OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM

GPT-Rosalind is an LLM trained on biology workflows, available in closed access. [...]

Planet Parade in the Sky: How to View 4 Planets Lined Up This Week

The cosmic lineup of Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune is here. [...]

6,000 Meters Under the Pacific, Japan Seeks Independence From China on Rare Earths

Tokyo is succeeding where the rest of the world has failed, reducing its reliance on Beijing for crucial rare earth elements—thanks to an enormous underwater deposit discovered on a remote island. [...]

How Can Astronauts Tell How Fast They’re Going?

Weirdly, spaceships have no direct way to gauge their own speed. Luckily, we can use some physics tricks to figure it out. [...]

OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company

The former Instagram executive is departing the ChatGPT-maker, and the company is sunsetting its “OpenAI for Science” application. [...]

OpenAI Has a New AI Model Built for Biology and Science

GPT-Rosalind is intended to help scientists streamline their research and drug discovery. [...]

The ‘Lonely Runner’ Problem Only Appears Simple

Take a group of runners circling a track at unique, constant paces. Answering the question of how many will always end up running alone, no matter their speed, has vexed mathematicians for decades. [...]

Three more senior executives leave OpenAI as the company kills its side quests

Summary: Three senior OpenAI executives, former CPO Kevin Weil, Sora head Bill Peebles, and enterprise CTO Srinivas Narayanan – departed on the same day as the company shuts down “side quests” i [...]

Great white sharks are overheating

The sharks might also be the most physiologically vulnerable to warming waters. [...]