, which also filed suit this week. The Times’ suit claims that “Perplexity provides commercial products to its own users that substitute” for...

Cloudflare Says It Blocked 416 Billion AI Scraping Requests In 5 Months

Yesterday at 21:45 PM, via Slashdot

Cloudflare says it blocked 416 billion AI scraping attempts in five months and warns that AI is reshaping the internet’s economic model — with Google’s combined crawler creating a monopoly-style dilemma where opting out of AI means disappearing from search altogether. Tom’s Hardware reports: “The business model of the internet has always been to generate content that drive traffic and then sell...

Netflix To Buy Warner Bros. In $72 Billion Cash, Stock Deal

Yesterday at 20:18 PM, via Slashdot

Netflix is buying Warner Bros. Discovery in an $82.7 billion deal that gives it HBO, iconic franchises, and major studio infrastructure. “Warner Bros. shareholders will receive $27.75 a share in cash and stock in Netflix,” notes Bloomberg. “The total equity value of the deal is $72 billion, while the enterprise value of the deal is about $82.7 billion.” From the report: Prior to the closing of...

Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘serious ethical concerns’

Yesterday at 18:42 PM, via The Guardian

Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence

The journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology has formally retracted a sweeping scientific paper published in 2000 that became a key defense for Monsanto’s claim that Roundup herbicide and its active ingredient glyphosate don’t cause cancer. Martin van den Berg, the...

QuickTime Turns 34

Yesterday at 18:16 PM, via Slashdot

On Dec. 2, QuickTime turned 34, and despite its origins in Apple’s chaotic 1990s (1991 to be exact), “it’s still the backbone of video on our devices,” writes Macworld’s Jason Snell. That includes MP4 and Apple’s immersive video formats for Vision Pro. From the report: By the late ’80s and early ’90s, digital audio had been thoroughly integrated into Macs. (PCs needed add-on cards to do much...

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