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Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that could be next. Join senior AI reporter…
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When the Trump administration cracks down on Anthropic, who benefits?
On the new episode of Equity, we discussed what actually prompted the administration’s latest moves against Anthropic, and what this might mean for the AI ecosystem.
Beyond Siri: Here are the practical AI features coming to your iPhone in iOS 27
Siri’s AI overhaul may have grabbed the headlines at WWDC, but some of Apple’s most useful AI features are arriving elsewhere in iOS 27.
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’
“These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.””
In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search
So … what’s your In the Weights score?
Your Buyers Are Already Using AI Search — Here’s How You Make Sure Your Real Estate Brand Is on the First Page
As AI-powered search rapidly changes how consumers discover and validate businesses, we’re entering a new era where authority, third-party credibility and trusted digital signals matter more than follower counts alone.
We Told Our Client to Ditch Their ‘Safe’ Content — and Engagement Jumped 4,646%. Here’s How You Can Do It, Too.
Don’t post the same content as everyone else. Here’s why that’s killing your reach — and the format that fixes it.
Founders Fund’s outlier bet on humanely killed fish
Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely.
Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic
Jumper isn’t the only big name leaving Google DeepMind.
Every new iOS 27 feature that’s worth knowing about
While it’s not flashy like Apple’s new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence upgrades, there are still a number of additions to iOS 27 worth looking at.