Artificial Intelligence
Fei-Fei LI’s World Labs Speeds Up the World Model Race With Marble, Its First Industrial ProductRebecca Bellan | TechCrunch
“If large language models can teach machines to read and write, Li hopes systems like Marble can teach them to see and construct. She says the flexibility to grasp how things exist and interact in three-dimensional spaces can eventually help machines make breakthroughs beyond gaming and robotics, and even into science and medicine.”
Computing
IBM Has Unveiled Two Unprecedentedly Complex Quantum ComputersKarmela Padavic-Callaghan | Recent Scientist ($)
“If large language models can teach machines to read and write, Li hopes systems like Marble can teach them to see and construct. She says the flexibility to grasp how things exist and interact in three-dimensional spaces can eventually help machines make breakthroughs beyond gaming and robotics, and even into science and medicine.”
Blue Origin Sticks First Recent Glenn Rocket Landing and Launches NASA SpacecraftSean O’Kane | TechCrunch
“Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has landed the booster of its Recent Glenn mega-rocket on a drone ship within the Atlantic Ocean on just its second attempt—making it the second company to perform such a feat, following Elon Musk’s SpaceX. It’s an accomplishment that can help the brand new rocket system grow to be an choice to send larger payloads to space, the moon, and beyond.”
Tech
When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 ChartsChristopher Mims | The Wall Street Journal ($)
“The takeaway: The projections of AI firms and their partners don’t reflect shortages of apparatus. At the identical time, these projections assume a gargantuan marketplace for AI-powered services and products. Analysts can’t agree whether that market will materialize as quickly as promised.”
Computing
MIT’s Injectable Brain Chips Could Treat Disease Without SurgeryAbhimanyu Ghoshal | Recent Atlas
“[The technology] involves sub-cellular sized wireless electronic devices (SWED) that may be delivered to your brain via a jab within the arm. Once these tiny chips have been injected, they will autonomously implant themselves on course regions within the brain and power themselves as they deliver electrical stimulation to the affected areas.”
Computing
Two Visions for the Way forward for AR Smart GlassesAlfred Poor | IEEE Spectrum
“Some tech firms are betting that today’s smart glasses will likely be the right interface for delivering AI-supported information and other notifications. The opposite possibility is that smart glasses will replace bulky computer screens, acting as an alternative as a non-public and portable monitor. But the businesses pursuing these two approaches don’t yet know which selection consumers will make or what applications they really need.”
Robotics
Waymo to Roll Out Driverless Taxis on Highways in Three US CitiesRafe Rosner-Uddin, Financial Times | Ars Technica
“Waymo’s rollout on highways marks a major step for the robotaxi operator because it goals to encourage the mass adoption of driverless vehicles. It’s the primary time an organization will perform paid driverless services on the highway with no driver behind the wheel.”
Biotechnology
Scientists Grow More Hopeful About Ending a Global Organ ShortageRoni Caryn Rabin | The Recent York Times ($)
“In a contemporary glass complex in Geneva last month, a whole lot of scientists from around the globe gathered to share data, review cases—and enjoy some astonishing progress. Their work was once considered the stuff of science fiction: so-called xenotransplantation, the usage of animal organs to switch failing kidneys, hearts, and livers in humans.”
Future
These Technologies Could Help Put a Stop to Animal TestingJessica Hamzelou | MIT Technology Review
“Earlier this week, the UK’s science minister announced an ambitious plan: to phase out animal testing. …Animal welfare groups have been campaigning for commitments like these for many years. But a scarcity of alternatives has made it difficult to place a stop to animal testing. Advances in medical science and biotechnology are changing that.”
Tech
The Complicated Reality of 3D Printed ProstheticsBritt H. Young | IEEE Spectrum
“By the mid-2010s, 3D-printing was within the ‘Peak of Inflated Expectations’ phase, and prosthetics was no exception. …Erenstone says [despite struggles to lower costs] the technology is finally getting closer to achieving among the things everyone imagined was possible ten years ago.”