Railway, a cloud infrastructure startup, has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Altimeter Capital. The company aims to challenge established cloud providers like AWS by offering a platform specifically designed for AI and machine learning workloads. The funding will be used to expand its engineering team and accelerate product development. …
A surge in demand for electricity from data centers and AI infrastructure is leading to a significant expansion of natural gas power generation in the United States. Utilities and power producers are planning dozens of new gas-fired power plants to meet the relentless 24/7 energy needs of these facilities, which cannot be reliably met by …
The article details the launch of Logical Intelligence, a startup co-founded by AI pioneer Yann LeCun, which is pursuing a distinct approach to artificial general intelligence (AGI). Unlike current large language models that rely on vast datasets, the company's core technology, called the Logical Neural Network (LNN), is designed to learn and reason based on …
A recent study published in the journal BMJ Medicine examined the effects of microdosing psychedelics on depression and anxiety, comparing them to a placebo. The research, led by Balázs Szigeti from Imperial College London, involved participants who self-supplied substances like psilocybin truffles and followed their own dosing schedules. The study found that both the microdosing …
This article from MIT Technology Review explores two distinct technological trends. First, it examines the 'Vitalism' movement, a growing cultural and technological shift focused on using data from wearables and other sensors to optimize personal health, longevity, and physical performance. The piece looks at the philosophy driving this movement and its implications. Second, the article …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is employing artificial intelligence tools from Google and Adobe to create training and public awareness videos. The initiative, part of a broader effort to modernize its communications, aims to produce content more efficiently and at a lower cost. DHS officials state the AI-generated videos are used for internal …
The article investigates the operation of a specific online marketplace where users can commission custom, non-consensual AI-generated deepfake videos and images of real women. It details how the platform functions, from the initial request and payment to the creation and delivery of the synthetic media, often using photos sourced from social media without the subjects' …
A new study published in Nature demonstrates a significant advancement in quantum computing, where researchers have successfully maintained quantum coherence in a multi-qubit system for over one second at room temperature. This breakthrough, achieved by using a novel diamond-based lattice structure to shield the qubits from environmental noise, represents a hundredfold increase in coherence time …
A new study published in Nature reveals that a novel AI model can now predict protein folding with unprecedented accuracy, a breakthrough with significant implications for drug discovery and understanding diseases. The system, developed by researchers at DeepMind, outperforms previous methods by a wide margin, solving structures that have long eluded scientists. This advancement is …
A new study published in Nature demonstrates a significant breakthrough in quantum computing, where researchers successfully maintained quantum coherence in a qubit for over one second at room temperature. This achievement, a hundredfold increase over previous records, was made possible by using a novel silicon carbide material with engineered defects. The extended coherence time is …
