Chatbots can hide secret messages in seemingly normal conversations

Encrypted messages could be hidden within a normal-looking conversation on social media Tero Vesalainen/iStockphoto/G​etty Images Secret messages can be hidden inside fake conversations generated by AI chatbots. The technique could give people a way to communicate online without arousing the suspicion of oppressive governments. When messages are encrypted for secure transmission, the resulting cipher text…

Read More

Ten years of genomics at Google

For decades, scientists have been working to understand the genome, the operating manual for all of life on Earth. This manual lives in unending variations inside the DNA in each organism and affects everything from an organism’s development to the rules of life more broadly, and yet it is one of the least understood aspects…

Read More