Schools brief
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Risks and rules
AI needs regulation, but what kind, and how much?
Different countries are taking different approaches to regulating artificial intelligence
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Applications for AI
LLMs will transform medicine, media and more
But not without a helping (human) hand
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Artificial intelligence
How AI models are getting smarter
Deep neural networks are learning diffusion and other tricks
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Artificial intelligence
The race is on to control the global supply chain for AI chips
The focus is no longer just on faster chips, but on more chips clustered together
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Artificial intelligence
A short history of AI
In the first of six weekly briefs, we ask how AI overcame decades of underdelivering
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Biology brief
How organisms are organised
Like any well-run operation, a body is made of specialised parts
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Defined by their boundaries
Cells and how to run them
All life is made of cells, and cells depend on membranes
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Life is born in chains
How DNA and proteins work
Life can make extraordinary variety by following quite simple strategies