Extinct no more, the Time cover proclaimed.
Synthetic biology startup Colossal Biosciences literally brought back the dire wolf — a predator that’s been extinct for 10,000 years — by editing a gray wolf embryo to “match” its ancient cousin’s DNA, Time reporter Jeffrey Kluger wrote in the magazine’s Monday feature story.
Naturally, the internet had questions. Was it actually dire wolf tho? Community Notes contributors went to war over the issue, successfully attaching notes to — then having them removed from — the Time magazine tweet and others. Self-identified ‘experts’ chimed in. Ultimately, confusion and chaos prevailed. Even Joe Rogan couldn’t get a straight answer.
the real chokepoint in the ai race is power, and elon is betting he can generate power in space faster than our glacial bureaucracy will allow down here on earth
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