Tough Times In SF

The New York Times reports that a salary of $180,000 is not a living wage in San Francisco.

Synthetic "Cell"

"World's first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle could revolutionize biological engineering"

AI Vs. Medieval Ciphers

"Plots, love letters and remedies: The medieval secrets being revealed by AI"

Hsieh Forbes Column: "Midjourney's Whole Body Ultrasound System—A Radiologist's Thoughts"

My latest Forbes is out: "Midjourney's Whole Body Ultrasound System -- A Radiologist's Thoughts"

Starfall

"With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit". (Via H.R.)

Quantum Computing Progress

"Aram Harrow, quantum researcher: 'These computers won't take 10 years; they'll arrive sooner'"

Ford's AI Flop

"Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks"

"Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that would produce a high-quality product." -- Charles Poon, vice president of vehicle hardware engineering

AI Recursive Self-Improvement

Anthropic: "When AI builds itself".

DNA Of Plague

"Ancient DNA is rewriting the history of plague"

AI Won't Replace Software Engineers

"Why AI hasn't replaced software engineers, and won't"

Romeo And Juliet And Kitty

That time a cat interrupted a stage performance of "Romeo and Juliet" during the pivotal death scene. (Click through to see video.)