⁣Here’s How Nvidia’s Vice-Like Grip on AI Chips Could Slip

In the great AI gold rush of the past couple of years, Nvidia has dominated the market for shovels—namely the chips needed to train models. But a shift in tactics...

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/03/heres-how-nvidias-vice-like-grip-on-ai-chips-could-slip/

⁣What Is an AI Agent? A Computer Scientist Explains the Next Wave of AI Tools

The AI agents big tech companies are now developing possess the ability to take actions on your behalf.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/04/what-is-an-ai-agent-a-computer-scientist-explains-the-next-wave-of-ai-tools/

⁣This Molecule Mimics the Antiaging Effects of Dieting—Without the Hunger

What if we could package up the longevity effects of dieting in a pill?

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/07/this-molecule-mimics-the-antiaging-effects-of-dieting-without-the-hunger/

⁣Time Expansion Experiences: Why Time Slows Down in Altered States of Consciousness

When the boundary between us and the world softens, our sense of time expands.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/08/time-expansion-experiences-why-time-slows-down-in-altered-states-of-consciousness/

⁣CRISPR Baby 2.0? Controversial Simulation Touts Benefits of Gene Editing Embryos

Scientists are grappling with the implications of a CRISPR-baby world.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/09/crispr-baby-2-0-controversial-simulation-touts-benefits-of-gene-editing-embryos/

⁣Blue Origin Is Ready to Challenge SpaceX With Its New Glenn Rocket

The company hopes to break SpaceX's industry stranglehold with New Glenn.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/10/blue-origin-is-ready-to-challenge-spacex-with-its-new-glenn-rocket/

⁣This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through January 11)

These were our favorite articles in science and tech this week.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/11/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-january-11-2/

⁣A ChatGPT Moment Is Coming for Robotics. AI World Models Could Help Make It Happen.

Robots need an internal representation of the world and its rules like ours.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/13/a-chatgpt-moment-is-coming-for-robotics-ai-world-models-could-help-make-it-happen/

⁣Here’s What It Will Take to Ignite Scalable Fusion Power

There's a growing sense that developing practical fusion energy is no longer an if but a when.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/14/heres-what-it-will-take-to-ignite-scalable-fusion-power/

⁣China Is About to Build the World’s Biggest Hydropower Dam—With Triple the Output of Three Gorges

Medog Hydropower Station, as it will be called, will blow other hydropower dams out of the water.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/15/china-is-about-to-build-the-worlds-biggest-hydropower-dam-with-triple-the-output-of-three-gorges/

⁣Meta’s New AI Translates Speech in Real Time Across More Than 100 Languages

It's accurate and nearly as fast as expert human interpreters.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/16/metas-new-ai-translates-speech-in-real-time-across-more-than-100-languages/

⁣MIT’s Latest Bug Robot Is a Super Flyer. It Could One Day Help Bees Pollinate Crops.

The bot does acrobatic double flips faster than a fruit fly and stays aloft 100 times longer than other robots.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/17/mits-latest-bug-robot-is-a-super-flyer-it-could-one-day-help-bees-pollinate-crops/

⁣This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through January 18)

These were our favorite articles in science and tech this week.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/18/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-january-18-2/

⁣A Paralyzed Man Just Piloted a Virtual Drone With His Mind Alone

Linking brains to machines has gone from science fiction to reality in the past two decades.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/20/a-paralyzed-man-just-piloted-a-virtual-drone-with-his-mind-alone/

⁣Logging off Life but Living on: How AI Is Redefining Death, Memory, and Immortality

Our digital legacies don’t just preserve memories; they can continue to influence the world, long after we’re gone.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/21/logging-off-life-but-living-on-how-ai-is-redefining-death-memory-and-immortality/

⁣Scientists Say They’ve Discovered How Cancer Hijacks and Corrupts Immune Cells

Cancer cells steal from and poison the cells tasked with fighting them off.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/23/scientists-say-theyve-discovered-how-cancer-hijacks-and-corrupts-immune-cells/

⁣The Surprising Longevity of Electric Vehicles: They Now Live as Long as Gas-Powered Cars

Analysis of 29.8 million cars found the median EV lasts 124,000 miles—8,000 more than a gasoline car.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/24/the-surprising-longevity-of-electric-vehicles-they-now-live-as-long-as-gas-powered-cars/

⁣This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through January 25)

These were our favorite articles in science and tech this week.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/25/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-january-25-2/

⁣The Brain on Microplastics: A Study in Mice Finds the Brain’s Immune Cells Gorging on Plastic

The study sheds light on one way these pesky particles may be detrimental to brain health.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/27/the-brain-on-microplastics-a-study-in-mice-finds-the-brains-immune-cells-gorging-on-tiny-bits-of-plastic/

⁣Does Extraterrestrial Life Exist? Here’s What Scientists Really Think

There's a solid consensus among scientists on the question, according to a new survey.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/01/28/does-extraterrestrial-life-exist-heres-what-scientists-really-think/