Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized

A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal. [...]

Multi-turn attacks broke AI models 88% of the time — single-turn testing missed it, Cisco AI security lead warns at VB Transform 2026

When Cisco ran 6,986 multi-turn attacks against 15 flagship models, attackers who adapted across the conversation broke through as often as 88.3% of the time. Amy Chang, Cisco's head of AI threat [...]

23andMe bought by Regeneron in court auction

It has been nearly two months since 23andMe declared bankruptcy and the company has officially been sold. The US biotech company Regeneron has agreed to buy 23andMe and all of its assets for $256 mill [...]

Microsoft just launched an AI that discovered a new chemical in 200 hours instead of years

Microsoft launches Discovery platform that uses agentic AI to compress years of scientific research into days, transforming R&D across pharmaceuticals, materials science, and semiconductor industr [...]

Biotech company Regeneron to buy bankrupt 23andMe for $256M

Regeneron will use trove of 23andMe genetic data to develop medical advances. [...]

How pigeons exploit magnetic fields for navigation

Iron-rich immune cells in the liver may act as sensors for magnetic fields, serving as an internal compass. [...]

After the LA fires, scientists study the toxic hazards left behind

Researchers are studying the long-term effects on air, water, soils and surfaces of properties that didn’t burn. [...]

Deepmind's research AI occasionally solves what humans can't and mostly gets everything else wrong

Google Deepmind's AI agent Aletheia independently wrote a math paper, disproved a decade-old conjecture, and caught an error that cryptography experts had missed. But a systematic evaluation acro [...]

A Startup Says It Grew Human Sperm in a Lab—and Used It to Make Embryos

Paterna Biosciences says it has determined the set of instructions needed to turn sperm-making stem cells into "normal, mature" sperm. [...]