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Oct 29, 2024

Liquid AI Is Redesigning the Neural Network

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Inspired by microscopic worms, Liquid AI’s founders developed a more adaptive, less energy-hungry kind of neural network. Now the MIT spin-off is revealing several new ultra-efficient models.

Oct 29, 2024

AI Chipmaker Nvidia Overtakes Apple As The World’s Most Valuable Company

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Nvidia dethroned Apple as the world’s most valuable company on Friday following a record-setting rally in the stock, powered by insatiable demand for its specialized artificial intelligence chips.

Oct 29, 2024

Google is Reportedly Developing a ‘Computer-Using Agent’ AI System

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In today’s AI news, Google could preview its own take on Rabbit’s large action model concept.


Project Jarvis would take over a web browser to carry out tasks on users’ behalf.

Oct 29, 2024

Palantir Is Now Worth $100 Billion

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Palantir is helping companies incorporate AI into their businesses — and one analyst says it’s succeeded ‘more than any company (not named Nvidia)’

Oct 29, 2024

Lecture Series in AI: “How Could Machines Reach Human-Level Intelligence?” by Yann LeCun

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ABOUT THE LECTURE
Animals and humans understand the physical world, have common sense, possess a persistent memory, can reason, and can plan complex sequences of subgoals and actions. These essential characteristics of intelligent behavior are still beyond the capabilities of today’s most powerful AI architectures, such as Auto-Regressive LLMs.

I will present a cognitive architecture that may constitute a path towards human-level AI. The centerpiece of the architecture is a predictive world model that allows the system to predict the consequences of its actions. and to plan sequences of actions that that fulfill a set of objectives. The objectives may include guardrails that guarantee the system’s controllability and safety. The world model employs a Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA) trained with self-supervised learning, largely by observation.

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Oct 29, 2024

Supercharge Your AI Chatbot with Interactive Visualizations Using Chart.js

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Image generated by Microsoft Designer Learn how you can use AI to add interactive charts to your chat experiences.

Oct 29, 2024

Fingernail-sized super-flexible robot can aid in rescue ops

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Inspired by the external skeleton of a spider, the robot leg is more flexible than conventional robots.


A small robot that resembles a spider’s leg has been developed by engineers at the University of Tartu. Inspired by nature, the fingernail-long leg is more flexible than conventional robots.

Its dexterous movements are expected to help people rescued from rubble and other danger zones in the future.

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Oct 28, 2024

‘During the launch of Denmark’s inaugural AI supercomputer

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‘During the launch of Denmark’s inaugural AI supercomputer, Gefion, alongside Jensen Huang, King Frederik of Denmark remarked, ‘I am not the only king in this room; the other one is wearing a leather jacket.’‘

Oct 28, 2024

Computers normally can’t see optical illusions — but a scientist combined AI with quantum mechanics to make it happen

Posted by in categories: information science, particle physics, quantum physics, robotics/AI

The AI system is dubbed a “quantum-tunneling deep neural network” and combines neural networks with quantum tunneling. A deep neural network is a collection of machine learning algorithms inspired by the structure and function of the brain — with multiple layers of nodes between the input and output. It can model complex non-linear relationships and, unlike conventional neural networks (which include a single layer between input and output) deep neural networks include many hidden layers.

Quantum tunneling, meanwhile, occurs when a subatomic particle, such as an electron or photon (particle of light), effectively passes through an impenetrable barrier. Because a subatomic particle like light can also behave as a wave — when it is not directly observed it is not in any fixed location — it has a small but finite probability of being on the other side of the barrier. When sufficient subatomic particles are present, some will “tunnel” through the barrier.

After the data representing the optical illusion passes through the quantum tunneling stage, the slightly altered image is processed by a deep neural network.

Oct 28, 2024

Healthspan Research Review

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One prevailing hypothesis is that physical fitness mitigates structural brain changes that contribute to cognitive decline. Recent evidence points to a potential role involving myelin —the insulating sheath surrounding neurons that is crucial for efficient neural signaling and overall cognitive health. Myelination facilitates rapid signal transmission and supports neural network integrity.

The degeneration of myelin in the brain is increasingly recognized as a critical factor contributing to disruptions in neural communication, which may play a significant role in the cognitive decline observed in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. Emerging research suggests that myelin breakdown may even precede the formation of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles—the hallmark pathological features of Alzheimer’s disease. Advanced imaging studies have detected early myelin degeneration in individuals who later develop Alzheimer’s, indicating that myelin damage could be an initial event in the disease’s progression.

Age-related deterioration of myelin is closely associated with cognitive decline. Reduced white matter integrity—often resulting from myelin damage—is correlated with declines in memory, executive function, and processing speed in older adults. As myelin degradation leads to the slowing of cognitive processes and disrupts the synchronization of neural networks, preserving myelin integrity is essential for sustaining cognitive health across the lifespan.

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