The application of copyright law to AI training is complex.  Around the world, there are varying exceptions and limitations to copyright that permit AI training. Jurisdictions also often consider the ...

AI-generated code produces 1.7x more issues than human code

A central question in artificial life is how systems can sustain life-like behavior—sensing, adaptation, persistence—in complex, unpredictable environments. This paper introduces the constraint-functi...

I was at an event on AI for science yesterday, a panel discussion here at NeurIPS. The panelists discussed how they plan to replace humans a...

A model of intrahost poliovirus replication shows that, after several rounds of replication, pocapavir, a poliovirus capsid inhibitor, collapses viral density, preventing intracellular interactions th...

From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...

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Last week I spoke with some of my colleagues about the “challenges” posed by generative AI to our teaching. As anyone who follows me on Bluesky — or followed me on Twitter, prior …

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.