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1 week ago | 
devx.com | April Isaacs |after Joni Mitchell
Alexandr Wang, the world’s youngest self-made billionaire and CEO of the $14 billion company Scale AI, has become one of the most important voices on artificial intelligence. He urges that the U.S. must intensify its efforts to maintain a competitive edge over China in the AI race. “The Chinese Communist Party has enacted a whole-of-government approach to leading in AI — an AI master plan,” Wang emphasized.
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1 week ago | 
devx.com | April Isaacs |after Joni Mitchell
Google is developing an AI model called DolphinGemma to help researchers understand dolphin communication. The model was trained on acoustic data from Atlantic spotted dolphins provided by the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP). WDP has been studying these dolphins for 40 years. Meet DolphinGemma, an AI helping us dive deeper into the world of dolphin communication.
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1 week ago | 
devx.com | April Isaacs |after Joni Mitchell
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has informed its employees that they no longer need to submit weekly emails summarizing their work accomplishments. This change comes after a directive from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in February, which required federal employees to send five bullet points outlining their achievements from the previous workweek. In an email, the NIH clarified that employees can disregard any future reminders or instructions related to this OPM directive.
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1 week ago | 
devx.com | April Isaacs |after Joni Mitchell
The State Department has confirmed that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador, is alive but still detained in a Salvadoran prison. Michael G. Kozak, a senior official at the State Department, stated that Abrego Garcia is being held in the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador.
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2 weeks ago | 
devx.com | April Isaacs |after Joni Mitchell
Google has introduced an experimental AI model called Sec-Gemini v1 to support incident response and threat analysis workflows. The model combines large language model capabilities with near real-time security data and tooling, including integration with Google Threat Intelligence (GTI), the Open Source Vulnerability (OSV) database, and other internal resources. According to Google, Sec-Gemini v1 outperforms other models on several cybersecurity benchmarks.
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2 weeks ago | 
devx.com | April Isaacs |after Joni Mitchell
Microsoft has unveiled an AI-generated demo inspired by the classic game Quake 2. The demo, created using a generative AI model called the “World and Human Action Model” (WHAM), has received mixed reactions from the gaming community. The demo aims to provide an immersive experience by dynamically creating gameplay visuals and simulating player behavior in real-time.
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3 weeks ago | 
devx.com | April Isaacs |after Joni Mitchell
Hylenr Technologies, a Hyderabad-based energy start-up, has signed a memorandum of understanding with space-tech start-up TakeMe2Space to develop and test a computing module powered by a low-energy nuclear reactor (LENR). TakeMe2Space will provide the satellite platforms and subsystems required to validate Hylenr’s LENR thermoelectric generator under real operating conditions. Hylenr’s technology has been granted a patent by the Government of India for its LENR technology.
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3 weeks ago | 
devx.com | April Isaacs |after Joni Mitchell
China launched a test satellite on Tuesday to advance satellite internet technology. The Long March-2D carrier rocket lifted off at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Beijing Time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The test satellite successfully entered its planned orbit. It will conduct technical verification and experiments, including mobile-to-satellite broadband connections and the integration of space-ground networks.
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3 weeks ago | 
devx.com | April Isaacs |after Joni Mitchell
Google has unveiled TxGemma, a collection of AI models designed to enhance drug discovery and development. The models aim to streamline the process and accelerate the discovery of new treatments. Developing new drugs is slow, costly, and has a high failure rate. 90% of drug candidates do not progress past phase 1 trials. TxGemma uses large language models (LLMs) to predict therapeutic properties across the research pipeline.
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3 weeks ago | 
devx.com | April Isaacs |after Joni Mitchell
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund research on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records. This new guidance appears to halt opportunities for future studies, although it remains unclear whether it will impact active grants. “This is an administration where industry voices rule and prevail,” said Dr.Lisa Patel, executive director of The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health.
