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Contextual Distraction: RAG isn't a Seatbelt
A laboratory safety benchmark finds retrieval augmented generation (RAG) can make strong models worse.
14 hrs ago
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Stephen Turner
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Weekly Recap (January 16, 2026)
AIxBio, biotech 2025, Claude Code, Positron tips, cell fate engineering, academic slop, AI in health & life sciences research, R updates (R Data…
Jan 16
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Stephen Turner
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Biotechnology and AI: Technological Convergence and Information Hazards (Part 1)
AIxBio is here: Navigating the pacing problem and the future of global biosecurity
Jan 15
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Stephen Turner
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OpenAI and Anthropic launch life sciences research and healthcare connectors
This week OpenAI and Anthropic launched their health/bio updates. While both companies are leaning into consumer-facing health concierges, Claude now…
Jan 14
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Stephen Turner
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My First Look at Claude Code
Not behind, but at the forefront: On feeling overwhelmed by AI progress, and why that means you're exactly where you need to be.
Jan 11
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Stephen Turner
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Weekly Recap (January 9, 2026)
The science of responsible innovation, rv (uv for R), just quit, R updates (R Data Scientist, R Works), 5 things in biosecurity, why benchmarking is…
Jan 9
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Stephen Turner
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Paired Ends Wrapped: Top 10 Posts From 2025
R + AI, uv, RAG+Zotero, Quarto books, Codex in Positron, Positron assistant & copilot, academia to biotech, RAG in R with ragnar, genome engineering…
Jan 5
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Stephen Turner
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Weekly Recap (January 2, 2026)
NSF reorg, Science in 2050, 2025 LLM recap, R+Python, R Data Scientist, virtual cells, genomics in 2026, Claude Code course, AI and labor, how uv got so…
Jan 2
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Stephen Turner
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Quoting Sal Khan
AI creates an education challenge, not just a job crisis. We haven't built systems to help people to continue learning and connect them to new…
Dec 29, 2025
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Stephen Turner
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Weekly Recap (December 24, 2025)
R updates (R Data Scientist, R Weekly), AI accelerating wet lab bio research, Docker hardened images, LLMs in review, machinal bypass, science funding…
Dec 24, 2025
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Stephen Turner
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Spiritual Bypass, but with GPUs
The "Machinal Bypass," when AI becomes a shortcut around the work that makes us human, and why some tasks should feel a little hard.
Dec 21, 2025
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Stephen Turner
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Weekly Recap (December 19, 2025)
Writing better code without AI, AI in peer review, local LLMs, Biothreat Benchmark Generation, R updates (R Data Scientist, RWeekly, R Works…
Dec 19, 2025
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