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Researchers have published a striking paper in Cell describing what they're calling a plant-derived nanofoundry capable of powering mammalian cells. The concept involves engineering biological structures from plant material to generate energy inside human cells — a development that sits at the intersection of synthetic biology and medicine, and one that could have long-term implications for how we think about cellular therapeutics.
Shifting to the world of artificial intelligence, Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down on his vision of a future where billions of people have personal AI agents within five years. As Meta continues pouring enormous sums into AI infrastructure, Zuckerberg is framing that spending not as a gamble but as a foundation — working to reassure investors that the scale of the bet matches the scale of the opportunity.
And on the privacy front, a coalition of state attorneys general has opened probes into how companies are handling consumer privacy rights. The investigation suggests that state-level regulators, frustrated by the pace of federal action, are stepping in to hold businesses accountable for how they respond to — or ignore — users' legal requests around their personal data.
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