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Nov 16, 2023

Codegen raises new cash to automate software engineering tasks

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, employment, robotics/AI

face_with_colon_three Basically although some or all coding jobs could be absorbed I remain positive because now everyone be a god now when infinite computation comes out and also infinite agi.


Jay Hack, an AI researcher with a background in natural language processing and computer vision, came to the realization several years ago that large language models (LLMs) — think OpenAI’s GPT-4 or ChatGPT — have the potential to make developers more productive by translating natural language requests into code.

After working at Palantir as a machine learning engineer and building and selling Mira, an AI-powered shopping startup for cosmetics, Hack began experimenting with LLMs to execute pull requests — the process of merging new code changes with main project repositories. With the help of a small team, Hack slowly expanded these experiments into a platform, Codegen, that attempts to automate as many mundane, repetitive software engineering tasks as possible leveraging LLMs.

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Nov 16, 2023

The world’s first gene therapy for sickle cell disease has been approved in Britain

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. In a statement Thursday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it approved Casgevy, the first medicine licensed using the gene editing tool CRISPR, which won its makers a Nobel prize in 2020. The agency approved…

Nov 16, 2023

Crispr Surges After Winning The First CRISPR Gene-Editing Approval

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

In a world first, regulators in the U.K. approved Crispr’s gene-editing treatment for two blood diseases on Thursday, and CRSP stock surged.

Nov 16, 2023

Google DeepMind wants to define what counts as artificial general intelligence

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

AGI is one of the most disputed concepts in tech. These researchers want to fix that.

Nov 16, 2023

Behind Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s push to get AI tools in developers’ hands

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

In an exclusive interview with MIT Technology Review, Nadella shares his view of the platform shift for developers.

In San Francisco last week, everyone’s favorite surprise visitor was Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Nov 16, 2023

What’s coming next for fusion research

Posted by in category: nuclear energy

A year ago, scientists generated net energy with a fusion reactor. This is what’s happened since then.

Nov 16, 2023

The Biggest Questions

Posted by in category: alien life

For some reason the universe is full of stars, galaxies, and life. But it didn’t have to be this way.

Nov 16, 2023

Meta brings us a step closer to AI-generated movies

Posted by in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI

Like “Avengers” director Joe Russo, I’m becoming increasingly convinced that fully AI-generated movies and TV shows will be possible within our lifetimes.

A host of AI unveilings over the past few months, in particular OpenAI’s ultra-realistic-sounding text-to-speech engine, have given glimpses into this brave new frontier. But Meta’s announcement today put our AI-generated content future into especially sharp relief — for me at least.

Meta his morning debuted Emu Video, an evolution of the tech giant’s image generation tool, Emu. Given a caption (e.g. “A dog running across a grassy knoll”), image or a photo paired with a description, Emu Video can generate a four-second-long animated clip.

Nov 16, 2023

Amazon to sell cars online, starting with Hyundai

Posted by in categories: business, transportation

It was inevitable. Amazon, which got its start selling books, is getting into the car business.

The e-commerce giant along with new partner Hyundai announced Thursday at the 2023 LA Auto Show that it will start selling vehicles on its website in the second half of 2024. Hyundai vehicles will be the first vehicles sold on Amazon.com’s U.S. store with other brands following later in the year.

The Amazon car sales section will allow customers to shop for vehicles in their area based on a range of preferences, including model, trim, color, and features, choose their preferred car, and then check out online with their chosen payment and financing options. Customers will be able to buy a vehicle online and then pick it up or have it delivered by their local dealership, according to Amazon.

Nov 16, 2023

Wearable device harnesses body sounds for continuous health monitoring

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, wearables

The devices demonstrated clinical-grade accuracy and introduced novel functionalities not seen in prior research or clinical care.


Northwestern University.

Furthering the scope of such examinations, a team of researchers at Northwestern University (NU) is now presenting novel wearable technology much more advanced than the intermittent measures made during periodic medical examinations.

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