Science
What Would It Actually Mean For AI To Be Generally Intelligent? DeepMind Has A Framework
Posted in Business, Science, Software on 7th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
If the DeepMind framework gains traction, it would give researchers, policymakers, and the public something more useful: a shared vocabulary, a set of specific tests, and a way to actually track whether the technology is getting closer to human-level general intelligence, rather than just asserting that it is.
A Man With HIV Went To Fix His Blood. He Left Cured Of Both.
Posted in Medicine, Science on 7th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Rare cases like this one are more than medical curiosities. Each successful cure offers a window into how HIV behaves, where it hides, and what conditions are needed to eliminate it.
The Clock On Internet Encryption Is Ticking Faster Than We Thought
Posted in Hardware, Science, Software on 6th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
The honest message from experts in the field is straightforward: the window for an orderly, planned transition to quantum-safe cryptography is open now, but it won't stay open indefinitely. Waiting for quantum hardware to actually pose a demonstrated threat before beginning to act is not a strategy, it's a gamble with the security of everything.
Could Genetically Engineered Brain Cells Be The Key To Beating Alzheimer's?
Posted in Medicine, Science on 6th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Alzheimer's has beaten every treatment thrown at it for a hundred years. That record won't be broken easily. But engineering the brain to clean itself up from the inside is a meaningfully different kind of attack, and one that, for the first time in a while, feels genuinely worth watching.
Scientists Just Rewrote One Of Biology's Most Fundamental Rules
Posted in Science on 6th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Nobody had managed to create a living organism running on fewer than 20 amino acids. Until now.