Alex Knapp

1 day ago | forbes.com | Alex Knapp

Welcome back to The Prompt,Researchers at Oregon State University developed a processing chip for large language models that slashes their energy consumption in half by solving a key problem in AI processing: corrupted data. Typically, a power-hungry piece of hardware called an equalizer corrects any corruption that happens when data is sent from one place to another.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Alex Knapp

1 day agoBelal Muhammad opens up on severe injury that doctor said he was ‘lucky’ to overcome without lasting impactAt UFC 315, Belal Muhammad will make the first defense of his welterweight title after his reign was interrupted by an injury. After beating Leon …3 days agoThe next superbug threat is already here. It’s going to be even harder to overcomeCNN — A new superbug threat is spreading around the world.

5 days ago | forbes.com | Alex Knapp

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the Administration’s proposed budget cuts for research, a company building a space-based quantum network, reversing antibiotic resistance and more. You can sign up to get The Prototype in your inbox here. The Trump Administration’s new budget proposal for Congress features significant cuts to scientific research that go even further than the thousands of grants already gutted in the first few months of the Administration.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Alex Knapp

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at quantum computing for image recognition, a gene therapy using a patient’s own skin cells, electricity-generating bacteria, using physics to cook perfect pasta and more. You can sign up to get The Prototype in your inbox here. Years ago, scientists found that certain kinds of bacteria appear to breathe by generating electricity, rather than taking in oxygen, but how they did so was a mystery.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Alex Knapp

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at a patent fight over the world’s top-selling drug, breakthroughs from the American Association for Cancer Research, Verily’s Parkinson’s dataset, the relationship between microplastics and heart disease, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Merck’s Keytruda is the world’s top-selling drug, bringing in nearly $30 billion in sales last year.