Work has begun on something once-unthinkable: creating human DNA from scratch. Artificial DNA has long been an ethical minefield, with fears of a generation of ‘designer babies’ with pick ‘n’ mix ...

WHEN THE first draft of the DNA sequence that makes up the human genome was unveiled in 2000, America’s president at the time, Bill Clinton, announced that humankind was “learning the language with ...

When Sam Altman said it takes 20 years of food to make a human smart, the internet did not take it well. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has never been shy about defending artificial intelligence. But a remark ...