ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
A Yann LeCun–Linked Startup Charts a New Path to AGIJoel Khalili | Wired ($)
“Because the world’s largest corporations pour tons of of billions of {dollars} into massive language fashions, San Francisco-based Logical Intelligence is making an attempt one thing totally different in pursuit of AI that may mimic the human mind. …The highway to AGI, Bodnia contends, begins with the layering of those various kinds of AI: LLMs will interface with people in pure language, EBMs will take up reasoning duties, whereas world fashions will assist robots take motion in 3D area.”
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Google Project Genie Lets You Create Interactive Worlds From a Photo or PromptRyan Whitwam | Ars Technica
“World fashions are precisely what they sound like—an AI that generates a dynamic setting on the fly. …The system first generates a nonetheless picture, and from you could generate the world. That is what Google calls ‘world sketching.'”
Biotechnology
The First Human Test of a Rejuvenation Method Will Begin ‘Shortly’Antonio Regalado | MIT Expertise Evaluate ($)
“[Life Biosciences] plans to attempt to deal with eye illness with a radical rejuvenation idea known as ‘reprogramming’ that has lately attracted tons of of tens of millions in funding for Silicon Valley companies like Altos Labs, New Restrict, and Retro Biosciences, backed by lots of the greatest names in tech. The method makes an attempt to revive cells to a more healthy state by broadly resetting their epigenetic controls—switches on our genes that decide that are turned on and off.”
Future
The Wall Street Star Betting His Reputation on Robots and Flying CarsBecky Peterson | The Wall Road Journal ($)
“Jonas will information the financial institution’s shoppers on what he’s calling the ‘Cambrian explosion of bots’—a time within the not-so-distant-future by which absolutely autonomous autos, drones, humanoids and industrial robots develop massive sufficient in inhabitants to rival the human race. His concept is misleading in its simplicity: Something that may be automated might be automated, he says, even people.”
Space
Mapping 6,000 Worlds: The New Era of Exoplanetary DataEliza Strickland | IEEE Spectrum
“[Astronomers can now] examine planet sizes, lots, and compositions; observe how tightly planets orbit their stars; and measure the prevalence of various sorts of planetary techniques. These statistics enable astronomers to estimate how ceaselessly planets kind, and to start out making knowledgeable guesses about how usually situations come up that might assist life. The Drake Equation makes use of such estimates to sort out one in all humanity’s most profound questions: Are we alone within the universe?”
Future
Stratospheric Internet Could Finally Start Taking Off This YearTereza Pultarova | MIT Expertise Evaluate ($)
“Right this moment, an estimated 2.2 billion individuals nonetheless have both restricted or no entry to the web, largely as a result of they reside in distant locations. However that quantity may drop this yr, due to exams of stratospheric airships, uncrewed plane, and different high-altitude platforms for web supply.”
Robotics
Waymo Robotaxi Hits a Child Near a School, Causing Minor InjuriesAndrew J. Hawkins | The Verge
“In a weblog submit, Waymo stated its automobile was touring at 17mph when its autonomous system detected the kid after which ‘braked laborious,’ lowering its pace to 6mph earlier than ‘contact was made.’ The kid ‘stood up instantly, walked to the sidewalk,’ and Waymo stated it known as 911. ‘The automobile moved to the facet of the highway, and stayed there till legislation enforcement cleared the automobile to go away the scene,’ it stated.”
Artificial Intelligence
Ex-OpenAI Researcher’s Startup Targets Up to $1 Billion in Funding to Develop a New Type of AIStephanie Palazzolo and Wayne Ma | The Data ($)
“[Jerry] Tworek represents a small however rising group of AI researchers who imagine the sphere wants an overhaul as a result of as we speak’s hottest mannequin improvement strategies appear unlikely to have the ability to develop superior AI that may obtain main breakthroughs in biology, medication and different fields whereas additionally managing to keep away from foolish errors.”
Robotics
Waymo’s Price Premium To Lyft and Uber Is Closing, Report FindsAnita Ramaswamy | The Data ($)
“The typical value to journey in Waymo’s robotaxis has dropped by 3.6% since March to $19.69 per journey, in line with a brand new report by ride-hailing analytics agency Obi. Driving in a Waymo is now, on common, 12.7% dearer than driving in an Uber and 27.4% dearer than driving in a Lyft, down from a 30% to 40% premium for Waymo rides final April, the month lined by Obi’s earlier report.”
