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AI’s potential to accelerate drug discovery needs a reality check
Companies say the technology will contribute to faster drug development. Independent verification and clinical trials will determine whether this claim holds up.
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‘I wrote my first piece of code at seven’: women share highs and lows in computer science for Ada Lovelace Day
Ada Lovelace was a visionary who first recognized the potential of computer programming. Almost two centuries on, six women in computer science and technology reflect on their experiences in the field.
- Janet Abbate
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- & Verena Rieser
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C. R. Rao, statistician who transformed data analytics (1920–2023)
Pioneer of powerful tools for sifting data and optimizing device designs.
- Shyamal D. Peddada
- & Ravindra Khattree
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How ChatGPT and other AI tools could disrupt scientific publishing
A world of AI-assisted writing and reviewing might transform the nature of the scientific paper.
- Gemma Conroy
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Nature Podcast |
'This doesn't just fall on women': computer scientists reflect on gender biases in STEM
Two researchers share their experiences and discuss the inequalities that impact women in the computer sciences.
- Nick Petrić Howe
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New kind of quantum computer made using high-resolution microscope
Individual atoms on a surface do their first basic calculation.
- Davide Castelvecchi
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The disinformation sleuths: a key role for scientists in impending elections
Researchers in Europe have a golden opportunity to help defend democratic principles and bring science to bear against online disinformation.
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| Open AccessUniversality in long-distance geometry and quantum complexity
Many different homogeneous metrics on Lie groups, which may have markedly different short-distance properties, are shown to exhibit nearly identical distance functions at long distances, suggesting a large universality class of definitions of quantum complexity.
- Adam R. Brown
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- & Leonard Susskind
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AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in research papers
An algorithm that takes just seconds to scan a paper for duplicated images racks up more suspicious images than a person.
- Anil Oza
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Can AI predict who will win a Nobel Prize?
With a few modifications, ChatGPT-like models could enhance the art of identifying future laureates.
- Gemma Conroy
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AI and science: what 1,600 researchers think
A Nature survey finds that scientists are concerned, as well as excited, by the increasing use of artificial-intelligence tools in research.
- Richard Van Noorden
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Science and the new age of AI
A Nature special on how AI is transforming the scientific enterprise.
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How to stop AI deepfakes from sinking society — and science
Deceptive videos and images created using generative AI could sway elections, crash stock markets and ruin reputations. Researchers are developing methods to limit their harm.
- Nicola Jones
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AI will transform science — now researchers must tame it
A new Nature series will explore the many ways in which artificial intelligence is changing science — for better and for worse.
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What’s the best chatbot for me? Researchers put LLMs through their paces
When it comes to large language models, there’s one for every occasion. Find the most appropriate match for you in our AI speed-dating feature.
- Elizabeth M. Humphries
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- & Jeffrey T. Leek
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AI tools as science policy advisers? The potential and the pitfalls
Large language models and other artificial-intelligence systems could be excellent at synthesizing scientific evidence for policymakers — but only with appropriate safeguards and humans in the loop.
- Chris Tyler
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- & William J. Sutherland
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Career Column |
How my broken elbow made the ableism of computer programming personal
Amy Ko’s accident gave her an insight into the degree to which her discipline caters mainly to non-disabled people, reinspiring her to invent more accessible programming languages.
- Amy Ko
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Outlook |
A test of artificial intelligence
As debate rages over the abilities of modern AI systems, scientists are still struggling to effectively assess machine intelligence.
- Michael Eisenstein
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Why Japan is building its own version of ChatGPT
Some Japanese researchers feel that AI systems trained on foreign languages cannot grasp the intricacies of Japanese language and culture.
- Tim Hornyak
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Life-changing cystic fibrosis treatment wins US$3-million Breakthrough Prize
Trio of scientists who developed the combination drug Trikafta are among the winners of five major awards in life sciences, physics and mathematics.
- Zeeya Merali
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AI detects eye disease and risk of Parkinson’s from retinal images
Researchers have developed a model trained similarly to ChatGPT that can be adapted to evaluate multiple health conditions.
- Mariana Lenharo
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| Open AccessLearning heterogeneous reaction kinetics from X-ray videos pixel by pixel
Analysis of a large dataset of scanning transmission X-ray microscopy images of carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate nanoparticles shows that the heterogeneous reaction kinetics of battery materials can be learned from such videos pixel by pixel.
- Hongbo Zhao
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- & Martin Z. Bazant
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Scientific sleuths spot dishonest ChatGPT use in papers
Manuscripts that don’t disclose AI assistance are slipping past peer reviewers.
- Gemma Conroy
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AI finally beats humans at a real-life sport — drone racing
The new system combines simulation with onboard sensing and computation.
- Dan Fox
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| Open AccessIdentifying attacks in the Russia–Ukraine conflict using seismic array data
Analysis of seismic waves caused by explosions in northern Ukraine recorded by a local network in 2022 demonstrated the ability to automatically identify individual attacks during the Russia–Ukraine conflict in close to real time.
- Ben D. E. Dando
- , Bettina P. Goertz-Allmann
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| Open AccessChampion-level drone racing using deep reinforcement learning
An autonomous system is described that combines deep reinforcement learning with onboard sensors collecting data from the physical world, enabling it to fly faster than human world champion drone pilots around a race track.
- Elia Kaufmann
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- & Davide Scaramuzza
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Could the Universe be a giant quantum computer?
Computational rules might describe the evolution of the cosmos better than the dynamical equations of physics — but only if they are given a quantum twist.
- David L. Chandler
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Why scientists are delving into the virtual world
Virtual-reality software and headsets are increasingly being used by researchers to form deeper collaborations or work remotely.
- Rachael Pells
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If AI becomes conscious: here’s how researchers will know
A checklist derived from six neuroscience-based theories of consciousness could aid in the assessment.
- Mariana Lenharo
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News & Views |
Analog chip paves the way for sustainable AI
As the resources required by artificial intelligence increase unsustainably, an analog design provides an energy-efficient alternative to digital computer chips — and one that is ideally suited to neural-network computations.
- Hechen Wang
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| Open AccessAn analog-AI chip for energy-efficient speech recognition and transcription
A low-power chip that runs AI models using analog rather than digital computation shows comparable accuracy on speech-recognition tasks but is more than 14 times as energy efficient.
- S. Ambrogio
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World View |
Allow patents on AI-generated inventions — for the good of science
The current global mishmash of rules on whether innovations made using artificial intelligence are patentable impedes AI-rich fields such as drug discovery.
- Ryan Abbott
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Book Review |
From better bridges to more efficient cars: how pocket calculators changed the world
Now lying forgotten in many a drawer, the modern computer’s handheld predecessors heralded an era of effortless calculation — an innovation 42,000 years in the making.
- Jeffrey M. Perkel
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How to be successful as a research mathematician? Follow your gut
Mathematics has a reputation of being all about cold, calculating logic — but that couldn’t be further from the truth, says Eugenia Cheng.
- Davide Castelvecchi
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Evelyn Boyd Granville, space-flight trailblazer (1924—2023)
Mathematician and programmer who transcended barriers of race and gender.
- Mar Hicks
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Nature Video |
These shapes roll in peculiar ways thanks to new mathematics
An algorithm can design a shape to follow almost any repeating path downhill.
- Shamini Bundell
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Shaped to roll along a programmed periodic path
An algorithm has been developed for constructing a 3D shape that follows an infinitely repeating path as it rolls under gravity. The approach could have applications in quantum computing and medical imaging.
- Elisabetta Matsumoto
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Solid-body trajectoids shaped to roll along desired pathways
An algorithm is developed to design a shape, a trajectoid, that can trace any given infinite periodic trajectory when rolling down a slope, finding unexpected implications for quantum and classical optics.
- Yaroslav I. Sobolev
- , Ruoyu Dong
- & Bartosz A. Grzybowski
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Rules to keep AI in check: nations carve different paths for tech regulation
A guide to how China, the EU and the US are reining in artificial intelligence.
- Matthew Hutson
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Scientific discovery in the age of artificial intelligence
The advances in artificial intelligence over the past decade are examined, with a discussion on how artificial intelligence systems can aid the scientific process and the central issues that remain despite advances.
- Hanchen Wang
- , Tianfan Fu
- & Marinka Zitnik
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Tweaking Facebook feeds is no easy fix for polarization, studies find
Facebook and Instagram users’ political views remain steady even after short-term changes to platforms’ algorithms during the 2020 US presidential election.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Heat-assisted detection and ranging
Heat-assisted detection and ranging is experimentally shown to see texture and depth through darkness as if it were day, and also perceives decluttered physical attributes beyond RGB or thermal vision.
- Fanglin Bao
- , Xueji Wang
- & Zubin Jacob
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ChatGPT is a black box: how AI research can break it open
Despite their wide use, large language models are still mysterious. Revealing their true nature is urgent and important.
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ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI
Large language models mimic human chatter, but scientists disagree on their ability to reason.
- Celeste Biever
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From the archive: computer security, and a key experiment by Pascal
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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How to introduce quantum computers without slowing economic growth
To smooth the path of the quantum revolution, researchers and governments must predict and prepare for the traps ahead.
- Chander Velu
- & Fathiro H. R. Putra
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ChatGPT gives an extra productivity boost to weaker writers
The AI program allows people with limited writing skills to create higher-quality texts — but makes little difference to proficient writers’ work quality.
- Mariana Lenharo
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A fast quantum route to random numbers
Using a quantum computer to speed up one step in a textbook approach to generating random numbers proves to be a savvy strategy, and one that could make good use of quantum computers that will be available in the near future.
- Mohan Sarovar