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Google DeepMind’s New AI Weatherman Tops World’s Most Reliable System

Posted in Science, Software on 29th Dec, 2024
by Alexander Muller

Such advances could help communities better prepare for dangerous storms, facilitate planning for renewable energy like wind power, and ultimately give meteorologists and emergency agencies valuable lead time for life-saving alerts.

Niantic Is Training A Giant ‘Geospatial’ AI On Pokémon Go Data

Posted in Online, Software on 29th Dec, 2024
by Alexander Muller

The result could be an internet-like dataset of physical spaces, supporting AI that’s as fluent in the real world as today’s large language models are with text, fundamentally expanding how we interact with digital content, robots, and each other.

What Is AI Superintelligence? Could It Destroy Humanity? And Is It Really Almost Here?

Posted in Science, Software on 25th Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller

OpenAI boss Sam Altman says superintelligence may only be “a few thousand days” away.

Social Media Ban For Under-16s 'on The Table' In UK

Posted in Online, Software on 25th Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller

A possible ban on social media for under-16s in the UK is "on the table", the technology secretary Peter Kyle has told the BBC.

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.