An AI tool that creates digital twins of patients can predict our future health, according to a new study. Named Foresight, the tool uses generative pre-trained transformers, the same family of large language models (LLMs) used by ChatGPT. Researchers in the UK first trained the models on medical records. Next, they fed their tool fresh healthcare data to produce virtual duplicates of patients. Finally, the digital twins forecast various outcomes,... Read more âș
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The debate on how far artificial intelligence can go revolves around questions about what actually constitutes human intelligence, and can a machine function similarly enough to a human brain? While not shooting for AGI, UK-based Stanhope AI is building its models according to neuroscience principles, and using the predictive, hierarchic machinery that make up our brains for inspiration. The result is an AI that doesnât need training. It basically just... Read more âș
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Google has been slapped with a âŹ250mn fine for breaching EU intellectual property rules in how it deals with media publishers, including scraping news articles to train its AI models without permission. The regulator found Google guilty of scraping content from news websites to train its chatbot Bard â now Gemini â without notifying publishers or the authorities. Google also didnât provide a way for publishers to opt out, blocking... Read more âș
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In the era of artificial intelligence and accessible photo editing, you canât believe everything you see online. One exception, of course, is (usually) if itâs published by a reputable news source. The foundation of photojournalism lies in its ability to present reality in an authentic and unaltered manner. Digital manipulation poses a significant threat to this core principle, undermining the credibility and trustworthiness of the images distributed by photo agencies.... Read more âș
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Have you tried your first ebike yet? Despite being surrounded by them on a daily basis in Amsterdam (only mildly bitter as they whizz past me while I struggle against the notorious always-in-your-face wind resistance), I must confess that I had yet to actually try one until last week, when I attended a demo event for the new Cowboy Cross. As a result, I have nothing to compare it with,... Read more âș
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Two of the biggest winners over the past year â chipmaker Nvidia and pharmaceutical drug maker Novo Nordisk â are joining forces to set up one the worldâs most advanced AI supercomputers in Denmark. Named Gefion, after the Norse goddess of ploughing and abundance, and built by Atos Group subsidiary Eviden, it will be based on the Nvidia DGX SuperPod architecture. Gefion will feature over 1,500 of Nvidiaâs H100 Tensor... Read more âș
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On Saturday, a giant 3-kilometre fissure opened up in the ground on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, sending a river of molten lava flowing across the landscape. The eruption is the fourth and largest to hit the region since December. It has forced some 3,800 residents from the nearby town of Grindavik to evacuate. Many have said they have no plans to return. Another view of when the #eruption started... Read more âș
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All levels of research are being changed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Donât have time to read that journal article? AI-powered tools such as TLDRthis will summarise it for you. Struggling to find relevant sources for your review? Inciteful will list suitable articles with just the click of a button. Are your human research participants too expensive or complicated to manage? Not a problem â try synthetic participants... Read more âș
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In 1906, inventor Enrico Forlanini launched the first hydrofoil boat on Lake Maggiore in the Italian alps. His contemporary innovator Alexander Bell later said a ride on Forlaniniâs invention was âas smooth as flying.â Fast forward a little over a century to 2014, when Gustav Hasselskog quit his corporate job because he was bored. Seeking a new challenge, he came up with the idea for his own flying boat, powered... Read more âș
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Direct air capture (DAC) features prominently in the climate plans of many world governments, and has drawn billions of dollars in private investment. And yet, as the costs of the technology remain prohibitively high, some doubt whether we can depend on it at all. Mission Zero Technologies, a startup based out of the UK, believes we can â but by doing things a little differently. It has developed a modular,... Read more âș
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Swedish gaming company Embracer Group has sold a big chunk of one of its biggest subsidiaries, US-headquartered Saber Interactive, in a deal totalling $500mn. The buyer is Beacon Interactive, a holding company recently formed by none other than Saberâs own co-founder Matthew Karch. In a letter shared with Bloomberg, Karch said he was buying back the rights to his company and many of its studios because âthey represent the best... Read more âș
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The pride and joy of the Dutch tech ecosystem, ASML, has featured heavily in the news this past couple of weeks, after news broke the government was scrambling to keep the company in the country. However, ASMLâs plans to potentially relocate due to difficulty securing talent and infrastructure bottlenecks does not mean it is not still actively supporting the Dutch tech ecosystem. The company has just contributed an undisclosed amount... Read more âș
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British startup Tokamak Energy is testing a new type of laser that it says is âcrucialâ to stabilising fusion reactions â the same atom-fusing process that powers the Sun and promises to deliver virtually limitless, clean energy.  The Oxford-based company is building ST40, a donut-shaped machine that in 2022 became the first privately-owned fusion reactor to reach 100 million °C â six times as hot as the core of our... Read more âș
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Quantum computers have an almost mythical status among data scientists and researchers. The dream of emerging out of the NISQ (noisy intermediate-scale quantum) era into a world of fault-tolerant qubits generating unbreakable encryption or solving climate change keeps many startups going despite difficult investment propositions with longer return horizons. But quantum technologies donât only inspire wonder and excitement â they are also a growing geopolitical concern. More and more countries... Read more âș
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TikTokâs rough week in the west went from bad to worse today when Italian authorities slapped the app with a âŹ10mn fine over a viral challenge called the âFrench scar.â The game invites users to pinch their cheeks until they leave a lasting bruise. It became particularly popular in Italy, which prompted scrutiny from the countryâs competition regulator. Following a probe, investigators concluded that TikTok had failed to protect users... Read more âș
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Dutch startup TheyDo has raised $34mn to solve âthe biggest business problemâ of the century â scaling customer journeys. Founded in 2019, the company produces a live platform that provides actionable insights about customers. Enterprises can use the tools at every step of the journey, from discovery to purchase to after-sales. Current clients include Fortune 500 members Ford, Johnson & Johnson, and Home Depot. The softwareâs USP is a holistic... Read more âș
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A distinctly British scandal caused by sloppy photo editing has sparked calls for watermarking untouched images. The pleas come after a picture of Princess Kate intensified wild rumours about her whereabouts. Kateâs representatives issued the image this week to subdue gossip about her recent absence from the public eye. Newspapers and websites promptly plastered the snapshot across their pages. But the photo only heightened the speculation. Online sleuths soon spotted... Read more âș
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Computing power to develop artificial intelligence does not come cheap. While you can build a simple AI chatbot for next to nothing, training a fine-tuned model on large data sets can cost millions of dollars. In order to lower the costs associated with training AI the UKâs Advanced Research and Invention Agency, or ARIA, has launched a programme called Scaling Compute. The initiative is committing ÂŁ42mn to find new, more... Read more âș
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The EU has officially adopted the AI Act, the worldâs first comprehensive rulebook on artificial intelligence. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) overwhelmingly endorsed the regulation on Wednesday. The law passed with 523 votes in favour, 46 against, and 49 abstentions. âEurope is NOW a global standard-setter in AI,â Thierry Breton, the blocâs commissioner for the internal market, wrote on X. Bretonâs claim was echoed across the tech world â... Read more âș
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ï»ż Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast â the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In todayâs episode, Andrii and Linnea talk about the âOperation Beethovenâ by the Dutch government, foundersâ mental health, some Dune: Part Two trivia, worldâs oldest actively developed web browser, and more. Here are... Read more âș
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