Issue 06 | Aug 2025
Forging New Frontiers
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tracing the family tree of AI models
Biology inspires a method to map the ancestry of AI models — and what we inherit may matter more than we think.
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t some point, many of us have wondered about the roots of who we are. Perhaps you’ve suspected a streak of athleticism from a grandparent, or wondered if quick wit runs in the family, or imagined that being a musical genius might just be your natural calling. Our DNA is our biological blueprint, revealing everything from ancestry and predisposition to disease, to subtle quirks of behaviour and aptitude. At the same time, genes are among the
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