Artificial intelligence

What is AGI? How Artificial General Intelligence could make humans obsolete

Experts say AGI, or Artificial General Intelligence, and is closer than we think — and that it needs regulation.
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AI can make anyone a programmer and has 'closed the digital divide,' Nvidia CEO says

"Everyone is a programmer now — you just have to say something to the computer," the chipmaker's CEO said at a conference on Monday.
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AI means everyone can now be a programmer, Nvidia chief says

Artificial intelligence means everyone can now be a computer programmer as all they need to do is speak to the computer, Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang said on... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

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Bioinformatics

Global Microbiome Sequencing Services Market Report 2023: Increasing Demand for Metagenomic Sequencing Drives Growth

Dublin, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Microbiome Sequencing Services Market by Service (Sample Preparation, Sequencing, Library Preparation), Type (Amplicon Sequencing, Whole Genome Sequencing), Technology (Sequencing by Synthesis, Nanopore Seq… Read more at GlobeNewswire

AI in Drug Discovery Market is Expected to Reach $4.0 billion | MarketsandMarkets.

Chicago, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AI (Artificial Intelligence) is poised to revolutionize the drug discovery industry in the near future, offering immense potential to accelerate and enhance the process of developing new pharmaceuticals. With its abil… Read more at GlobeNewswire

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Genomics

The Vax-Gene Files: An Accidental Discovery

By Dr. Julie Sladden In 1928 scientist Alexander Fleming returned to his laboratory after a 2-week holiday.  A petri dish of bacteria accidentally left on... The Vax-Gene Files: An Accidental Discovery Read more at Activistpost.com

AI in Drug Discovery Market is Expected to Reach $4.0 billion | MarketsandMarkets.

Chicago, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AI (Artificial Intelligence) is poised to revolutionize the drug discovery industry in the near future, offering immense potential to accelerate and enhance the process of developing new pharmaceuticals. With its abil… Read more at GlobeNewswire

WHO Chief Warns Of Pathogen 'Deadlier' Than COVID-19 Post-Pandemic

The UN agency has launched a global network to monitor new disease threats.
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Genetics

A ‘1 in 10 million’ bison is born at Wyoming state park. See photo of the rare calf

A photo posted by the park shows the unusual calf with its mother.
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Tea, apples and berries could stave off age-related memory loss, study suggests

Research found 71-year-olds with high flavanol consumption had better memory functionPeople who have a diet rich in flavanols, which are found in tea, apples and berries, may be less likely to develop age-related memory loss, research suggests.A three-year st… Read more at The Guardian

Henry Kissinger turns 100 this week. He should be ashamed to be seen in public | Bhaskar Sunkara and Jonah Walters

Much of the world views Kissinger as a war criminal – yet in the US, surrounded by powerful friends, he is feted as a celebrity intellectualHenry Kissinger turns 100 on Saturday, but his legacy has never been in worse shape. Though many commentators now speak… Read more at The Guardian

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GWAS

Reply to a fertility doctor concerning polygenic embryo screening

Published on May 29, 2023 9:50 PM GMTNew LessWrong user grll_nrg, a fertility doctor, left a comment on my post about how to have polygenically screened children that brought up many of the common objections raised to polygenic embryo screening. I've heard th… Read more at Lesswrong.com

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Data science

‘It’s ridiculously antiquated’: could robot boats transform marine science?

No one has yet been able to sail an autonomous boat across the Atlantic, but a young couple in Wales hope their craft will revolutionise ocean monitoring of temperatures, wildlife and moreWhen Anahita Laverack and Ciaran Dowds tested their robot boat for the … Read more at The Guardian

11 NLP Use Cases: Putting the Language Comprehension Tech to Work

Natural Language Processing (NLP), which encompasses areas such as linguistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence, has been developed to understand better and process human language. In simple terms, it refers to the technology that allows machine… Read more at ReadWrite

See stunning images combing James Webb and Chandra X-ray data

NASA has shared a new view of some famous space images, by combining infrared data from Webb with X-ray data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Read more at Digital Trends

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Population genetics

Hope for age-related hearing loss with novel gene therapy

Age-related hearing loss impacts one in three adults between the ages of 64 and 75 in the US, and around half of these numbers are down to genes.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Hearing Impaired, Hearing, Genetics, Aging, Age-Related, gene ther… Read more at New Atlas

Cats, peanuts, bee stings… the irritating truth about allergies

More and more of us suffer from allergies, and medicine is struggling to keep up. Rebecca Seal talks to medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhailWhen Theresa MacPhail was four, her brother was killed in an accident. When she was 14, her mother died in a car cra… Read more at The Guardian

United States Squamous-Cell Lung Cancer (SqC-LC) Epidemiology Report 2022-2042

Dublin, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Squamous-Cell Lung Cancer in the United States, 2022-2042: Cancer Populations USA Report and Data Dashboard" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Read more at GlobeNewswire

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Inheritance

How would a home swap affect stamp duty and inheritance tax?

We plan to exchange deeds and move into my mother-in-law’s new £700,000 house and she will switch to our £600,000 oneQ I’m hoping you can shed light on an odd situation. My mother-in-law is selling her home and, with the proceeds, is buying a new one for £700… Read more at The Guardian

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

“The Plot to Save South Africa,” by Justice Malala; “My Father’s Brain,” by Sandeep Jauhar; “Take What You Need,” by Idra Novey; and “Gravity and Center,” by Henri Cole. Read more at The New Yorker

The Observer view on Britain’s economy: it is very sick, but there are remedies | Observer editorial

Austerity, Brexit and catastrophic fiscal decisions have inflicted long-term damage to Britain’s productive capacity. Labour is offering the renewal it so badly needsIt has been a week of bad economic news. The latest data from the Office for National Statist… Read more at The Guardian

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Bioinformatics AI

AI in Drug Discovery Market is Expected to Reach $4.0 billion | MarketsandMarkets.

Chicago, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AI (Artificial Intelligence) is poised to revolutionize the drug discovery industry in the near future, offering immense potential to accelerate and enhance the process of developing new pharmaceuticals. With its abil… Read more at GlobeNewswire

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Precision medicine

5 Ways to Explore the World and Feel Excited About Life

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. … The post 5 Ways to Explore the World and Feel Exci… Read more at Tinybuddha.com

Could Exploration be the Purpose of Life?

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. … The post Could Exploration be the Purpose of Life… Read more at Tinybuddha.com

Case report: Extraordinary clinical response to ibrutinib in low-grade ovarian cancer guided by organoid drug testing (80% success with various solid cancer tumors)

Researchers associated with SEngine Precision Medicine, a precision oncology company that matches patients to medicines based on their own tumor samples, have published a new case report showing a patient's remarkable response to an off-label therapy identifi… Read more at Freerepublic.com

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Health

Why Australia decided to quit its vaping habit

Recent measures cracking down on e-cigarettes are much needed, teachers and public health experts say.
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Met plan to stop mental health response ‘will leave thousands without support’

Health chiefs speak out after Sir Mark Rowley said he will order Met officers not to attend 999 calls about mental health incidentsThousands of people in a mental health crisis will be “left without support” under worrying and inappropriate police plans to “w… Read more at The Guardian

ICC emphasises focus on women's health on Menstrual Hygiene Day - Reuters

ICC emphasises focus on women's health on Menstrual Hygiene Day  Reuters
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Technology

Nvidia, MediaTek Partner on Connected Car Technology

Nvidia and MediaTek on Monday said they will collaborate on technology to power advanced vehicle infotainment systems that can stream video or games or interact with drivers using artificial intelligence. From a report: Under the agreement, announced at the C… Read more at Slashdot.org

LAYER Takes a Quiet Approach to Technology for Samsung

Soften the din of technology in your life with this organic and quietly conceived battery pack design by LAYER and founder Benjamin Hubert for Samsung. Read more at Design-milk.com

NASA's SLS rocket is $6 billion over budget and six years behind schedule

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket designed to take astronauts to the moon is over budget and far behind it's original schedule, according to a scathing new audit from NASA's Inspector General. Furthermore, the report foresees "additional cost and schedu… Read more at Engadget

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Scientific publications

Generative AI Can Foster Science Denial: How to Be on Alert

Generative AI can produce misinformation and be used to sow disinformation, blurring boundaries between truth and fiction for those seeking authoritative scientific information. Read more at Psychology Today

Recycled and reused food contact plastics are ‘vectors’ for toxins – study

Research provides a unique review of contact chemicals in packaging, utensils, plates, etc and how they contaminate foodRecycled and reused food contact plastics are “vectors for spreading chemicals of concern” because they accumulate and release hundreds of … Read more at The Guardian

The Next College Campus Scandal Will Be Written By AI

Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / Getty During my usual morning perusal of news, I came across an article in The Daily Beast entitled, “A Doctor Published Several Research Papers With Breakneck Speed. ChatGPT Wrote Them All.”As a resea… Read more at Daily Beast

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