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Ecommerce giant says there has been a ‘trend of incidents’ linked to ‘Gen-AI assisted changes’
Meta’s former chief AI scientist has long argued that human-level AI will come from mastering the physical world, not language. His new startup, AMI, aims to prove it.
Meta’s former chief AI scientist launches AMI Labs with backing from Nvidia, Temasek and Jeff Bezos
AMI Labs, the new venture cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after he left Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation.
Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons programme. But how close was the country really to developing an atomic weapon? Ian Sample hears from Kelsey Davenport, the director of non-proliferation policy at the Arms Control Association. She sets out why many experts don’t believe the country even had a structured nuclear weapons programme, and explains what she thinks the impact of the war could be on nuclear proliferation around the world.Attacking Iran’s nuclear programme could drive it towards a bomb, experts warnSupport the Guardian: theguardian.com/sciencepod Continue reading…
Even under bombardment, workers across Iran’s capital are delivering food and fixing potholes
IDF preparing extended campaign against militant group Hizbollah, according to people familiar with discussions
California Water Service (CWT) Expands With Nexus Water Systems Deal
The BoM has forecast flooding of the Burnett River at Bundaberg could rise to 7.5 metres by midnightFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereResidents of the coastal Queensland city of Bundaberg have been told to evacuate immediately amid major flooding in the wake of a tropical low.It comes after days of heavy rain across northern Australia, with parts of the Northern Territory experiencing their worst flooding in decades, and Darwin residents asked to reduce water use after the Darwin River Dam – the city’s major water source – stopped operating due to flooding. Continue reading…
Ecommerce giant says there has been a ‘trend of incidents’ linked to ‘Gen-AI assisted changes’
Meta’s former chief AI scientist has long argued that human-level AI will come from mastering the physical world, not language. His new startup, AMI, aims to prove it.
Meta’s former chief AI scientist launches AMI Labs with backing from Nvidia, Temasek and Jeff Bezos
AMI Labs, the new venture cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after he left Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation.
Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons programme. But how close was the country really to developing an atomic weapon? Ian Sample hears from Kelsey Davenport, the director of non-proliferation policy at the Arms Control Association. She sets out why many experts don’t believe the country even had a structured nuclear weapons programme, and explains what she thinks the impact of the war could be on nuclear proliferation around the world.Attacking Iran’s nuclear programme could drive it towards a bomb, experts warnSupport the Guardian: theguardian.com/sciencepod Continue reading…
Even under bombardment, workers across Iran’s capital are delivering food and fixing potholes
IDF preparing extended campaign against militant group Hizbollah, according to people familiar with discussions
California Water Service (CWT) Expands With Nexus Water Systems Deal
The BoM has forecast flooding of the Burnett River at Bundaberg could rise to 7.5 metres by midnightFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereResidents of the coastal Queensland city of Bundaberg have been told to evacuate immediately amid major flooding in the wake of a tropical low.It comes after days of heavy rain across northern Australia, with parts of the Northern Territory experiencing their worst flooding in decades, and Darwin residents asked to reduce water use after the Darwin River Dam – the city’s major water source – stopped operating due to flooding. Continue reading…