OpenAI says its AI produced a solution to a century-old maths problem about how fluids flow. Mathematicians are pushing back on how the win was announced and credited.
The catch: A real advance is getting muddied by a fight over how AI labs announce their wins.
via The Verge
Google DeepMind released a tool that predicts what happens for billions of possible single-letter DNA changes, a shortcut for disease research.
Zoom out: Unglamorous infrastructure like this can quietly speed up years of genetics research.
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An agent doesn't just answer, it takes actions across steps to finish a task, using tools like search and apps. A chatbot replies once; an agent works until the job is done.
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