DeepSeek might not be such good news for energy after all

DeepSeek might not be such good news for energy after all
Add the fact that other tech firms, inspired by DeepSeek’s approach, may now start building their own similar low-cost reasoning ...
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The Download: Measuring vaccine hesitancy, and the rise of DeepSeek

The Download: Measuring vaccine hesitancy, and the rise of DeepSeek
This week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US’s health agencies, has been facing questions ...
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The Download: Climate tech under Trump, and scaling up quantum computing

The Download: Climate tech under Trump, and scaling up quantum computing
1 Trump advisers were blindsided by Elon Musk’s team’s offer to federal workersOfficials weren’t consulted about plans to induce civil ...
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The Download: Mice with two dads, and Meta’s fact-checking challenges

The Download: Mice with two dads, and Meta’s fact-checking challenges
MIT Technology Review Narrated: Is this the end of animal testing? Animal studies are notoriously bad at identifying human treatments. ...
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Mice with two dads have been created using CRISPR

The Download: Mice with two dads, and Meta’s fact-checking challenges
“It’s exciting,” says Kotaro Sasaki, a developmental biologist at the University of Pennsylvania, who was not involved in the work. ...
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AI’s energy obsession gets a reality check

AI’s energy obsession gets a reality check
Still, the model poses a threat to the bottom line of certain players in Big Tech. Why pay for an ...
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The Download: China’s DeepSeek, and useful quantum computing

The Download: China’s DeepSeek, and useful quantum computing
However, history shows that brilliant people are not immune to making mistakes. Huang’s predictions miss the mark, both on the ...
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This is what might happen if the US withdraws from the WHO

This is what might happen if the US withdraws from the WHO
McKee thinks that the loss of funding will also affect efforts to eradicate polio, and to control outbreaks of mpox ...
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How Chinese company DeepSeek released a top AI reasoning model despite US sanctions

The Download: China’s DeepSeek, and useful quantum computing
Tech giants like Alibaba and ByteDance, as well as a handful of startups with deep-pocketed investors, dominate the Chinese AI ...
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The Download: OpenAI’s agent, and what to expect from robotics

The Download: OpenAI’s agent, and what to expect from robotics
What’s new: After weeks of buzz, OpenAI has released Operator, its first AI agent. Operator is a web app that ...
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