AI may help us cure countless diseases – and usher in a new golden age of medicine | Samuel Hume
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• AlphaFold, an AI technology from Google DeepMind, has revolutionized drug discovery by predicting protein structures, aiding in designing new drugs, and solving complex biological questions.
• AlphaFold's impact includes solving the structure of the nuclear pore complex, aiding in the discovery of a new liver cancer drug, and assisting in designing a "molecular syringe" for therapeutic protein delivery into human cells.
SoftBank May Pledge $1 Trillion for AI Effort in US, Nikkei Says
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• SoftBank Group Corp. is planning to establish AI industrial parks in the US.
• SoftBank is considering an investment of over $1 trillion for its AI efforts in the US.
Gran Turismo 7 expands its use of AI/ML-trained NPCs with good effect
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• Sony AI developed an AI driver for Gran Turismo 7 that has been retrained to be a good NPC.
• The integration of AI/ML-trained NPCs in Gran Turismo 7 has shown positive results.
The 'AI economy is currently a closed loop' - and that's probably why OpenAI, not Microsoft, invested a whopping $12bn in CoreWeave
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• OpenAI replaces Microsoft in a $12 billion deal with CoreWeave, indicating significant investment in AI technologies.
• The shift highlights the growing importance of open AI ecosystems in contrast to closed-loop AI economies.
Musk's xAI Startup Swallows Up X Social Network in Surprise Deal
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• Elon Musk's xAI AI startup has acquired the X platform at a valuation of $33 billion.
• The acquisition marks a surprising twist for the social network previously known as Twitter.