Since Chinese biophysicist His Jiangdao was released from prison in 2022, he has been trying to make a comeback in science and has gained a reputation for illegally creating the world’s first gene-edited child after a three-year prison term.
One area of visible success on his back trail is his X.com account. Over the past few years, his account has ranged from sharing mundane images of his daily life to spreading outrageous, opposing information. This makes the observer unsure what to take seriously.
Last month, in answering a question about who was responsible for converting the account to a clever meme font, he emailed us: “It’s thanks to Cathy Tie.”
Tie is no stranger to public attention. She is a former researcher at Thiel and is a partner in a project that promises to create dark pets. However, over the past few weeks, Canadian entrepreneurs have begun to become new wives to new wives. Read the full text.
– Caiwei Chen & Antonio Regalado
Anthropic’s new hybrid AI model can automatically handle tasks for hours at a time
Anthropic has announced two new AI models that claim to be an important step in making AI agents truly useful.
The company said that AI agents trained in the company’s most powerful model to date, the Claude Opus 4, raises the bar for such systems to be able to handle difficult tasks over long periods of time and respond more usefully to user instructions.
They achieved impressive results: Opus 4 played for 24 hours in a row to create a guide for the video game Pokémon Red. The company’s previous most powerful model can only play for 45 minutes. Read the full text.
