Software

Amazon Doubles Down On Anthropic, Positioning Itself As A Key Player In The AI Arms Race
Posted in Software on 25th Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
Anthropic’s latest Computer Use feature, which allows AI to operate computers like humans, will be available first to AWS customers. This exclusivity period could give Amazon’s enterprise customers a significant head start in automating complex workflows.

Project Wants To Sequence The DNA Of All Complex Life On Earth
Posted in Featured, Science, Software on 25th Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
It seeks to genetically profile over a million plants, animals, and fungi.

Deciphering AI Intelligence: The Quest For Human-Level Metrics
Posted in Science, Software on 2nd Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
New approaches are being developed to better assess AI intelligence. One promising direction is the "abstraction and reasoning corpus" (ARC), which tests AI's ability to infer and apply abstract rules in novel scenarios, offering a more robust measure of genuine intelligence.

The Future Of AI And Humanity: Insights From Elon Musk And Peter Diamandis
Posted in Science, Software on 2nd Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
Musk elaborated on his prediction that AI might surpass the combined output of all humans within the next five to seven years, around 2028 or 2029.

New DeepMind AI Helps Polarized Groups Of People Find Common Ground
Posted in Software on 2nd Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
One of the key attributes of the AI-generated group statements, the authors noted, was that they did a good job incorporating the views of dissenting voices while respecting the majority position.