Despite reports of it’s death, moores law continues at pace. I’ve already got a computer in my pocket more powerful than the supercomputers of the previous few decades.
I left reddit after the API nonsense (which was to stop AI companies scraping their content), and I could see them selling their content for AI (or creating their own AI) coming a mile off. It’s only ever about money
AI techniques are making inroads into the field of drug discovery. As a result, a growing number of drugs and vaccines have been discovered using AI. However, questions remain about the success of these molecules in clinical trials. To address these questions, we conducted a first analysis of the clinical pipelines of AI-native...
It used to be that you needed years and lots of specialist skills to build humanoid robots. Not anymore. Now base models are open-source. Want more complex appendages? Companies like Shadow Robot are making and selling those. Open-source AI is almost as good as closed-source industry leaders. Unitree’s new advanced humanoid...
I’m not convinced that ChatGPT is the right way to AGI but watching the demos of GPT4 omni and seeing these cheap robots does make it feel like the next 5 years are going to be … interesting times shall we say.
Two surveys of millions of stars in our galaxy have revealed mysterious spikes in infrared heat coming from dozens of them. Astronomers say this could be evidence for alien civilisations harnessing energy from their stars by using a vast construction known as a Dyson sphere – although they can’t fully rule out more mundane...
Vanguard’s new forecasting framework suggests AI is likely to be the catalyst for a surge in economic growth, surpassing the impact of the personal computer and the internet.
Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed....
April 29 (Reuters) - Google has been hit with a new copyright lawsuit in California federal court by a group of visual artists who claimed the Alphabet unit used their work without permission to train Imagen, its artificial-intelligence powered image generator....
HOW TO PUT A DATA CENTER IN A SHOEBOX - Imec’s plan to use superconductors to shrink computers. (spectrum.ieee.org)
AI 'godfather' says universal basic income will be needed (www.bbc.co.uk)
Full scan of 1 cubic millimeter of brain tissue took 1.4 petabytes of data, equivalent to 14,000 4K movies — Google's AI experts assist researchers (www.tomshardware.com)
Cambridge-based Raspberry Pi to float on London stock market (www.bbc.co.uk)
Microsoft's Emissions Spike 29% as AI Gobbles Up Resources (www.pcmag.com)
The teens making friends with AI chatbots (www.theverge.com)
OpenAI and Reddit Partnership (openai.com)
Reddit has sold its content to OpenAI
How successful are AI-discovered drugs in clinical trials? A first analysis and emerging lessons (www.sciencedirect.com)
AI techniques are making inroads into the field of drug discovery. As a result, a growing number of drugs and vaccines have been discovered using AI. However, questions remain about the success of these molecules in clinical trials. To address these questions, we conducted a first analysis of the clinical pipelines of AI-native...
There are almost 40 different humanoid robots in development, and open-source tech, and makers of specialist components, are making it easier than ever for other people to make them.
It used to be that you needed years and lots of specialist skills to build humanoid robots. Not anymore. Now base models are open-source. Want more complex appendages? Companies like Shadow Robot are making and selling those. Open-source AI is almost as good as closed-source industry leaders. Unitree’s new advanced humanoid...
Autonomous F-16 Fighters Are ‘Roughly Even’ With Human Pilots Said Air Force Chief (nationalinterest.org)
America's population time bomb (www.newsweek.com)
Dozens of stars show signs of hosting advanced alien civilisations (www.newscientist.com)
Two surveys of millions of stars in our galaxy have revealed mysterious spikes in infrared heat coming from dozens of them. Astronomers say this could be evidence for alien civilisations harnessing energy from their stars by using a vast construction known as a Dyson sphere – although they can’t fully rule out more mundane...
Rifle-Armed Robot Dogs Now Being Tested By Marine Special Operators (Updated) (www.twz.com)
AI and demographics: the economic tug of war | Vanguard UK Professional (www.vanguard.co.uk)
Vanguard’s new forecasting framework suggests AI is likely to be the catalyst for a surge in economic growth, surpassing the impact of the personal computer and the internet.
'Warp drives' may actually be possible someday, new study suggests (www.space.com)
A new study provides some theoretical underpinning to warp drives, suggesting that the superfast propulsion tech may not forever elude humanity....
[Neuralink] PRIME Study Progress Update — User Experience (neuralink.com)
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed....
Humans share the web equally with bots, report warns amid fears of ‘dead internet’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Humans now share the web equally with bots, according to a major new report – as some fear that the internet is dying....
DeSantis signs bill banning lab-grown meat (thehill.com)
Humanity is one convincing deepfake away from a global catastrophe (thehill.com)
Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the almost-apocalypse....
Google sued by US artists over AI image generator (www.reuters.com)
April 29 (Reuters) - Google has been hit with a new copyright lawsuit in California federal court by a group of visual artists who claimed the Alphabet unit used their work without permission to train Imagen, its artificial-intelligence powered image generator....