Scientists at San Francisco’s Gladstone Institute have created an AI that can see early hints of Alzheimer’s Disease in subtle behavioral changes potentially years before diagnosable symptoms appear.
Category: 10 December 2024
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U.S. ADDS NEW SANCTIONS ON CHIP SALES TO CHINA
The Biden administration has added new bans on sales of AI components to China but applied the sanctions to fewer companies than originally had been indicated.
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PRODUCTIVITY GAINS BOOST U.S. GDP GROWTH
The U.S. economy has undergone a boom in productivity, the amount of work accomplished per worker, the U.S. labor department reported.
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AI TRAINING HAS MAXED OUT. DEVELOPERS ARE MOVING ON TO POST-TRAINING
AI training involves pouring as much Internet content as possible into a system. That involves not only massive amounts of data, but also huge amounts of computer time.
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BEZOS BETS BIG ON AI CHIP-MAKING START-UP
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is among the players in a new $693 million funding round for Tenstorrent, a maker of graphic processing units, the complex computer chips that are the foundation for AI.
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AI’S FUTURE IS SMALLER, CUSTOM-BUILT SYSTEMS, INFOSYS CHAIR SAYS
Instead of buying ever bigger, more powerful AI systems, companies will build or buy smaller AI models customized to their own needs, Nandan Nilekani, chair of the Indian tech giant Infosys, said in a Financial Times forecast.
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GAZA DEATH TOLL
Israel continues to kill Gazans, with the death toll hitting 44,786 on Tuesday, along with 106,188 wounded and 11,000 missing.
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THE DEATH OF DEMOCRACY
The electorate in Romania chose Calin Georgescu as their president. But the West said NO!
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BIDEN’S RUSSIA SANCTIONS SPURRED DE-DOLLARIZATION, BUT TRUMP ALREADY CHANGING THAT DYNAMIC
We were among the first anywhere in the world to forecast that the sanctions placed on Russia in late winter 2022 would backfire and create momentum for countries to move away from the U.S. dollar and the west’s SWIFT financial settlement system.
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WHAT TO SAY (AND NOT SAY) ABOUT CRYPTOS
It’s that time of the cycle. Articles are popping up all over talking about cryptos again, with a general theme, to cite a recent one by USA Today, “FOMO as Bitcoin price surges past $100,000: Is it too late to invest in cryptocurrency?”