Google DeepMind’s new AI assistant helps elite soccer coaches get even better
The main benefit is that the AI assistant reduces the workload of the coaches, says Ondřej Hubáček, an analyst at...
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The Download: new AI regulations, and a running robot
The big storyOne city’s fight to solve its sewage problem with sensors April 2021 In the city of South Bend,...
The AI Act is done. Here’s what will (and won’t) change
The companies with the most powerful AI models, such as GPT-4 and Gemini, will face more onerous requirements, such as...
How AI taught Cassie the two-legged robot to run and jump
Researchers used an AI technique called reinforcement learning to help a two-legged robot nicknamed Cassie to run 400 meters, over...
The Download: legitimizing longevity science, and Harvard’s geoengineering U-turn
On a bright chilly day last December, a crowd of doctors and scientists gathered at a research institute atop a...
Harvard has halted its long-planned atmospheric geoengineering experiment
But the project switched locations several times. Most recently, the team hoped to launch a balloon to test out the...
The quest to legitimize longevity medicine
“The term ‘immortality’ should never be part of our discussion… it’s a total pipe dream,” says Verdin, who personally hopes...
This self-driving startup is using generative AI to predict traffic
While autonomous driving has long relied on machine learning to plan routes and detect objects, some companies and researchers are...
The Download: Africa’s AI regulation push, and how to fight denge
In Tanzania, farmers are using an AI-assisted app that works in their native language of Swahili to detect a devastating...
Africa’s push to regulate AI starts now
In February, just before the AU’s AI policy draft came out, Shikoh Gitau, a computer scientist who started the Nairobi-based...
Brazil is fighting dengue with bacteria-infected mosquitos
The World Mosquito Program is about to start construction on a mass rearing facility—the biggest in the world—in Curitiba. “And...
Decarbonizing production of energy is a quick win
Mr. Mussabeh Al Kaabi: Hydrogen and CCS offer great promise, but, like any other transformative technology, they require R&D attention,...
The Download: AI’s gaming prowess, and calculating methane emissions
The news: A new AI agent from Google DeepMind can play different games, including ones it has never seen before...
Why methane emissions are still a mystery
The key is contrails, thin clouds that planes produce when they fly. Minimizing contrails means less warming, and changing flight...
Methane leaks in the US are worse than we thought
Methane emissions are responsible for nearly a third of the total warming the planet has experienced so far. While there...
An AI that can play Goat Simulator is a step toward more useful machines
In training AI systems, games are a good proxy for real-world tasks. “A general game-playing agent could, in principle, learn...
The Download: what social media can teach us about AI
June 2023 Astronomy should, in principle, be a welcoming field for blind researchers. But across the board, science is full...
Let’s not make the same mistakes with AI that we made with social media
The reason for these outcomes is structural. The network effects of tech platforms push a few firms to become dominant,...
The Download: hacking VR headsets, and contrails to cool the planet
How it works: Jets release heat, water vapor, and particulate matter that can produce thin clouds in the sky, known...
Building a data-driven health-care ecosystem
To spark innovation by identifying gaps and pain points in the employer-based health-care system, JPMorgan Chase launched Morgan Health in...
