DeepMind unveiled AlphaGenome, an AI that predicts how DNA mutations impact gene behavior, causing diseases like cancer. Trained in 4 hrs, it analyzes sequences up to 1M base-pairs, including nearby genes and regulators, and could reshape disease research
BIG TECH
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Lucas OpenAI hire raises concerns about values alignment
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Ah that's actually pretty great news. Ngl I was kinda bummed that Lucas went to OAI — it's a cool company and all, but didn't seem compatible with his values and approaches as I understood them. (Also the other recent Meta big name hires have been a bit underwhelming IMO.)
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Obedient AI locked down to unaccountable few is scariest
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The scariest version of AI isn’t the one that goes rogue. It’s the one that’s locked down and perfectly obedient to a small group of people with unaccountable control.
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Google’s Productivity Partner GEM for Gmail Analysis
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Google keeps working on new GEMs with extended capabilities. According to the system prompt, Productivity Partner GEM will be able to access and analyse the user's data from Gmail to provide productivity suggestions.
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Europe Builds Sovereign AI Infrastructure With Agents and Robotics
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Discover how we're partnering with Europe to build a future powered by sovereign infrastructure, agentic AI, robotics, and exponential inference. Catch up on all the news unveiled at Jensen Huang's latest keynote at #GTCParis: https://
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AI Hype Bubble: Billions for Speculative Superintelligence Promises
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You thought the dot com bubble where people raised millions on PPT slides was ridiculous? Welcome to unbridled AI Hype where Sutskever gets $2B to promise not to release "superintelligence" & Murati gets $2 BILLION to….? Sure. Its not a bubble.
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Justice Department Antitrust Chief Jonathan Kanter Interview Episode
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Here's a link to the episode that just went live today. Also listen to TMR's previous two-part interview with former @TheJusticeDept antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter.
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Tech Reporter Discusses Adtech and Antitrust Coverage Approach
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Really enjoyed being a guest on this week's episode of @monopoly_report
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Platform Security Trends: Validation Requirements and Fraud Tolerance
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I am not optimistic that folks will rip off the band-aid. Instead, leading platforms will gradually increase validation requirements, and users will gradually increase their tolerance to fraud attempts, while encrypted messaging platforms become more important
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Leading Tech Companies Launch Stanford AI Agents Forum
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We’re excited to be a founding participant in the @StanfordDDL Industry-Wide Forum on AI agents alongside @Meta
, @Oracle
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