The Download: a “dire wolf” revival, and safeguarding AI companions
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Summary
Texas-based company Colossal Biosciences has claimed it has ‘de-extincted’ the dire wolf after retrieving DNA from bones and editing the genetic make-up into existing wolves.
However, scientists have rejected the claim as wolves and dire wolves are different species and separated by a few million years of evolution as well as several million letters of DNA.
California state senator Steve Padilla has announced a new bill that aims to increase safeguards on AI companions following the suicide of a teenager who had a relationship with an AI chatbot.
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