Season 7, Episode 8 - Touching holograms, DNA robots, and liquid batteries

Without sounding too many alarm bells, we now have a study showing LLMs collaborating with one another to outwit their guardrails. Depending which side of the fence you stand on, this could be a miracle, or something much more sinister.

Besides that, we cover everything from building DNA nanobots inside our cells, AI-powered IVF (3 guesses the dystopia these topics might lead to…), fluid non-metallic batteries that can take any shape, being able to touch and manipulate 3d holograms, and so much more.

Enjoy.

Sean’s links:

• Using food scraps and seashells to pull water from desert air

• LLMs collaborating to fool oversight systems

• World first IVF baby conceived via AI-supported systems

• US renewables exceeding other forms of power for the first time

Ben’s links:

• Debunking all that dire wolf resurrection “news”

• Building molecular robots inside cells

• “the crystal that wasn’t supposed to exist”: 3d-printing metal quasicrystals

• Fluid batteries that can take any shape

• Touching 3d holograms

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