Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself?
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market value has hovered around $25bn for the past decade while rivals such as Hitachi, Sony and NEC have expanded their valuations…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has expanded restrictions to block its AI services from companies majority-owned by entities in countries it considers adversaries —…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon, to help students with opposing…
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All Summary Steven Levy profiles Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent and polarising figure in the AI‑safety scene, who argues that advanced artificial intelligence…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline, dubbed Auto Exploit and built by two Israeli security researchers, uses prompts to a large language model…
Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection
Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection Summary Researchers working with biotech firm Sana Biotechnology have implanted CRISPR-edited pancreatic islet cells…
First CRISPR horses spark controversy: what’s next for gene-edited animals?
First CRISPR horses spark controversy: what’s next for gene-edited animals? Summary Scientists in Buenos Aires have produced the first horses whose genomes were edited with CRISPR–Cas9. The five foals are…
When AI rejects your grant proposal: algorithms are helping to make funding decisions
When AI rejects your grant proposal: algorithms are helping to make funding decisions Summary A Spanish non-profit, La Caixa Foundation, is using an AI system made from three algorithms to…
Author Correction: PPP2R1A mutations portend improved survival after cancer immunotherapy
Author Correction: PPP2R1A mutations portend improved survival after cancer immunotherapy Summary Nature has published an author correction to the original 2 July 2025 research article on PPP2R1A and immunotherapy outcomes.…
Nature goes inside the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’ — here’s the buzz
Nature goes inside the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’ — here’s the buzz Summary A Brazilian facility produces millions of Aedes mosquitoes each week that are deliberately infected with harmless Wolbachia…