New DNA 'page numbers' method enables accurate assembly of long genetic sequences

The power of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing has made it possible to design genetic sequences encoding ...

Deep-learning algorithms enhance mutation detection in cancer and RNA sequencing

Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have developed two innovative deep-learning ...
The New York Times

Cold Case Inquiries Stall After Ancestry.com Revisits Policy for Users

The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records. By Corey Kilgannon Since online genealogy ...
Hackaday

Simple Tricks To Make Your Python Code Faster

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...
Business Wire

MyHeritage Upgrades Its Consumer DNA Tests to Whole Genome Sequencing

TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah & HOUSTON & FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MyHeritage, the leading global platform for family history and DNA testing, announced today a landmark move to Whole Genome ...
EurekAlert!

DNA methylation patterns in newborns point to susceptibility to schizophrenia

A study in Biological Psychiatry has identified an epigenetic signature in newborns for genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia, revealing that an increased genetic risk of schizophrenia and other ...
Futurism

Malware Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Its Own Code to Avoid Detection

Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have discovered that hackers are creating malware that can harness the power of large language models (LLMs) to rewrite itself on the fly. An ...
JD Supra

The Daily AI Routine: A Practicum for Using AI Tools in Context - in Business and IP Litigation

This blog post and audio file is another in the series "Defending the Algorithm™" written, edited and narrated by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Business, IP and AI Trial Lawyer Henry M. Sneath, Esq. and ...
IEEE

A Lightweight Detection Algorithm for Strawberry Ripeness

This paper presents advancements in a streamlined maturity detection algorithm specifically tailored for strawberry harvesting, with a focus on achieving rapid and accurate identification of ...
CNN

Student handcuffed after Doritos bag mistaken for a gun by school’s AI security system

Armed police handcuffed and searched a student at a high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, this week after an AI-driven security system flagged the teen’s empty bag of chips as a possible firearm.
GEN

“Human REPAIRome” Catalogues 20,000 DNA Scar Patterns After Double-Stranded Breaks

You can always be judged by your scars. This is the idea that sums up what researchers at Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) claim is one of the new breakthroughs in basic and biomedical ...