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Nov 8, 2023

An AI just negotiated a contract for the first time ever — and no human was involved

Posted by in categories: information science, law, robotics/AI

In a world first, artificial intelligence demonstrated the ability to negotiate a contract autonomously with another artificial intelligence without any human involvement.

British AI firm Luminance developed an AI system based on its own proprietary large language model (LLM) to automatically analyze and make changes to contracts. LLMs are a type of AI algorithm that can achieve general-purpose language processing and generation.

Jaeger Glucina, chief of staff and managing director of Luminance, said the company’s new AI aimed to eliminate much of the paperwork that lawyers typically need to complete on a day-to-day basis.

Nov 7, 2023

New Study on US-Russia nuclear war: 91.5 million casualties in first few hours

Posted by in categories: existential risks, military

34.1 million people could die, and another 57.4 million could be injured, within the first few hours of the start of a nuclear war between Russia and the United States triggered by one low-yield nuclear weapon, according to a new simulation by researcher’s at Princeton‘s Science and Global Security programme.

Nov 7, 2023

Stay in the know on the topics that inform the Doomsday Clock

Posted by in category: existential risks

Some people may think that nuclear war has defined winners but everyone would be gone simply. The doomsday clock nears even closer. Only negotiations will fair in such hostile times.


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Nov 7, 2023

Blocking an aging-related enzyme may restore muscle strength

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience

Stem cell biologist Helen Blau of Stanford University School of Medicine and colleagues previously found that blocking 15-PGDH in old mice restored their withered muscles and improved their strength after a month of treatment. On the flip side, young mice lost muscle and became weaker after their levels of this enzyme were increased for a month.

Blau’s team has now found that 15-PGDH accumulates in the muscles of old mice as the connections that allow communication between muscles and nerves are lost, another consequence of aging. Treating old mice for one month with a drug that inhibits 15-PGDH restored these connections, called synapses, between muscle fibers and motor nerve cells, and boosted the animals’ strength, the team reports in the Oct. 11 Science Translational Medicine. Those synapses are how the brain directs muscles to move.

The findings suggest that blocking the gerozyme 15-PGDH may be a way to help recover strength that has diminished due to nerve injuries, motor nerve cell diseases or aging.

Nov 7, 2023

Patients immersed in virtual reality during surgery may need less anesthetic

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, virtual reality

Minimizing the use of sedatives during operations could shorten hospital stays and reduce the risk of complications.

Nov 7, 2023

Epigenetic signature for obesity found in study of twins

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, genetics

A susceptibility to gain weight may be written into molecular processes of human cells, a Washington State University study indicates.

The proof-of-concept study with a set of 22 found an epigenetic signature in buccal or cheek cells appearing only for the twins who were obese compared to their thinner siblings. With more research, the findings could lead to a simple cheek swab test for an obesity biomarker and enable earlier prevention methods for a condition that effects 50% of U.S. adults, the researchers said.

“Obesity appears to be more complex than simple consumption of food. Our work indicates there’s a susceptibility for this disease and molecular markers that are changing for it,” said Michael Skinner, a WSU professor of biology and corresponding author of the study published in the journal Epigenetics.

Nov 7, 2023

Microsoft unveils ‘LeMa’: A revolutionary AI learning method mirroring human problem solving

Posted by in categories: finance, robotics/AI, transportation

The team’s research, including their code, data, and models, is now publicly available on GitHub. This open-source approach encourages the broader AI community to continue this line of exploration, potentially leading to further advancements in machine learning.

The advent of LeMa represents a major milestone in AI, suggesting that machines’ learning (ML) processes can be made more akin to human learning. This development could revolutionize sectors heavily reliant on AI, such as healthcare, finance, and autonomous vehicles, where error correction and continuous learning are critical.

As the AI field continues to evolve rapidly, the integration of human-like learning processes, such as learning from mistakes, appears to be an essential factor in developing more efficient and effective AI systems.

Nov 7, 2023

Artificial intelligence and US nuclear weapons decisions: How big a role?

Posted by in categories: military, robotics/AI

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However, the most intriguing question is: How much could AI be involved in a tactical nuclear weapons launch decision?

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Nov 7, 2023

In the ‘Wild West’ of Geometry, Mathematicians Redefine the Sphere

Posted by in category: mathematics

High-dimensional spheres can have a much wider variety of structures than mathematicians thought possible.

Nov 7, 2023

Former Google CEO invests in nonprofit creating an ‘AI scientist’

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Eric Schmidt is funding a nonprofit that’s focused on building an artificial intelligence-powered assistant for the laboratory, with the lofty goal of overhauling the scientific research process, according to interviews with the former Google CEO and officials at the new venture.

The nonprofit, Future House, plans to develop AI tools that can analyze and summarize research papers as well as respond to scientific questions using large language models — the same technology that supports popular AI chatbots. But Future House also intends to go a step further.

The “AI scientist,” as Future House refers to it, will one day be able to sift through thousands of scientific papers and independently compose hypotheses at greater speed and scale than humans, CEO Sam Rodriques said on the latest episode of the Bloomberg Originals series AI IRL.