Google DeepMind’s new AI agent uses large language models to crack real-world problems

Google DeepMind’s new AI agent uses large language models to crack real-world problems
“You can see it as a sort of super coding agent,” says Pushmeet Kohli, a vice president at Google DeepMind ...
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The first US hub for experimental medical treatments is coming

The first US hub for experimental medical treatments is coming
The idea that individuals have a right to access experimental treatments has in fact failed in US courts in the ...
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This spa’s water is heated by bitcoin mining

This spa’s water is heated by bitcoin mining
 “I thought, ‘That’s interesting—we need heat,’” Goodman says of Bathhouse. Mining facilities typically use fans or water to cool their ...
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A Google Gemini model now has a “dial” to adjust how much it reasons

A Google Gemini model now has a “dial” to adjust how much it reasons
“We’ve been really pushing on ‘thinking,’” says Jack Rae, a principal research scientist at DeepMind. Such models, which are built ...
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The State Department office countering foreign disinformation is being eliminated, officials say

The State Department office countering foreign disinformation is being eliminated, officials say
The Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI) Hub is a small office in the State Department’s Office of Public ...
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The Download: How AI is changing music, and a US city’s AI experiment

The Download: How AI is changing music, and a US city’s AI experiment
While large language models that generate text have exploded in the last three years, a different type of AI, based ...
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Inside a romance scam compound—and how people get tricked into being there

Inside a romance scam compound—and how people get tricked into being there
This all means it’s up to the tech companies themselves to act on their own initiative. And Big Tech has ...
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The Download: China’s empty data centers, and OpenAI’s new practical image generator

The Download: China’s empty data centers, and OpenAI’s new practical image generator
3 The US government has hired a vaccine skeptic to conduct a major vaccine studyThe long-discredited David Geier will oversee ...
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OpenAI’s new image generator aims to be practical enough for designers and advertisers

OpenAI’s new image generator aims to be practical enough for designers and advertisers
It’s “a new tool for communication,” says Gabe Goh, the lead designer on the generator at OpenAI. Kenji Hata, a ...
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How to… delete your 23andMe data

How to… delete your 23andMe data
Beyond the laboratories that process the saliva samples, the company does not share customer information with anyone else unless the ...
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