Tag: AI
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10 life science startups to watch
“Early-stage companies advance precision medicine by applying AI, clinical genomics, and other new technologies.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Pinterest’s use of AI drives growth
“Pinterest Inc. is boosting its user and ad-revenue numbers at a much faster pace than most of its social-media peers—and it has artificial intelligence to thank for it.” | learn more
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AlphaFold solves a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology
There’s a great explainer video of the protein-folding problem included in this write-up. “In a major scientific advance, the latest version of our AI system AlphaFold has been recognised as a solution to the protein folding problem by the organisers […]
under the microscope
AI model detects asymptomatic Covid-19 infections through recorded coughs
Wow! “In a paper published recently … the [MIT] team reports on an AI model that distinguishes asymptomatic people from healthy individuals through forced-cough recordings, which people voluntarily submitted through web browsers and devices such as cellphones and laptops.” | learn more
fun facts
AI magic makes century-old films look new
I came here for the colorized and sharpened San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, and it was great. There is also upgraded old footage from France, Japan and the Moon! | learn more
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Neuralink demonstrates its next-generation brain-machine interface
Elon Musk’s side-project-turned-company working to merge humans with AI did a show & tell of its latest progress. I liked this write-up because it explained piece by piece how everything works. | learn more
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An AI just beat a human F-16 pilot in a dogfight – again
“In five rounds, an artificially-intelligent agent showed that it could outshoot other AI’s, and a human. So what happens next with AI in air combat?” | learn more
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Can AI shift the laws of economics?
Rob May offers an interesting line of thinking. “The laws of economics aren’t fixed forever. As AI impacts society in many ways, and as AI makes more decisions for humans that we no longer make ourselves, it is very possible the […]
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The new standard in AI language
“GPT-3, which stands for “Gaussian Process Tracking 3,” is a language processing model – or a text generator – based on Artificial Intelligence. It can predict the next word in a sentence if it is given a few words. This […]