Groundbreaking ovarian cancer vaccine at an 'exciting' moment, lead scientist says
21 days ago
Scientists at Oxford have started developing an ovarian cancer vaccine that imbues the immune system with the ability to recognize and attack early-stage ovarian cancer cells. The research is currently focusing on women with one or two specific mutations known to be linked to a higher risk of breast
How long til we're all on Ozempic?
21 days ago
The supply of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic has been plagued with shortages. While companies are doing what they can to increase supply, it is extremely unlikely that demand will be met in the near term. This article looks at growth for GLP-1 drugs over the next six years and how many people will s
Automattic is doing open source dirty
21 days ago
Automattic demanding 8% of WP Engine's revenues for not 'giving back enough' to WordPress is a violation of general open source ideals and the specifics of the GPL license. The potential damage to the open source world extends far beyond WordPress. Open source has been successful over the last sever
The disappearance of an internet domain
21 days ago
The British Government announced last week that it was transferring the sovereignty of an island in the Indian Ocean to the country of Mauritius, spelling the end of the .io domain suffix. This article looks at how geopolitical changes can unexpectedly disrupt the digital world. It explores historic
AI Is Fueling a Data Center Boom
21 days ago
Hey Everyone, I’m very drawn to the idea that a major datacenter expansion is underway that will change the future of energy and even how BigTech is impacting climate change and environmental reforms, or worsening existing global problems in their big bet on Generative AI, investing in Cloud computi
Microsoft's Hypocrisy on AI
21 days ago
The article "Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI" by Karen Hao, published in The Atlantic, explores the contradiction between Microsoft’s public climate commitments and its ongoing business relationships with fossil-fuel companies. Microsoft is helping OpenAI build a powerful and Middle Eastern backed conso
The more sophisticated AI models get, the more likely they are to lie
22 days ago
Human feedback training may incentivize providing any answer—even wrong ones.
Unlocking a multimodal future: How computer vision is revolutionizing data analytics and decision-making
22 days ago
3 min read Unlocking a multimodal future: How computer vision is revolutionizing data analytics and decision-making
Causal AI: The next evolution in machine learning
22 days ago
3 min read Causal AI: The next evolution in machine learning
The AI revolution unfolds: Outlining AI infrastructure scaling and complexity challenges
22 days ago
3 min read The AI revolution unfolds: Outlining AI infrastructure scaling and complexity challenges
New breakthrough helps free up space for robots to 'think', say scientists
22 days ago
Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity, which could free up more space in the robotic 'brain' for them to 'think'. Mimicking how some parts of the human body work, researchers have transmitted a series of commands to devices with a new kind of compact c
New breakthrough helps free up space for robots to 'think', say scientists
22 days ago
Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity, which could free up more space in the robotic 'brain' for them to 'think'. Mimicking how some parts of the human body work, researchers have transmitted a series of commands to devices with a new kind of compact c
New breakthrough helps free up space for robots to 'think', say scientists
22 days ago
Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity, which could free up more space in the robotic 'brain' for them to 'think'. Mimicking how some parts of the human body work, researchers have transmitted a series of commands to devices with a new kind of compact c
New breakthrough helps free up space for robots to 'think', say scientists
22 days ago
Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity, which could free up more space in the robotic 'brain' for them to 'think'. Mimicking how some parts of the human body work, researchers have transmitted a series of commands to devices with a new kind of compact c
New breakthrough helps free up space for robots to 'think', say scientists
22 days ago
Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity, which could free up more space in the robotic 'brain' for them to 'think'. Mimicking how some parts of the human body work, researchers have transmitted a series of commands to devices with a new kind of compact c
New breakthrough helps free up space for robots to 'think', say scientists
22 days ago
Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity, which could free up more space in the robotic 'brain' for them to 'think'. Mimicking how some parts of the human body work, researchers have transmitted a series of commands to devices with a new kind of compact c
Culture News: OpenSea's Return
22 days ago
OpenSea back on top. According to NFT Pulse, OpenSea has returned to its position as the NFT marketplace with the most active users across the 24 hour, 7 day, 30 day, and 1 year timeframes, once again topping competitors like Magic Eden and Blur. Coinbase taps Taproot. The U.S. crypto exchange giant
The Next 5 NFT Airdrops I'm Watching
22 days ago
Some say the airdrop meta is dead. But in reality, the next year will likely see more than a few high-profile token launches hit the scene. This is particularly true in the NFT space, where multiple notable projects are on the verge—or seem on the verge—of dropping native tokens. Below, let’s dive i
I'm always on the lookout for innovative crypto x AI crossovers, and the latest project I've stumbled across that fits this bill is NANI. Simply put, NANI is a new onchain agent operating system. In other words, it lets you command your wallet and turn manual crypto actions into automated ones by ju
What Law Governs on Mars?
22 days ago
Much talk about Mars and getting there within the next four years, and even (potentially) setting up a mini-colony and/or personnel there. AI COUNSEL NEWS + PODCAST is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. As a practica
New Research Vector Post-Training Quantization Achieves 2-Bit Compression for LLMs
22 days ago
Vector Post-Training Quantization (VPTQ) is a new technique that compresses large language models to extremely low bit-widths without retraining. It addresses the challenge of deploying massive models on resource-constrained devices by using vector quantization instead of traditional scalar-based we
OxyCopilot from Oxylabs: AI assistant generates request code and parses instructions
22 days ago
OxyCopilot, a new AI-powered tool from Oxylabs, helps developers build scalable web scrapers and parsers. It identifies complex website patterns, including nested and listed data, enabling data extraction without coding. This free tool streamlines the scraping process, allowing developers to focus o
Karpathy reveals unexpected convergence in LLM outputs, sparking debate on fine-tuning diversity
22 days ago
Andrej Karpathy reveals unexpected convergence in LLM outputs, sparking debate on fine-tuning diversity.
Researchers unveil LOTUS: open-source diffusion-based visual foundation model for high-quality dense prediction
22 days ago
Researchers unveil LOTUS, an open-source diffusion-based visual foundation model for high-quality dense prediction.
New study introduces Posterior-Mean Rectified Flow, enhancing photo-realistic face restoration with optimal MSE
22 days ago
A new study introduces Posterior-Mean Rectified Flow, enhancing photo-realistic face restoration with optimal MSE.