Only a few companies can now afford to build and study the most advanced AI models. That has big implications for independent nonprofit research.

“It’s meant to illustrate the vanity of human pretensions,” says Karl Aquino of the University of British Columbia.

The short answer is yes, but you should read the long answer too.

Microbiologist Rita Colwell, the first female director of the National Science Foundation, talks about her experiences facing sexism in the world of science.