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The rise of AI porn could change our expectations of relationships. https://trib.al/HgMy46i

OpenAI's Sora has raised the bar for AI moviemaking. Here are four things to bear in mind as we wrap our heads around what's coming. https://trib.al/RSoSLOS

New treatments based on CRISPR have been in the works for years. In the final weeks of 2023, one from Vertex became the first to earn regulatory approval in both the UK and the US for its ability to cure sickle-cell disease, a life-threatening condition. It won’t be the last. We named this first gene-editing treatment to our annual list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies. Here's why. https://trib.al/QhZxwy9

In this fiction piece, novelist Sean Michaels envisions what life will look like 125 years from now. https://trib.al/e4WUWXy

Once a week, Sun Kai has a video call with his mother. He opens up about work, the pressures he faces as a middle-aged man, and thoughts that he doesn’t even discuss with his wife. His mother will occasionally make a comment, like telling him to take care of himself—he’s her only child. But mostly, she just listens. That’s because Sun’s mother died five years ago. And the person he’s talking to isn’t actually a person, but a digital replica he made of her. https://trib.al/0qwbf7f

Something peculiar and slightly unexpected has happened: people have started forming relationships with AI systems. https://trib.al/JYIDqwC

Chatbot fails are now a familiar meme. Meta’s short-lived scientific chatbot Galactica made up academic papers and generated wiki articles about the history of bears in space. In February, Air Canada was ordered to honor a refund policy invented by its customer service chatbot. Last year, a lawyer was fined for submitting court documents filled with fake judicial opinions and legal citations made up by ChatGPT. This tendency to make things up—known as hallucination—is one of the biggest obstacles holding chatbots back from more widespread adoption. But why do they do it, and why can’t we fix it? https://trib.al/wurVXFY

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Companies say perovskite tandem solar cells are only a few years from bringing record efficiencies to a solar project near you. https://trib.al/92qwQKk