Scientist Finds Early Virus Sequences That Had Been Mysteriously Deleted
By rooting through files stored on Google Cloud, a researcher says he recovered 13 early coronavirus sequences that had disappeared from a database last year.
What Really Happened When Google Ousted Timnit Gebru
She was a star engineer who warned that messy AI can spread racism. Google brought her in. Then it forced her out. Can Big Tech take criticism from within?
How Two Undergraduate Scientists Uncovered One of the Pharmaceutical Industries Biggest Secrets
A team of undergraduates lead by a professor at Cold Spring Harbor demonstrated that many targeted drugs do not work as expected. Target discovery is the pharmaceutical industry's grand challenge.
AI Ethics Teams Bulk Up in Size, Influence at Tech Firms
Artificial intelligence ethics teams are playing a greater role at tech companies and helping them deal with bias and fairness issues that have cropped up at companies such as Twitter.